Sino-Singapore Online, June 23 (Chen Jing, Xia Wen) Shanghai Disease Control Center disclosed on the 23rd that as of June 20, Shanghai and district-level CDCs have collected more than 300 in 16 districts involving key fresh food-related The market environment and key fresh foods were 5681 pieces, and the samples that had completed the nucleic acid test of the new coronavirus were all negative.
Sampling begins in the early morning. Photo courtesy of Shanghai CDC
The Shanghai Center for Disease Control stated that some samples are still being tested. According to reports, since June, the Shanghai and District CDCs have continued to deal with key fresh food-related processing links, article surfaces, water samples and other environments and frozen aquatic products, such as large wholesale markets, farmers' markets and large supermarkets. Live and poultry meat and other key fresh foods are continuously and dynamically monitored and sampled.
After the sampling is completed, it must be sent to the laboratory for overnight testing at the fastest speed, and the sampling information should be collated and input into the computer, and then wait for the test results to be summarized and analyzed. Photo courtesy of Shanghai CDC
Each sampling work starts in the early morning. Early in the morning, the staff of the disease control center at the Shanghai and district levels rushed to major wholesale markets, farmers' markets and large supermarkets to carry out key fresh food related processing links, article surfaces, water samples and other environments and frozen aquatic products, livestock and poultry. Sampling of key fresh foods such as meat.
In hot and humid weather, the sampling staff put on N95 masks, gloves, isolation coats, etc. After understanding the situation on the spot, they started sampling. The reporter saw that the staff used a special cotton swab to apply the sample, put it into the culture medium of the sampling tube, and made a sampling record, and put it into the biological safety transportation box. The whole process was completed in one go.
Sampling personnel need to wear N95 masks, gloves, isolation coats, etc. under the high temperature and hot and humid weather to understand the situation on the spot and start sampling. Photo courtesy of Shanghai CDC
It is understood that in order to expand the coverage of monitoring points and samples, the staff of the disease control department often have to be busy for most of the day; when they encounter increased emergency monitoring, in order to complete the sampling task, they must even sample into the night, and the sampling personnel are often sweating and close to collapse.
The Shanghai Center for Disease Control stated that it will continue to process key fresh food-related processing links, item surfaces, water samples and other environments, frozen aquatic products, livestock and poultry meat, etc. in this large wholesale market, farmers market and large supermarkets. Focus on fresh foods, etc. for continuous and dynamic nucleic acid sampling and detection of new coronavirus. (Finish)