China News Service, Dalian, November 11 (Reporter Yang Yi) On November 11, Yi Qingtao, Secretary-General of the Dalian Municipal Government, announced at the Dalian epidemic prevention and control work press conference that after the current round of the epidemic in Dalian, the local area immediately synchronized The gene sequencing work has been initiated, and the new coronavirus genome has been sequenced for 24 samples of 16 cases in Zhuanghe City, which belongs to the VOC/delta mutant strain (B.1.617.2 evolutionary branch).
On November 4, Dalian City reported a new local confirmed case, which was the first designated cold storage employee in Zhuanghe City, Dalian.
Up to now, Dalian has reported a total of 163 cases of new coronary pneumonia infection, of which 83 were confirmed cases and 80 were asymptomatic infections.
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