(Fighting against New Coronary Pneumonia) Henan newly diagnosed 13 new cases on the first day in the 6 districts of the provincial capital, launching the second round of nucleic acid testing for all employees

  China News Service, Zhengzhou, November 11 (Reporter Liu Peng) From 00:00 on November 10th to 24:00, Henan Province added 13 newly confirmed local cases and 5 new local asymptomatic infections.

In order to thoroughly investigate the potential population of infected persons, starting from the morning of the 11th, the provincial capital Zhengzhou launched the second round of nucleic acid testing for all employees in the 6 districts of the city. At the same time, Xinmi City and Xingyang City under its jurisdiction were included in this round of nucleic acid testing for all employees. middle.

  The Health Commission of Henan Province notified on the 11th that at 0-24 o'clock on the 10th, 13 new local confirmed cases (8 cases in Zhengzhou City, including 4 cases of asymptomatic infections transferred to confirmed cases; 5 cases in Zhoukou City, all of them) Asymptomatic infections were transferred to confirmed cases), 5 new local asymptomatic infections (3 cases in Zhengzhou City, 2 cases in Zhoukou City), and no new suspected cases.

On November 11, citizens of Zhengzhou lined up at the testing point for nucleic acid testing.

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  The notification showed that there are 71 hospitalized cases in Henan Province (58 in the local area and 13 imported from abroad).

There are 24 cases of asymptomatic infections under medical observation (11 cases in the local area and 13 cases imported from abroad).

A total of 48,062 close contacts have been traced, and 2,618 close contacts are under observation.

  The current round of the epidemic in Henan Province started when a positive person was found in a routine nucleic acid test in Zhengzhou on the evening of November 2.

On the evening of the 10th, Zhengzhou officials held a press conference to inform that the current round of the epidemic, judging from the circulation of infected persons, mainly had two transmission chains: family transmission and school transmission.

Judging from the results of nucleic acid testing, all new cases were found through nucleic acid testing of key populations and all staff in key areas, except for positive cases in the second round of nucleic acid testing of all staff in Jiayu Town, Xingyang City on November 4. In addition, the remaining infected persons are all quarantine control personnel, the scope of transmission is relatively clear, and the overall risk of transmission is within a controllable range.

On November 11, citizens of Zhengzhou received nucleic acid testing at the test site.

Photo by Liu Peng

  In order to effectively cut off the chain of virus transmission, after the outbreak, Zhengzhou City launched the first round of investigations on the 6 districts of Jinshui District, Erqi District, Zhongyuan District, Guancheng District, Zhengdong New District, and High-tech Zone on November 8th. Nucleic acid testing for all employees, a total of more than 6.98 million people were tested, and the results were all negative.

  In order to thoroughly investigate the potential population of infected persons and block the source of infection, on November 11, Zhengzhou City launched a new round of nucleic acid testing for the above 6 districts, and at the same time included Xinmi City and Xingyang City under its jurisdiction into this round. Nucleic acid testing for all employees.

  The reporter visited Zhengzhou in the morning of the 11th and noticed that long lines had been lined up in front of multiple nucleic acid testing points, and citizens were receiving nucleic acid samples from medical staff in an orderly manner.

Although just three days have passed since the last inspection, the citizens expressed their understanding and support for this.

  Therefore, the transmission chain of the epidemic occurred concentratedly in schools. Zhengzhou officials stated that they will continue to strictly observe campus safety and comprehensively monitor the health of students.

At the same time, while suspending offline teaching in off-campus training institutions, special governance will be carried out on off-campus training institutions in the city.

  In addition, Zhengzhou City will continue to promote vaccination, and under the principle of "informed, voluntary, and consent", comprehensively carry out the third dose of booster immunization and the new coronavirus vaccination for children aged 3 to 11 years old to ensure that the entire process is completed by the end of December Safe vaccination.

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