Most people in close contact with this round of the epidemic in Xinjiang have become ill, officials make important judgments

  On the afternoon of the 20th, the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region held an epidemic prevention and control press conference to inform the latest situation of Xinjiang's new crown epidemic prevention and control.

Close contacts often have the disease

Cases among existing medical observers are on a downward trend

  Rui Baoling, director of the Center for Disease Control and Prevention in Urumqi, said that the cluster activities that led to the spread of this round of the epidemic are epidemiologically related. Combined with the time of exposure, most close contacts have become ill. At present, it can be preliminarily judged that among the existing medical observers, the cases are on a downward trend.

  At the press conference, Song Yuxia, deputy dean of the Sixth People’s Hospital of Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, who is responsible for the centralized treatment of confirmed cases in Urumqi, introduced that the hospital has admitted 46 confirmed cases and 50 asymptomatic infections. Among the confirmed cases, 20 were mild, 24 were normal, and 2 were severe . All cases were treated effectively and the condition was stable.

The test results of food and sewage samples in Urumqi were negative

  Rui Baoling, director of the Urumqi Center for Disease Control and Prevention, informed that after the outbreak, tests have been conducted on key products, food, key areas and sewage samples in Urumqi, and the results are all negative.

35 cases of illegal cases such as price hikes have been filed for investigation

  In response to the issue of material supply and security during the epidemic prevention and control period that Urumqi citizens are concerned about, Zhong Meiwen, deputy director of the Urumqi Market Supervision Administration, said that at present, Urumqi City has sufficient supplies of daily necessities and prices are generally stable.

  The Urumqi Market Supervision Department successively dispatched 1,024 law enforcement officers to supervise and inspect 11 agricultural markets and 282 supermarkets, and have filed and investigated 35 cases of illegal price hikes and unidentified price marking.

1 confirmed case reported in Kashgar

Urumqi input

  As of 24:00 on the 19th, Xinjiang (including the Corps) has 47 confirmed cases, including 1 in Kashgar. On the evening of the 20th, the Health Commission of Kashgar Prefecture notified the confirmed case.

  The confirmed case, female, 69 years old, is an imported case from Urumqi . Currently receiving treatment in a designated hospital, the condition is stable. All the close contacts have been tested and tested for double antibody and nucleic acid, and the test results are all negative. The close contacts have all performed medical observation at the medical observation point.

Urumqi launches free nucleic acid testing

  The Urumqi City Epidemic Prevention Headquarters issued a message that in order to effectively reduce the risk of the spread of the epidemic, Urumqi City has carried out free nucleic acid testing throughout the city in accordance with the principle of “doing all inspections and willing to do all inspections” . If there is unauthorized charging, citizens can call 0991-4689245 to report.

All operating hotels provide free board and lodging, pick-up, and testing for travellers in Uzbekistan

  On the evening of the 20th, the Urumqi Epidemic Prevention and Control Headquarters issued an announcement to provide free board and lodging, free pick-up and drop-off, free testing and other services for travellers in Urumqi at all operating hotels . If travellers to Uzbekistan encounter difficulties in boarding and lodging, they can contact relevant hotels.

The first indicated case of the new outbreak in Urumqi has no history of overseas travel

  Recently, it has been circulating online that the new crown epidemic in Urumqi was caused by a woman entering Kazakhstan from Kazakhstan without nucleic acid testing and isolation measures. On the afternoon of the 20th, the Urumqi Epidemic Prevention Headquarters issued a rumor-defying message: According to investigations by the public security organs, the above information is a rumor without any basis. The public security organs have dealt with the illegal person (female) who posted the rumors according to law.

  After verification by relevant departments and epidemiological investigation and analysis by the disease control department, it was not found that the first evidence case of the new outbreak in Urumqi had a history of traveling abroad before onset.

  CCTV reporter, Su Meng, Qian Chongyu, Liu Fei Alman