On the afternoon of August 4, the Press Office of the People's Government of Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region held an epidemic prevention and control press conference to inform the latest situation of epidemic prevention and control. Cui Yan, director of the Autonomous Region Center for Disease Control and Prevention, introduced at the press conference: Judging from the current epidemiological investigation phase analysis, this epidemic in Xinjiang was manifested as a single source. Through the genetic sequencing of previous cases, the results showed multiple test samples. The sequence is the same, indicating that this outbreak in Xinjiang was caused by exposure to the same source of infection. (Edited by Gao Yuhui)

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