Xinhua News Agency, Shijiazhuang, January 8th, title: Hebei fights the epidemic directly

  Xinhua News Agency reporter

  The two populous cities pressed the "pause button" at the same time, and the prevention and control escalated rapidly, and a nucleic acid test of nearly 20 million people began immediately.

At the beginning of the new year, the new crown pneumonia epidemic that occurred in Shijiazhuang and Xingtai, Hebei Province, affected the hearts of people across the country.

Continuous upgrade of control measures

  According to the latest releases of Hebei Province and Shijiazhuang City, from January 2 to 12:00 on the 8th, a total of 127 local confirmed cases of new coronary pneumonia were reported in Hebei, and 183 cases of asymptomatic infection were still under medical observation. In particular, Shijiazhuang cumulatively reported local cases of new coronary pneumonia. There were 118 confirmed cases and 177 asymptomatic infections.

  Gaocheng District, Shijiazhuang City, is currently the most concentrated area of ​​the epidemic and the only high-risk area in the country.

Yuan Lihua, the mayor of Gaocheng District, said that nucleic acid testing for all employees in the district has been completed.

All 20 villages in Zengcun Town completed the third round of nucleic acid testing on the 8th, and other townships have started the second round of nucleic acid testing.

As of 12:00 on the 8th, a total of 259 positive patients had been detected in Gaocheng District, including 112 confirmed patients and 147 asymptomatic infections.

  In Gaocheng, a high-risk area, more than 1,500 medical staff, more than 3,500 grassroots cadres, public security officers and volunteers who responded spontaneously from all over Hebei stood on the front line and fought day and night.

  Zhang Lifang, a nurse at Xinji Traditional Chinese Medicine Hospital, suddenly received the bad news of her mother's death while supporting the nucleic acid testing in Shijiazhuang.

When the hospital applied for her to go home for the funeral, Zhang Lifang reluctantly decided to stay.

"I have my younger brother at home to be filial, and I am here to be loyal to the country." On the evening of the 6th, Zhang Lifang bowed deeply in the direction of home with tears in his eyes, and bid farewell to her mother in a special way during a special period.

  The epidemic continues to develop, and prevention and control are rapidly escalating.

Xu Jianpei, deputy governor of Hebei Province, said that all villages and residential areas in Shijiazhuang City and Nangong City, Xingtai City have been closed for management, except for special needs.

All villages and communities in high-risk areas will be sealed off.

People from Shijiazhuang and Xingtai should not leave the city unless necessary.

  The lively business district immediately turned calm, and the streets and alleys instantly became empty. Except for the anti-epidemic personnel who stood by the front line and marched against the wind, it was difficult to see the vehicles... Shijiazhuang, with more than 10 million residents, urgently "suspended" Down.

Finding the source of infection and cutting off the chain of transmission is a top priority

  To curb the spread of the epidemic, quickly find the source of the infection, and cut off the chain of transmission is a top priority.

Hebei Province has launched the "wartime mechanism", striving to complete nucleic acid tests for all employees in Shijiazhuang and Xingtai within three or four days, involving a population of nearly 20 million.

  On January 6, the strongest cold wave since the beginning of winter hit, and the night temperature was once close to minus 20 degrees Celsius.

Starting at 0:00 on the 6th, with more than 20,000 professional forces rushing to more than 5,000 points overnight, Shijiazhuang City began to detect more than 10 million people.

  The National Public Testing Laboratory of the First Hospital of Hebei Medical University operates 24 hours a day.

More than 70 professional inspection personnel were urgently assembled here.

Sun Jingna, deputy director of the hospital’s inspection center, told reporters: “We have 24 hours a day without stopping people and equipment, and we can achieve more than 200,000 tests in a single day. Some people only sleep for 2 hours in two days, just to complete the whole staff as soon as possible. Check and send the report to everyone as soon as possible."

  In order to support Hebei, the State Council’s response to the new crown pneumonia epidemic and joint prevention and control mechanism medical treatment team selected five new crown virus nucleic acid testing teams in Jiangsu and Zhejiang provinces, and the materials also arrived in Hebei on the evening of the 7th.

  "After receiving the task, Zhejiang set up a nucleic acid testing medical team as quickly as possible, assembled within 6 hours, and flew to Shijiazhuang last night." Yao Qiang, the leader of the Zhejiang Support Hebei Medical Team, said: "We have 103 The team members also brought more than 100 sets of equipment and 250,000 reagents. We will divide them into 5 groups, work 3 shifts 24 hours a day, and do nucleic acid tests non-stop."

  Meng Xianghong, deputy mayor of Shijiazhuang City, said that as of 12:00 on the 8th, a total of 980,1962 nucleic acid samples and 6,239,378 nucleic acid tests in Shijiazhuang City.

The remaining sampling work will be completed on the evening of the 8th.

"Under the coordination of the National Health Commission, we have contacted Beijing, Tianjin, Shandong and other places to send some samples for testing. The testing was completed on the morning of the 9th, and the results were reported to the society and the people of the city in time."

  According to the latest release, as of 24:00 on the 7th, a total of 289 positive samples have been detected in Shijiazhuang City.

As of 15:00 on the 8th, a total of 6,622,918 nucleic acid test samples have been collected in Xingtai City, which accounts for 94.13% of the city’s total permanent residents, and a total of 15 positive samples have been detected.

According to the arrangement, the two cities of Shijiazhuang and Xingtai completed all nucleic acid tests 9 days ago.

  In the middle of the night on the 8th, the Shijiazhuang Epidemic Prevention and Control Headquarters Office issued a message that in order to prevent the spread of the epidemic and protect the health and safety of the people, after Shijiazhuang City completed the task of nucleic acid testing for all staff, the general public stayed at home for 7 days to effectively prevent and control the epidemic, and personnel did not move. , Do not gather, do not leave the community and village.

  "At present, the vital signs of all patients are stable." Cui Yun, director of the Shijiazhuang Municipal Health Commission, said that in accordance with the "four concentrations" principle and the "four one" treatment measures, Shijiazhuang organized a municipal expert group to enter the designated hospital Shijiazhuang Fifth Hospital , Adhere to both Chinese and Western medicine, and invite provincial experts to consult, analyze the condition, and spare no effort to treat confirmed cases.

Establish a mechanism to guarantee the supply of daily necessities

  How to protect the lives of residents in the censorship of urban and rural communities?

Hebei Province has established a working mechanism to ensure the supply of daily necessities, identified 24 key supermarkets and 42 key agricultural batch markets as key contact enterprises, and strengthened market monitoring.

"Once a shortage of daily necessities is found, the key living materials will be uniformly deployed across the province. At present, the supply of daily necessities such as rice, noodles, oil, meat, eggs, milk, vegetables and fruits is stable and sufficient to meet the daily needs of residents in Shijiazhuang and Xingtai." Hebei Said Zhang Feng, director of the Provincial Department of Commerce.

  "At first, when I heard that the village was going to be closed, many villagers rushed to buy rice noodle oil. Later, everyone thought it was unnecessary because the village opened a new channel for ordering through the Internet and telephone. If there is a shortage of water and food, report it in the WeChat group. Or just make a phone call, and the village volunteers will deliver the items home at the same price as usual." Wang Xiaoru, a villager in Beigaozhuang Village, Nandong Town, Gaocheng District, told reporters on the phone.

Where will the epidemic develop?

  The number of infected patients continues to increase. Are you ready for a "big war"?

Liang Zhankai, director of the Hebei Provincial Health Commission, said that at present, 13 municipal hospitals have been identified as designated hospitals for medical treatment, 2 provincial hospitals and 19 municipal hospitals have been reserved, and more than 50,000 backup medical personnel have been reserved. Need to carry out treatment at any time.

  In Shijiazhuang, the City Fifth Hospital and Hebei Chest Hospital were all vacated. Among them, the City Fifth Hospital set up 17 wards, 389 wards, and 8 negative pressure wards with 850 beds.

The Provincial Chest Hospital vacated 600 beds, and the two designated hospitals totaled 1,450 beds.

At the same time, Shijiazhuang City People's Hospital, as a backup hospital, has 1,000 reserve beds and is ready to use it at any time, which "can effectively guarantee the treatment of patients."

  Why did the number of people infected with the epidemic increase rapidly in just a few days?

Feng Zijian, deputy director of the China Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, believes that perhaps a very important reason is that there are still weak links in the ability to detect disease transmission at the grassroots level in rural areas. The epidemic may have been spreading in this area for some time before being detected. Large-scale screening has found more and more cases.

  Li Qi, director of the Hebei Provincial Center for Disease Control and Prevention, said that based on current epidemiological investigations, it is preliminarily believed that although cases still mainly occur in Zengcun Town, Gaocheng District, cases have been detected in many districts and counties of Shijiazhuang City, and Xingtai City has also reported and Shijiazhuang epidemic-related cases.

As the progress of nucleic acid screening in Shijiazhuang accelerates, there may still be areas where new cases are reported in the next few days.

  The traceability of the epidemic situation that has received much attention is also intensified.

At the three levels of provinces, cities and counties, a flow investigation team was organized, relying on big data methods, to conduct flow investigations on the positive persons that have been found, and to find close and sub-close contacts in a comprehensive way.

Convection promptly issued letters of assistance to other provinces.

  As of 12:00 on the 8th, the entire city of Shijiazhuang has passed flow investigations and determined that the number of close contacts is 7864, the number of close contacts is 3581, the number of centralized quarantine is 3857, and 70 quarantine sites have been activated. The quarantine work is in full progress.

  Li Qi said that genetic sequencing showed that the epidemic was caused by a foreign strain, and the specific source of infection is under investigation.

The epidemic mainly occurred in a number of administrative villages in Zengcun Township, Gaocheng District. Cases found in other counties, including those in Xingtai, were also related to the epidemic situation in Zengcun Township.

  Li Qi said that in the future, close contacts of the case and people under control such as Xiaoguozhuang Village may still have cases.

Shijiazhuang City has implemented closed-loop management measures throughout the urban area, cutting off the spread of the epidemic in the urban area. It is possible to find cases through the nucleic acid screening of all employees, but the risk of further spread of the epidemic in the region is low.

(Reporters Yan Qilei, Zhao Hongyu, Yang Fan, Qin Jing, Li Jiwei)