(Fighting against new crown pneumonia) Yangzhou upgrades prevention and control measures to "encircle and wipe out" the virus

  China News Service, Nanjing, August 3 (Cui Jiaming and Xu Shanshan) "Dangerous chess room" has recently become a hot news in Yangzhou.

The rapid increase in the number of confirmed cases and the number of medium- and high-risk areas increased to 41... Under the continuous spread of the epidemic, this thousand-year-old city changed from the hustle and bustle of the past and pressed the "pause button."

  Strolling in the city, the once crowded Slender West Lake scenic spot no longer has tourists. The bustling Dongguan Street in the past has become the East "Guan" Street, with merchants closing their doors, sparse vehicles on the road, and people wearing masks and walking in a hurry.

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

Photo by Meng Delong

  "The nucleic acid result was positive when a visitor from Nanjing came to Yang." On July 28, a notice issued by Hanjiang District, Yangzhou City broke the tranquility of this ancient city.

The first confirmed case in the notification had been in and out of the chess and card room many times, and what followed was the continuous spread of the "chess and card room infection chain".

  At a press conference on the prevention and control of the new crown pneumonia epidemic in Jiangsu Province on the afternoon of August 3, Zhou Minghao, deputy director of the Jiangsu Provincial Health Commission, informed that as of 24:00 on August 2nd, Yangzhou had reported a total of 94 local confirmed cases.

Judging from the source of the discovery, 64% of the mahjong halls were exposed.

  In the past few days, Yangzhou has continuously upgraded epidemic prevention and control measures to block the spread of the epidemic and made every effort to "encircle and wipe out" the mutant virus.

Control the source of infection, cut off the transmission chain, and protect the entire population... Yangzhou quickly entered an emergency state, activated the emergency response mechanism as soon as possible, and comprehensively carried out epidemic research and judgment, circulation, investigation of key populations, nucleic acid testing, community containment management, traffic control, etc. jobs.

  On the evening of July 29, Zhang Baojuan, Secretary of the Yangzhou Municipal Party Committee, said at the video meeting of the Municipal Epidemic Prevention and Control Headquarters: Responsibilities and measures to resolutely curb the spillover and spread of the epidemic."

  After the nucleic acid test of the first confirmed case was positive, as an area under high pressure for prevention and control in Yangzhou, Hanjiang District took the lead in carrying out the first round of nucleic acid tests for all employees; set up 134 fixed sampling points and 2 mobile sampling points, sampling 69.71 10,000 people, and will organize the third round of nucleic acid testing for all employees on August 4.

  According to Ding Mingzhe, Deputy District Chief of Hanjiang District, at present, more than 1,000 medical personnel, 1,729 auxiliary police officers, more than 1,500 teachers, and thousands of community workers in the whole district are fighting the epidemic at the first time, running day and night in the fight against the epidemic. First line.

  "Our city is sick, she needs us to protect it together" "Everything will be fine". In the past few days, the citizens of Yangzhou have left a full screen of blessings on the Internet, hoping that the city will restore its former vitality as soon as possible. (Finish)