On January 15, at the 266th press conference on the prevention and control of the novel coronavirus pneumonia in Beijing, Pang Xinghuo, deputy director of the Beijing Center for Disease Control and Prevention and member of the national expert group for novel coronavirus pneumonia, introduced that in response to the epidemic, Beijing immediately mobilized a city-level epidemiological team to rush to the scene, and made every effort to trace the source, conduct epidemiological investigations on the cases and close contacts, and conduct nucleic acid investigations on the staff of the work unit in the community where the cases were located.

At present, the 17 risk points involved in this case have implemented control measures, and the nucleic acid testing of risk personnel and the environment is in progress.

(Dong Zeyu produced Sui Zhiyuan)

Responsible editor: [Wang Yu]