On December 18, the Shaanxi Provincial Government Information Office held a press conference to inform that the province had completed the whole gene sequencing of the 12 local cases reported from December 9th to 16th. The sequencing results of all 12 individuals were consistent with The imported cases reported on the PK854 inbound flight from Islamabad, Pakistan on December 4 were highly homologous.
Based on this preliminary judgment, the epidemic in Shaanxi Province was a local epidemic caused by overseas imports.
It is reported that from December 9 to 12:00 on the 18th, Shaanxi reported a total of 27 local infections (21 confirmed cases and 6 asymptomatic infections).
(Reporter Mei Yitaki)
Editor in charge: 【Luo Pan】