Chinanews client, Beijing, August 3 (Reporter Zhang Ni) The number of domestic confirmed cases is still rising. On the same day, Yangzhou City reported 40 confirmed cases.

At present, the total number of confirmed cases in Yangzhou has reached nearly 100, and all cases are related to a 64-year-old woman who was first diagnosed.

  The police report indicated that the woman had left her place of residence in Nanjing without authorization and has been detained.

On August 3, Yangzhou implemented upgraded sealing and control management measures for the enclosed and controlled management community.

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The 64-year-old concealed her itinerary and caused the epidemic to spread

  On the 3rd, the Yangzhou City Public Security Bureau announced that on July 29, the Hanjiang Branch of the Yangzhou Public Security Bureau took legal action against Mao Mouning (female, 64 years old, household registration: Qinhuai District, Nanjing City, residence: Lukou Street, Jiangning District, Nanjing). ) The investigation was filed on suspicion of obstructing the prevention and control of infectious diseases.

  Mao Mouning is the first local confirmed case reported in Yangzhou City in this epidemic.

  Preliminary investigation revealed that on the morning of July 21, Mao Mouning arbitrarily left the Nanjing residence, which had already adopted the control measures, and came to Yangzhou to live in his sister's home in Niansi New Village, Hanjiang District, Yangzhou City.

During the period from July 21st to 27th, failed to follow the requirements of the "Notice on Implementation of Enclosed and Controlled Management of Various Residential Communities" issued by the Hanjiang District New Crown Pneumonia Epidemic Prevention and Control Headquarters, proactively reported the history of Nanjing residence to the community, and frequent activities in Yangzhou Many highly densely populated restaurants, shops, clinics, chess and card rooms, and farmer’s markets in many urban areas have caused the spread of the new crown pneumonia epidemic in downtown Yangzhou, causing extremely serious consequences.

  The Hanjiang Branch of the Yangzhou Public Security Bureau decided on July 29 to take criminal detention measures against Mao.

Currently, the case is under further investigation.

  Some netizens commented on this: an irresponsible old lady infected a city.

On August 1, Yangzhou carried out the second round of large-scale nucleic acid testing in the main urban area.

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Farmer's market and chess room become a virus "transit station"?

  Within a few days, nearly 100 confirmed cases appeared in Yangzhou City.

  From the perspective of age distribution, most of the patients diagnosed this time are middle-aged and elderly people. Among the 54 cases that have been announced, 39 cases are over 60 years old, and there are even 87-year-old senior citizens.

  Why are so many elderly people recruited?

This is closely related to Mao's whereabouts after arriving in Yangzhou.

  According to the itinerary previously announced by the Yangzhou Municipal Health and Health Commission, after arriving in Yangzhou on the 21st, Mao Mouning had visited public places many times, including several times in the chess and card room in Qiunanyuan, Sijiyuan Community.

  Among the 54 confirmed cases that have been announced, more than 40 have played cards in the chess room, and some cases have even played cards in multiple chess rooms.

  In addition, many cases have gone to the Sijiyuan vegetable farm to buy vegetables.

  Food courts and chess and card rooms are the most frequent places for many elderly people. The environment is closed and crowded. Once the protection is not in place, the risks can be imagined.

On August 2, Yangzhou Dongguan Ancient Street became an "empty street".

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Upgrading of sealing control management in the main urban area of ​​Yangzhou

  In the past few days, Yangzhou City has urgently deployed prevention and control measures.

  In the early morning of the 3rd, the Yangzhou New Crown Pneumonia Epidemic Prevention and Control Work Headquarters issued a notice, starting from 0:00 on August 3, the main urban areas (Hanjiang District, Guangling District, Economic and Technological Development Zone, Ecological Technology New City, Shugang-Shouxi Lake In scenic spots), all communities (natural villages) except for closed communities (natural villages) shall be upgraded with closed control management measures.

  Up to now, Yangzhou City has 1 high-risk area and 29 medium-risk areas.

Through the epidemiological investigation of the cases, 3,235 close contacts and close contacts have been identified, and all of them have been screened and managed in accordance with relevant regulations.

  At present, 45,371 chess and card rooms and mahjong halls in Jiangsu province have all been temporarily closed.

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