On the afternoon of October 23, the reporter learned from the press conference on the prevention and control of the new crown epidemic held in Hohhot, Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, that there was one new local confirmed case in Hohhot.

  Xiaofang, deputy commander in chief of the Hohhot City's Headquarters for the Prevention and Control of the Novel Coronavirus Infection and Pneumonia, notified that: Up to now, the city has reported 3 local confirmed cases and 1 suspected case related to outside the city.

Two of the confirmed cases were husband and wife, and it was preliminarily judged that the infection was caused by riding the same train as the confirmed case of Yinchuan City, Ai Moumou, and the other suspected case had a history of living in Ejina Banner.

All vital signs of 3 patients were stable.

The city has tracked 39 close contacts and 54 sub-closed contacts, all of which have implemented centralized isolation, nucleic acid testing and other control measures, and related tracking and investigation work is still going on.

The residential quarters of the 4 patients were all closed and managed and subjected to nucleic acid testing for all staff. 4288 people have been tested, and all the test results have been negative.

  Hohhot City temporarily closes cultural, sports and entertainment venues, senior care institutions, prisons, colleges and universities implement closed management, shopping malls, supermarkets, hotels, restaurants, medical institutions, pharmacies and other places strictly implement daily disinfection, wear masks, scan codes, temperature measurements, etc. Prevention and control measures.

(Reporter Ma Zhiyuan produces Li Jiali)

Editor in charge: [Tang Weijie]