China News Service, Zhengzhou, August 2 (Kan Li and Han Zhangyun) On the evening of August 2, Zhengzhou held a press conference on the prevention and control of the new crown pneumonia epidemic.
Li Huifang, Deputy Secretary-General of the Zhengzhou Municipal Government, informed that the first two infected persons in this round of the epidemic in Zhengzhou and the confirmed patients who entered Myanmar and were treated at the Sixth Hospital of Zhengzhou had highly homologous strains, both of which were delta mutant strains.
Li Huifang introduced that since the first case of asymptomatic infection was found in Erqi District, Zhengzhou City on July 30, as of 18:00 on August 2, this round of the epidemic resulted in 13 newly confirmed local cases and 50 asymptomatic infections in Zhengzhou City. .
The confirmed patients were mild and ordinary.
The picture shows that on the evening of August 2, Zhengzhou City held a press conference to introduce the prevention and control of the city's new crown pneumonia epidemic.
Photo by Li Chaoqing
"Through genetic sequencing, the first two infected people have highly homologous strains with the confirmed patients who entered Myanmar and were treated at the Sixth Hospital of Zhengzhou City. They are all Delta mutant strains." The specimens of the cases were sent to the Henan Provincial Center for Disease Control and Prevention for genetic sequencing.
Li Huifang said that the current round of the epidemic in Zhengzhou showed sporadic characteristics. The vast majority of the 63 infected people were related to the Sixth Hospital of Zhengzhou. Although some individuals did not have obvious intersection with the Sixth Hospital of Zhengzhou, they either lived near the hospital. Either there has been activity in the area recently.
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