(Fighting New Coronary Pneumonia) Nucleic acid tests have been completed in high-risk areas of Urumqi and some sporadic cases and asymptomatic infections have been found
China News Service, Urumqi, July 23 (Reporter Sun Tingwen and Zhao Yamin) The Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region Press Office held a sixth press conference on the 23rd to report on the new crown pneumonia epidemic in Xinjiang and its prevention and control work.
Shang Yulan, Deputy Secretary-General of the Urumqi Municipal Government, stated that as of now, the Tianshan and Shayibake districts in the high-risk areas of Urumqi have completed nucleic acid testing, and the Shuimogou District and the High-tech Zone (new urban area) have been fully rolled out. (County) is preparing for personnel statistics and material deployment before collection and testing. As of 24:00 on July 22, the city has sampled 1,626,442 people in total.
Zhang Wei, director of the Urumqi Municipal Health Commission, reported that from 0:00 to 24:00 on July 22, 18 new cases of new coronary pneumonia were confirmed in Urumqi (16 of which were asymptomatic infections were transferred to confirmed cases), and new asymptomatic infections There were 24 cases. As of 24:00 on July 22, Urumqi City has 80 confirmed cases and 77 asymptomatic infections.
He said that on the 22nd in Urumqi, 16 cases were converted from asymptomatic infections under medical observation to confirmed cases, and 24 new cases of asymptomatic infections were added. This shows that the city-wide free nucleic acid test carried out in Urumqi is very timely and very important. necessary. Through nucleic acid testing and screening, some sporadic cases and asymptomatic infections were detected in time, reported as soon as possible, and were admitted to designated hospitals.
He believes that this is very beneficial to the control of the epidemic. At the same time, it is also very important for the patient's later treatment and rehabilitation to be treated in time before symptoms appear or when symptoms are mild. With the continuous advancement of nucleic acid testing, some sporadic cases and asymptomatic infections will be identified in the later stage. This also meets the requirements of early detection, early reporting, early isolation, and early treatment, which will help effectively control the epidemic in the shortest time. .
He also said that asymptomatic infections are generally divided into two types: one is the asymptomatic infection in the incubation period, after which clinical symptoms such as fever, fatigue, dry cough, or changes in pneumonia on CT examination, become confirmed cases of new coronary pneumonia. ; There are also some asymptomatic infections who remain asymptomatic.
He reminded that asymptomatic infections are also contagious, so people should pay attention to personal protection, do not gather, wear masks, wash hands frequently, and maintain a safe social distance of more than one meter to protect their health. (Finish)