Xinhua News Agency, Fuzhou, September 19th. Title: From 100,000 to 2 million-Behind the “speeding up” of nucleic acid testing in Putian, Fujian

  Xinhua News Agency reporter Dong Jianguo

  The sudden new round of new crown pneumonia epidemic first appeared in Putian, Fujian. The ability to prevent the epidemic has ushered in a big test. The ability of timely nucleic acid collection, transfer, detection, and feedback is essential for precise prevention and control.

In the past few days, through strong assistance from all parties, speed and efficiency of information platforms, Putian has only used less than 10 days to increase its daily nucleic acid detection capacity from 100,000 to more than 2 million.

  Wu Zongxing, Secretary-General of Putian Municipal Government, said that at the beginning of the epidemic, Putian's daily nucleic acid collection and testing capacity was only about 100,000 people, while more than 3 million people in the city had to undergo multiple rounds of nucleic acid testing for all employees. Fengting Town, Xianyou County, etc. In key risk areas, one round of nucleic acid testing must be completed every day.

Time is tight and tasks are heavy. This is a severe test.

  Facing the epidemic, medical staff from all over the province rushed to the front line.

212 nucleic acid sampling personnel in Fuzhou, 200 nucleic acid sampling personnel in Xiamen, and 300 nucleic acid sampling personnel in Zhangzhou...In the past few days, medical teams from all over the province have rushed to help Putian.

Many shelter laboratories rushed to assist in various places have also been put into use successively, and the nucleic acid testing of all employees in Putian has been accelerated.

  On the morning of the 19th, at the shelter nucleic acid test site in Xianyou County Sports Center, seven shelter laboratories have been put into use, and the staff are stepping up to test 60,000 samples collected from Fengting Town, a high-risk area.

  “The laboratory is non-stop 24 hours a day, and the nucleic acid detection volume can reach 100,000 in a single day, and the report can be issued within 4 hours, realizing same-day sampling, same-day detection, and same-day report.” said Xu Yuanjie, the person in charge of the site, that the laboratory can complete a one-stop shop. Nucleic acid detection greatly improves detection efficiency and effectively responds to the nucleic acid detection needs of large-scale populations.

  In addition to hard-core forces such as shelter laboratories, Putian also wants big data to "anti-epidemic productivity."

  At around 10 pm on the 18th, the Putian City Anti-epidemic Frontline Command was brightly lit, and Zhu Haihui, a member of the Party Group of the Putian City Government and the dispatcher of the Anti-epidemic Frontline Command, was staring at a big screen.

"After the outbreak, we quickly launched the nucleic acid detection information system, creating an anti-epidemic data command brain."

  The reporter saw that in the information system, the number of real-time samples at each collection point, how many samples need to be transported, and whether the detection capacity of the testing organization is saturated, etc. are clear at a glance.

  Previously, because there was no information-based entry system, Putian nucleic acid testing initially adopted manual entry methods, resulting in poor connection between collection, transportation, and testing. It took eight or nine hours from the collection to the detection result.

  "Many nucleic acid collection sites are in the countryside. The samples collected must be collected in the townships and then sent for inspection. There are many links and slow efficiency. The situation of'samples waiting for vehicles' often appears." Zhu Haihui said, now through big data analysis, every day The peak value of the sample collection is from 9 to 11 o'clock.

"We arranged vehicles in advance to ensure transportation more accurately, so that'vehicles and other samples' were then run to nearby inspection institutions with surplus capabilities."

  "The information platform allows seamless integration of collection, inspection, and testing, and becomes a powerful assistant in epidemic prevention and control." Zhu Haihui said.

According to statistics, it only takes 15 to 20 seconds to complete a sample collection, which is 3 to 4 times faster than the manual mode.

At the same time, all test tube records are directly stored in the detection system, and the checking efficiency is more than doubled.

  "Nucleic acid screening is the most effective measure for timely detection of virus-infected people and an important line of defense against the epidemic." Putian Mayor Lin Xuyang said that nucleic acid testing has "speeded up" and strengthened our confidence in the fight against the epidemic.

  Data show that from September 10 to September 18 at 24:00, Putian City completed nucleic acid sampling of 6,699,864 people and completed testing of 6,108,341.