(Fighting New Coronary Pneumonia) Hubei Jingzhou and Hong'an Open Multiple Rounds of Nucleic Acid Testing

  Chinanews.com, Wuhan, August 5 (Reporter Liang Ting) Hubei Provincial Epidemic Prevention and Control Headquarters held a press conference on the 5th to introduce the latest progress of epidemic prevention and control in Jingzhou and Huanggang: At present, Jingzhou, Hubei has launched the second round of key areas Nucleic acid testing: The second nucleic acid sampling test results in Yongjiahe Township, Hong'an County, Huanggang City were all negative, and the third test results are yet to be released.

  Jingzhou initiated nucleic acid testing for all employees in the central city on August 2.

According to Sun Yuqiu, Deputy Mayor of Jingzhou Municipal Government, 932,000 people should be sampled. Within 48 hours, 933,96 people have been sampled.

  As of 12:00 on August 5, a total of 2 confirmed cases have been reported in Jingzhou, all of which are mild and are related to the Huai'an tour group in Jiangsu.

282 close contacts and 584 second close contacts were investigated and controlled, and the results of multiple rounds of nucleic acid testing were all negative.

A total of 236 isolation sites of various types, 10982 isolation rooms, and 6,875 isolation personnel were set up.

  In order to prevent the spread and spillover of the epidemic, Jingzhou has implemented strict control over the downtown area.

Currently, 18 A-level tourist attractions in the city are temporarily closed, and 7 non-A-level tourist attractions are temporarily closed.

All non-essential leisure and entertainment venues such as chess, card and Internet cafes will be suspended.

Focus on strengthening the management and control of railway, wharf, and highway passenger transportation, and minimize the flow of people from counties and cities to the central city.

  Sun Yuqiu said that in response to this round of epidemic, the management of key populations, key locations and key regions should be strengthened, and the 159 foreign students of Yangtze University in Jing will be monitored for nucleic acid testing and epidemic prevention management. 326 people were under medical observation, of which 24 were quarantined.

Carried out 351,900 imported cold chain food nucleic acid tests, of which 91,900 were food samples, 120,400 were employees’ samples, and 139,700 were environmental samples. The test results were all negative.

  Rong Xianguo, a member of the party group of the Huanggang Municipal Government, said that as of 24:00 on August 4, a total of 1 confirmed case had been reported in Hong'an County, Huanggang, which was a confirmed case-associated case in Huai’an City, Jiangsu Province; and 3 cases of asymptomatic infection were confirmed cases. Mother, sister and accompanying staff.

All 4 persons have been sent to designated hospitals for treatment in time and are currently in stable condition.

  Up to now, Hong'an County has quarantined 1085 people (including 211 close contacts, 468 second close contacts, and 406 returnees from medium- and high-risk areas). The reported 1 confirmed case and 3 asymptomatic infections are all in the centralized isolation point. Isolation control personnel detected by sampling.

  According to Rong Xianguo, Hong'an County has precisely expanded the scope of detection and screening, carried out nucleic acid sampling in 9 villages along the route from Hong'an County to Yongjiahe Town, and carried out the second and third tests in Yongjiahe Township. Nucleic acid sampling, a total of 181,000 people were sampled. Except for the third sampling result in Yongjiahe Township, the results of other nucleic acid tests were negative. (Finish)