[Explanation] On January 18, Beijing held a press conference on the prevention and control of the new crown pneumonia epidemic.

At the meeting, Liu Xiaofeng, deputy director of the Beijing Municipal Center for Disease Control and Prevention, introduced that from 0:00 to 24:00 on January 17, two newly confirmed cases of local new coronary pneumonia in Beijing, all living in Ronghui Community, Tiangongyuan Street, Daxing District.

At present, all close contacts have implemented control measures as required.

  [Concurrent] Liu Xiaofeng, Deputy Director of Beijing CDC

  It was initially judged that 43 people had close contacts, and the control measures have been implemented as required.

At the same time, nucleic acid tests were performed on 17 close contacts of the work unit of Case 2 and the East Annex Building of No. 1 Fuxingmenwai Street. The results were all negative. Nucleic acid tests were performed on 597 environmental samples in key areas and public areas of their workplaces. They were all negative, and their working environment was disinfected at 20,000 square meters; the entire building of a company in Block C of Weber Times in Weigong Village, the daughter’s work unit of Case 1, was controlled. Nucleic acid tests were performed on 813 of the more than 2,000 people in the building. The results were all It was negative. Nucleic acid tests were performed on 112 environmental samples in key areas and public areas in the building, and the results were all negative.

At the same time, 6,000 square meters of the entire building will be disinfected.

  [Explanation] At present, relevant epidemiological investigations and management and control work are still in progress, and the closed management of the Ronghui community in Tiangongyuan street is adopted.

In addition, Daxing has also initiated nucleic acid testing for all employees in Tiangongyuan Street and surrounding street bases.

  [Concurrent] Han Xinxing, Deputy Chief of People's Government of Daxing District, Beijing

  At 15:00 on the 17th, a nucleic acid test for all members of the Ronghui community was launched, with 1:1 ratio sampling of the unit and store where the confirmed case was located, and a 1:10 mixed test of other personnel in the community.

Up to now, nucleic acid sampling of 6042 people in the closed cell has been completed.

Today (January 18), full nucleic acid testing has been launched on Tiangongyuan Street and the surrounding 5 streets and 2 bases. As of 15:00 (January 18), 131,235 samples have been sampled.

At the same time, 2014 samples of key environments and key areas outside the community were simultaneously sampled, of which 29 positive samples were detected in the homes of the cases and relevant key locations.

  [Explanation] Since January 18, the newly added Ronghui Community, Tiangongyuan Street, Daxing District, Beijing has been a medium-risk area, and Xidulan Village, Nanfaxin Town, Shunyi District has been adjusted to a low-risk area.

Up to now, Beijing has 6 medium-risk areas, and other areas are low-risk areas.

  Cheng Yu and Dong Zeyu report from Beijing

Editor in charge: [Lu Yan]