Wang Ping, deputy director of the Shenyang Center for Disease Control and Prevention, said at a press conference on epidemic prevention and control held by the Shenyang Municipal Government on the 16th that as of 10:00 on May 16, 59 close contacts had been identified and 52 had been transferred to municipal medicine. The observation points were quarantined, 6 people passed them from other places, and 1 person was transferred to the Sixth City Hospital with a positive nucleic acid.

69 close contacts of close contacts have been identified. Medical observation points in each district have implemented centralized isolation management. 112 samples of close contacts have been collected. Except for one with positive nucleic acid, the other nucleic acid test results were negative.

(Wang Yilin)

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