[Commentary] On October 19, Beijing held a press conference on the prevention and control of the new crown pneumonia epidemic.
Pang Xinghuo, deputy director of the Beijing Municipal Center for Disease Control and Prevention, reported the latest situation of the epidemic.
[Concurrent] Pang Xinghuo, Deputy Director of Beijing Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
From 0:00 to 13:00 on October 19, a new confirmed case of local new coronary pneumonia imported from outside Beijing was added.
Confirmed case: Registered in Wuwei City, Gansu Province, currently living in Hengfu Middle Street, Fengtai District.
The case has lived in Wuwei City, Gansu Province for a long time. On October 15th, he took the K42 train to Beijing and was adjacent to a sleeping berth in the same compartment as a confirmed case of new coronary pneumonia in Yinchuan City, Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region.
It is preliminarily determined that 9 people have been in close contact with the confirmed cases, and relevant control measures have been taken, and relevant areas are gradually adopting measures such as sealing control and control.
[Commentary] According to the relevant person in charge of Fengtai District, Fengtai District has quickly entered an emergency state for epidemic prevention and control.
At present, the circulation has been carried out to isolate relevant personnel; the relevant communities and places of Hengfu Middle Street have been quickly sealed, and personnel and environmental sampling have been carried out.
At the same time, do a good job in guaranteeing materials in the enclosed and controlled area, and implement the control measures for epidemic-related campuses.
[Concurrent] Zhang Jie, Deputy Chief of People's Government of Fengtai District, Beijing
9 people in close contact were initially investigated, 6 of them have been under control in Fengtai District, and the nucleic acid test results were all negative, and the remaining 3 people have transferred their information to Hebei Province.
Initial investigations have been conducted to close 249 people, and the implementation of management and control is being accelerated.
Collected 60 environmental samples of patients’ homes and residential buildings and 30 personal throat swabs; collected 37 environmental samples of the case’s dining place and 133 personal throat swabs. The results of the new crown nucleic acid test were all negative.
One of the close contact personnel’s school will be suspended for one week from today. At present, 7 teachers and 92 students who have direct contact with the close contact personnel have been investigated. They are being transferred to the centralized isolation observation point, and all other teachers and students have been tested for nucleic acid.
[Explanation] Recently, Xi'an City in Shaanxi Province, Yinchuan City in Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region, Ejina Banner in Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region and many other places have reported that tourists and close contacts from the provinces have tested positive for nucleic acid, and the spread chain is wide.
Pang Xinghuo reminded the public to continue personal protection to reduce the risk of the spread of the epidemic.
[Concurrent] Pang Xinghuo, Deputy Director of Beijing Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Continue to insist on non-essential non-exit, do not go to medium- and high-risk areas for tourism or business trips; relevant personnel take the initiative to report; strictly implement prevention and control measures in key places; reduce unnecessary gatherings; actively vaccinate new crown and influenza vaccines; adhere to normalized epidemic prevention and control measures; Maintain a healthy lifestyle; take the initiative to monitor health.
Reporting from Beijing by reporter Lang Jiahui and Chen Hang
Editor in charge: [Lu Yan]