(Fighting New Coronary Pneumonia) The virus sequence of Pingdu infection in Qingdao is highly homologous to the epidemic strain in Heilongjiang
China News Service, Qingdao, January 23 (Reporter Hu Yaojie) Pingdu City, Qingdao held the third press conference on epidemic prevention and control on the 23rd.
It was notified at the meeting that at 19:00 on the 22nd, the whole gene sequencing results showed that the virus sequence of the two infected patients in Pingdu City was 99.99% homologous to the current epidemic strain in Heilongjiang Province, indicating that the two infected patients in this epidemic were both Imported infection.
The mayor of Pingdu City, Zhao Xingji, reported that the judgment before the whole gene sequencing result was verified was accurate, and the prevention and control measures taken were correct, which also provided a strong basis for what measures should be taken in the next step.
Zhao Xingji said that the close and sub-closed contacts of the two imported infected persons, Zhang Mouping and Wang, have been quarantined and observed. As of 8 o'clock on the 23rd, the third round of nucleic acid testing was completed, and the results were all negative. ; The personnel included in the key management completed two rounds of nucleic acid testing, and the results were all negative. The third round of sampling was completed before 12 o'clock today, and the results can be obtained before 20 o'clock today.
Zhao Xingji said that yesterday afternoon, experts from Shandong Province and Qingdao City further analyzed and judged that the measures taken in response to the epidemic were scientific and effective. The current situation is controllable and further improved, but the prevention and control measures must not be relaxed.
On the evening of the 22nd, Pingdu City issued the “Announcement on Actively Reporting Information on the Trajectory of Individuals’ Activities” to continue to investigate the personnel who went to the People’s Hospital from January 16 to 20 and the Qing University Affiliated Hospital (Pingdu) on the 18th. Citizens check their travel information.
Up to now, more than 16,000 people have reported and sampled for nucleic acid testing.
At present, various towns and streets in Pingdu City are conducting further publicity and investigation.
The Qingdao Municipal Health Commission reported on the 23rd that from 0:00 to 24:00 on January 22, there were no new confirmed cases, suspected cases, or asymptomatic infections of new coronavirus pneumonia in Qingdao, no new cured and discharged cases, and no new cases. Close contacts released from medical observation.
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