(Fighting New Coronary Pneumonia) Two groups of Macau have the same gene of Delta virus, the government says the epidemic is preventable and controllable
China News Service, Macau, October 5 (Reporter Long Tuyou) The Macau Novel Coronavirus Infection Response Coordination Center (hereinafter referred to as the Response Coordination Center) stated on the 5th that according to epidemiological investigations, Macau’s current round of epidemic "renovation group" The 74th confirmed case (Vietnamese decoration worker) and the 66th confirmed case of the "security group" (Nepalese isolated hotel security) took the same bus on September 24 for about 14 minutes. It is not ruled out that they were infected.
According to the response coordination center, the Health Bureau laboratory has compared the genetic sequencing of the 72nd confirmed case in Macau with the 64th, 65th, and 66th cases and the 68th, 69th, 70th, and 71th confirmed cases. The results show that they are all Delta virus. , The similarity is 100%, so it shows genetically that the relevant cases are homologous.
The Response Coordination Center stated that the health authorities are continuing to step up epidemiological investigations, hoping to clarify the source of infection and the chain of transmission as soon as possible, so as to isolate high-risk groups and cut off the route of transmission.
At present, the spread of the virus in the community of Macao and the epidemic are still preventable and controllable. The government is confident that this epidemic can be overcome.
In the third national nucleic acid test, one sample (10 mixed 1) was found to be suspiciously positive.
The Response Coordination Center stated that it had contacted 10 related persons for re-examination and confirmed that one of them had been diagnosed in the field and had recovered. The test result was very weakly positive.
The risk of spreading the Fuyang case to the Macau community is very low, but for the sake of caution and safety, the relevant persons have been isolated.
In addition, the Response Coordination Center announced that in accordance with the Chief Executive’s Order No. 143/2021, to prevent the spread of the new crown virus in Macau, cinemas, theaters, indoor playgrounds, game consoles and electronic game rooms, Internet cafes, billiard rooms, bowling alleys, and steam baths , "Karaoke", bars and other entertainment venues will be closed from 0:00 on October 6.
The Chief Executive also instructed that in order to strictly prevent the export of new crown virus pneumonia from Macau, starting from 0:00 on October 6, a certificate of negative nucleic acid test results within 24 hours must be obtained before leaving Macau.
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