(Fighting against New Coronary Pneumonia) Nucleic acid testing for all employees in Pidu District, Chengdu: Complete sampling of 900,000 people within 24 hours
Chinanews.com, Chengdu, December 12th, title: Direct nucleic acid test for all employees in Pidu District, Chengdu: 900,000 people sampled within 24 hours
Author Shan Peng
"After waiting for nearly 3 hours, it's finally my turn." On the evening of the 11th, Meile Plaza, located in Tuanjie Street, Pidu District, Chengdu, was full of people waiting for nucleic acid testing. Li Yong stood at the top of the line. Looking backwards on tiptoes, several long "U" characters stand in the open space of hundreds of square meters. Among them are elderly people over seventy years old and babies under one year old who are held in the arms of their parents.
The staff maintaining order held the microphones, and the speakers around them kept calling names.
Many people held up their mobile phones and recorded a scene they had never seen before.
Nucleic acid testing site for all employees in Pidu District, Chengdu.
Photo by Zhang Lang
Li Yong, who worked in Tuanjie Street, recalled that he received a notification of nucleic acid testing for all the staff in Pidu District when he was about to get off work that afternoon.
At 6 pm on the 11th, when Li Yong rushed to the inspection point at Melody Plaza, the scene was already crowded.
"Everyone is very active in nucleic acid testing. If there is no problem with the test results, it is equivalent to giving yourself a reassurance pill." Li Yong said.
On the evening of the 11th, the Chengdu Municipal People's Government Information Office held a special conference on epidemic prevention and control, informing the city that over 1.36 million people have completed nucleic acid testing.
On the afternoon of the 11th, more than 4,000 professional collection teams from 21 districts (counties) of Chengdu have assembled in Pidu District. It is planned to complete the sampling of 900,000 people in Pidu District within 24 hours.
Nucleic acid testing site for all employees in Pidu District, Chengdu.
Photo by Zhang Lang
"To further expand the scope of screening, new cases may appear, but according to the current situation, the proportion is very low. As long as the detection and timely measures are taken, the spread of the virus can be curbed as soon as possible." According to the inspection of staff members, Luan Rongsheng, deputy head of the Epidemic Prevention and Control Group of the Leading Group of the Sichuan Provincial Health Commission to respond to the new coronavirus pneumonia epidemic, and professor of epidemiology at the West China School of Public Health of Sichuan University
At the Meile Plaza inspection site, five medical staff from the Second People's Hospital of Longquanyi District, Chengdu, expertly sampled throat swabs for the public. They were dressed in white protective clothing, and the transparent face masks they wore were covered with water droplets.
According to on-site observations, the average time for testing a person was about 10 seconds. The medical staff took out a cotton swab with a length of about 10 cm from the sealed bag and stretched it accurately to the throat of the test subject. After a few swings Take it out quickly; after each inspection, they also disinfect the latex gloves with a disinfectant.
"For medical staff, personal protection is very important, and it also prevents cross-infection." Shi Hualin, a surgeon at the Second People's Hospital of Longquanyi District, Chengdu, said that the samples collected at the scene were sent to the hospital overnight.
In the Taihe Village Committee compound of Pidu District, inspection work is also being carried out in an intense and orderly manner.
Volunteer Luo Yuanyuan assisted medical staff in registering information on the spot. She used her mobile phone to take pictures of the subjects’ IDs and uploaded them to the WeChat applet. The system automatically reads the name, date of birth, ID number and other information to ensure It is consistent with the barcode information of the sample test tube.
“One test tube has samples of 10 test subjects. Once they are positive, all these 10 people have to be re-examined. This can save costs and improve the efficiency of testing.” Luo Yuanyuan said.
"Our village has set up 5 nucleic acid testing sites, and the village committee has about 1,300 people. From 1 am to 2 am on the 12th, the Taihe Village area can complete the testing." Taihe Village, Tuanjie Street, Pidu District Party Secretary Leng Zhixin said.
"Very touched, the medical staff worked tirelessly to stay up all night to do tests for everyone, let us feel warm and caring, every citizen should actively cooperate." Dai Chongliang, a villager in Taihe Village who finished the nucleic acid test, said after the Spring Festival this year, The local epidemic prevention and control situation is stable, "China is capable of defeating the epidemic, and we are full of confidence in this." (End)