Shenyang notified the latest situation of a newly confirmed case and 71 close contacts have been checked
China News Service, Shenyang, December 23 (Reporter Gong Xu) At the seventh press conference on the prevention and control of the novel coronavirus pneumonia epidemic in Shenyang on the evening of the 23rd, Mao Yinbai, deputy director of the Shenyang Municipal Health Commission, notified that , On the same day, Shenyang City discovered a case of a positive patient with a new coronavirus nucleic acid test after a South Korean returnee was released from quarantine. After consultation with experts, it was determined as a confirmed case.
According to Wang Ping, deputy director of the Shenyang Center for Disease Control and Prevention, the confirmed patient arrived at Shenyang Taoxian Airport by flight CZ682 from South Korea on November 29. Shenyang Customs reported that his first nucleic acid test result was negative.
In accordance with the control measures for overseas sinking personnel, they were immediately transported point-to-point by special buses to the designated centralized isolation observation point for overseas sinking personnel for 14 days of centralized isolation and observation. During the centralized isolation period, the serum antibody and second nucleic acid test results were negative.
The isolation was lifted on December 13.
At 20:00 on December 22, the patient went to the Fever Clinic of the First Affiliated Hospital of China Medical University. At 2:40 on December 23, the hospital diagnosed him as a suspected case.
The Municipal Center for Disease Control collected his biological specimens for nucleic acid testing, and the result was positive.
The Shenyang Municipal Health Commission immediately initiated the transfer procedure and transferred the patients to the Sixth People's Hospital of the city for diagnosis and treatment.
Mao Yinbai said that up to now, 71 close contacts and 69 secondary close contacts have been investigated, all of which have been brought into medical management, centralized control, and nucleic acid testing.
At present, the nucleic acid test results of 12 people in the first close and 33 people in the second close are negative.
Through epidemiological investigations, it was determined that 2 communities where patients and close contacts lived, 5 medical institutions and 2 schools were listed as risk control units, and emergency measures such as closed management, disinfection, and nucleic acid testing for all employees were fully implemented.
At present, 4835 biological specimens have been collected, testing is in progress, and the results are to be reported.
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