(Fighting New Coronary Pneumonia) This round of Wuhan epidemic presents three characteristics and multiple measures to curb the spread

　　China News Service, Wuhan, August 4 (Reporter Liang Ting) The Hubei Provincial Epidemic Prevention and Control Headquarters held a press conference on the 4th. Li Tao, deputy secretary general of the Wuhan Municipal People's Government, introduced the characteristics of the epidemic in Wuhan and the progress of prevention and control work.

Data map: Residents in Wuhan Economic Development Zone line up for nucleic acid testing.

Photo courtesy of Wuhan University People's Hospital

　　According to reports, on August 3, there were 9 newly confirmed local cases in Hubei and 3 local asymptomatic infections, all of whom were quarantined and closed managers at the same construction site in Wuhan.

　　On August 2, Wuhan Economic Development Zone reported that seven migrant workers had tested positive for the new coronavirus nucleic acid.

After receiving the report, Hubei Province and Wuhan City immediately organized relevant departments to perform whole-genome sequencing on case samples, comprehensively carry out epidemiological investigations, investigation and tracking of relevant personnel, sampling testing and isolation control, and implement terminal disinfection of relevant places and environments And other epidemic prevention measures.

　　Li Tao introduced that according to the results of whole-genome sequencing and epidemiological investigation reports, up to now, the epidemic has shown the following characteristics: First, the same source of infection.

Among the 7 cases notified by Wuhan on the 2nd, the sequencing results of 2 samples that have been completed showed that they were of the delta type, and were highly homologous to the native cases in Jiangsu this round.

The second is a single transmission chain.

The case Tang had an intersection with the activity trajectory of a tourist group in Huaian, Jiangsu while waiting for the train at Jingzhou High-speed Railway Station on July 27, and it was spread to roommates and workers after arriving in Han.

Third, the epidemic occurred at the same construction site, and most of the cases in this epidemic were related to the construction site.

　　In order to strictly control the leakage of the epidemic, Wuhan quickly sealed and controlled the relevant areas involved in the case.

From August 2, 2021, Zhuankou Street in Wuhan Economic Development Zone has been designated as a medium-risk area, and the risk levels of other areas remain unchanged.

Closed management is implemented in medium-risk areas, and the management measures of "only entry but no exit, and no gathering" are implemented.

In principle, each household is limited to one person to go out to purchase security materials at a specified time.

All vehicles are strictly controlled. Except for medical ambulance vehicles, anti-epidemic work vehicles, vehicles transporting medical rescue supplies and residents’ daily necessities, and special vehicles such as fire fighting, rescue, environmental sanitation, and police vehicles, all vehicles are prohibited from passing.

　　As of August 3, Wuhan has closed and managed 1 street, which is the Zhuankou street in Wuhan Economic Development Zone, which includes 14 communities and 40 communities; except for Wuhan Economic Development Zone, 9 communities in other areas have been closed for management. ; In addition, closed management of 7 residential buildings is adopted.

At present, special personnel have been arranged to be on duty 24 hours a day, and residents of the jurisdiction will conduct nucleic acid inspections uniformly.

　　In addition, Wuhan has opened up an isolation site to ensure that it should be separated.

As of 7 a.m. on August 4, the city has raised a total of about 3,1300 rooms, about 26,100 rooms have been used, and about 5,200 remaining rooms. It is expected that the city will raise another 9,000 isolation rooms in the next three days to ensure that the city should be separated. Separated.

　　In terms of market supply, Li Tao introduced that currently more than 200 stores, 58 home appliance companies, and more than 400 gas stations are open for business in Wuhan’s 13 major shopping malls.

The city's rice, noodles, grain, oil, meat, eggs, vegetables, milk and other daily necessities have sufficient stocks, stable prices and normal supply.

　　According to a report from the Hubei Provincial Health Commission, since July 31, Hubei Province has reported a total of 15 local confirmed cases and 11 local asymptomatic infections.

The cases were all infected by the Delta mutant strain, and they were all previously announced related cases of confirmed cases in a tour group in Huaian, Jiangsu.

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