Chinanews.com, Chengdu, July 29 (Shan Peng and Wu Pinghua) "From last night to now, I haven't had a sip of water." At noon on the 29th, in the Qingyang District Southwestern University of Finance and Economics Affiliated Primary School (Guanghua) Campus, Qingyang District, Chengdu. At the swab collection point, the doctor Han Qin, who had been working continuously for nearly 15 hours, had a hoarse voice during the interview.

"I have done hundreds of throat swab samples. After my colleagues change shifts, I have to go back and have a rest, and then rush back to the community hospital to go to work."

  Han Qin is a general practitioner at Dongpo Community Health Service Center in Qingyang District, Chengdu. At 22:00 on the 28th, she and dozens of medical staff came to the Southwestern University of Finance and Economics Primary School (Guanghua) campus to take over and sample samples there since the afternoon. colleague.

At 18:00 on the 27th, Chengdu Youpin Road Xi'an Community, which is less than 2 kilometers away from this elementary school, was closed due to 3 confirmed cases of new coronary pneumonia living here.

Subsequently, Qingyang District launched an epidemic prevention and control plan, and the school’s basketball court was temporarily changed to a collection point for throat swabs in the nearby Caida and Huanhua communities.

  According to a press conference on the prevention and control of the epidemic in Chengdu on the evening of the 28th, as of 15:00 on the 28th, the Xi'an Community of Youpin Road, Guanghua Street, Qingyang District, and the Yasongju Community of Capital City, Shiyang Street, High-tech Zone, were upgraded to medium-risk areas.

After the outbreak, according to case trajectory tracking information, Chengdu urgently activated 35 emergency sampling sites, set up a total of 183 sampling stations, and mobilized 815 nucleic acid sampling personnel to conduct nucleic acid testing on key personnel and the environment.

Nucleic acid testing site.

Photo by Wang Lei

  At 12 noon on the 29th, the outdoor temperature was as high as 36 degrees Celsius, and there was a long line in front of the campus of the Affiliated Primary School of Southwestern University of Finance and Economics (Guanghua).

In the basketball court on campus, 33 testing stations are lined up. Each testing station is equipped with 2 medical staff responsible for sampling and 1 community volunteer responsible for information registration. The testing scene is in order.

Zhu Yuanchun, head of the Grassroots Hygiene and Maternal and Child Health Section of the Qingyang District Health Bureau who is stationed at the scene, revealed that from 3 pm on the 28th to 10 am on the 29th, more than 20,000 people have undergone nucleic acid testing at the collection point.

  "Today, we plan to complete all the nucleic acid tests in this area." Zhu Yuanchun said that the main problem facing the sampling work is the high temperature weather. "The medical staff are very hard. Because they wear protective clothing for a long time, they are all wet after taking off. Yes, the face is full of pressure marks, their task is very heavy."

  Among the residents waiting in line for the nucleic acid test, Zhang Yang (pseudonym), the "takeaway boy" in a yellow uniform, was particularly conspicuous.

At noon that day, he put down his work and made a special trip to do nucleic acid testing. "I mainly deliver takeaways from this area. I rushed over after receiving a call. I run more places, and I’m responsible for other people’s testing. "Zhang Yang said.

  At the testing site, college student Liu Yujia, who was on summer vacation, wore a white protective suit and walked from the beginning to the end of the team with a piece of A4 paper printed with a QR code, reminding residents waiting in line for nucleic acid testing to scan the QR code to register their personal information in advance.

It is understood that since yesterday, a total of more than 300 volunteers from enterprises, institutions, jurisdictions, and nearby universities have come to the scene to maintain order and cooperate with medical staff to collect information. “I am also a member of the nearby community. I feel obliged to contribute." She said.

  Official data shows that as of 17:00 on the 29th, a total of 101,000 people have been sampled in Guanghua Street, Qingyang District, and 88,800 test results are all negative. The remaining results are yet to be released.

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