China News Service, Dalian, January 14 (Reporter Yang Yi) Zhao Lian, deputy director of the Dalian Municipal Health Commission, said at a press conference on epidemic prevention and control held by the local government on the 14th that since the outbreak of the current round of the epidemic in Dalian, Dalian has avoided The epidemic spread to other provinces and cities, and the information of people who left Dalian was transmitted to relevant provinces and cities as soon as possible.
Up to now, a total of 5529 people have cross-distributed information for assistance, and 703 people from 29 provinces, autonomous regions and municipalities outside the province, including Heilongjiang Province, including 20 from Suihua City. No positive case has been detected in the current feedback results.
Earlier, the Heilongjiang epidemic prevention and control press briefing stated that after sequencing the virus genes, the epidemic virus in Wangkui County, Suihua City is 100% homologous to the Dalian epidemic virus strain, and the source of the specific virus is being traced.
Zhao Lian pointed out that since the outbreak of the epidemic in Dalian, various localities have strengthened the control of personnel entering the territory of Dalian, and so far there has been no report of the epidemic from Dalian to other provinces and cities.
Zhao Lian said that according to the analysis and judgment of the results of gene sequencing by the National Center for Disease Control and Prevention, the genome of this local epidemic in Dalian is highly homologous to the virus strains circulating in Russia in November, and has strong genetic association; combined with epidemiological investigations, preliminary It was confirmed that the virus that caused the local epidemic came from Russian imported cold chain products that contaminated the new crown virus.
Five dock workers from Dalian Haohan Labor Service Company transported the outer packaging of frozen bulk cargo contaminated with the new crown virus at the bottom of the Russian cargo hold from December 2 to December 9, causing infection.
Since December 15, 2020, a total of 83 positive infections have been detected in this epidemic in Dalian.
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