(Fighting New Coronary Pneumonia) General news: No new local confirmed cases have been confirmed in other provinces outside Xinjiang for 15 consecutive days. Experts say that there will be an epidemic in the future or it is normal
China News Service, Beijing, July 21. Xinjiang added 8 more local confirmed cases on the 20th. With the exception of Xinjiang, other provinces in mainland China have had no new confirmed cases for 15 consecutive days. Wu Zunyou, chief expert of epidemiology at the Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, said on the 21st that the new epidemic and related spread have all ended, but in the future, an epidemic may appear to be a normal state.
Xinjiang adds 8 more local confirmed cases, other provinces have no local confirmed cases for 15 consecutive days
Data map: Medical personnel perform nucleic acid testing for residents. China News Service reporter Shi Yujiang
The National Health Commission of China announced on the 21st that on the 20th, there were 11 newly confirmed cases in mainland China, including 3 imported from abroad, 8 local cases, and a total of 2015 imported confirmed cases. There were 6 newly asymptomatic infections on the same day, and 1 confirmed case. 149 asymptomatic infections were still under medical observation.
As of 24:00 on the 20th, there are 242 confirmed cases in mainland China, 78,817 were cured and discharged, 4,634 died, and 83,693 confirmed cases have been reported. A total of 2459 confirmed cases have been notified from Hong Kong, Macau and Taiwan (1958 in Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, 46 in Macau Special Administrative Region, and 455 in Taiwan).
On the 20th, 3 newly imported confirmed cases were reported by Shanghai and Sichuan. Two cases in Shanghai came from the United States (transit via Germany) and the Philippines; one case in Sichuan originated from Zambia (transit via Ethiopia and Egypt), and the asymptomatic infection was transferred to diagnosis on July 19.
The 8 new local confirmed cases that day were all in Xinjiang, and there were no new local confirmed cases in other provinces for 15 consecutive days.
New cases in Urumqi have dropped sharply, the spread of the epidemic has been curbed
The Health Commission of Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region notified on the 21st that on the 20th, 8 new local confirmed cases were confirmed in Xinjiang, including 7 in Urumqi and 1 in the Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps. 5 new asymptomatic infections were all in Urumqi. As of 24:00 on the 20th, Xinjiang currently has 55 confirmed cases (53 in Urumqi, 1 in Kashgar, and 1 in the Corps), 55 cases of asymptomatic infection (all in Urumqi), and 3119 people are still under medical observation.
At a press conference on the 21st, Rui Baoling, director of the Urumqi City Center for Disease Control and Prevention, stated that the number of newly confirmed cases and asymptomatic infections in Urumqi on the 20th decreased to a large extent compared with the previous three days. The first reason is that through epidemiological investigations, In the early stage of the epidemic, participants in the gathering activities were effectively identified, and all concentrated medical observations were carried out to cut off the chain of transmission. Second, the first generation of close contacts who received medical observation in the early stage have gradually turned into confirmed cases and asymptomatic infections. In addition, Urumqi City timely adopted strict urban management measures to effectively reduce cross-infection of personnel and curb the spread of the epidemic.
Beijing has resumed opening of various new sports and fitness venues and theaters for 15 consecutive days
On the 20th, there were still no new confirmed cases, suspected cases and asymptomatic infections in Beijing, and there were no new confirmed cases for the 15th consecutive day. As of 15:00 on the 21st, Beijing has reported a total of 335 confirmed cases in this round of the epidemic, of which 248 have been discharged, accounting for 74%.
The Beijing Municipal Film Bureau issued a notice on the 21st stating that the city's low-risk areas can resume open operations in an orderly manner on July 24, provided that the various prevention and control measures of cinemas are effectively implemented. Once transferred from a low-risk area to a medium-high-risk area, movie theaters will be temporarily suspended as required.
The Beijing Municipal Bureau of Sports subsequently issued a notice stating that various sports and fitness venues in the city will resume open operations and various sports events will be carried out normally. At present, Beijing allows the hosting of sports events with a scale of 500 people (including organization service guarantee personnel and spectators). Exceeding this scale must be reviewed and evaluated by the local government and the epidemic prevention and control leadership mechanism. In accordance with the relevant requirements of the State Council and the General Administration of Sports, in principle, no other international sports events will be held except for important events such as the Beijing Winter Olympics test competition.
Wu Zunyou: Newly-occurring epidemics and related transmissions have all ended
From 0:00 on the 20th, the emergency response level in Beijing has been adjusted from Level 2 to Level 3. Wu Zunyou, chief epidemiologist of the Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, said at a press conference on the 21st that the adjustment of Beijing's emergency response level indicates that the new outbreak and related spread have all ended. However, because the epidemic is still spreading globally, and the number of new cases in a single day has even exceeded 200,000, China may be affected by the global epidemic at any time.
He said that at the beginning of the year, China successfully controlled the epidemic that occurred in Wuhan in the early stage and spread across the country; from April to May, there was a localized spread of the epidemic caused by imported cases in Northeast China; a new cluster of sudden outbreaks occurred in Beijing in June ; Nowadays, there has been an epidemic in Xinjiang. “These series of phenomena are reminding that in the future, an epidemic will be a normal state.” (End)