Lin Hancheng, a second-level inspector of the Shenzhen Municipal Health Commission, said at a press conference on January 15 that as of 17:00 on the 15th, there were no new cases in Shenzhen on the 15th.
The current round of the epidemic in Shenzhen started on January 7, and a total of 15 cases have been reported so far.
Lin Hancheng said that Shenzhen has entered the ninth day of this round of epidemic disposal. Since January 13, newly added cases have been found by centralized quarantine personnel, and the epidemic risk is initially controllable.
At present, the Shenzhen Center for Disease Control and Prevention has completed the whole genome sequencing of the new coronavirus of case 15, which is the evolutionary branch of the delta variant strain AY.103. % homology.
The samples of cases 9, 10 and 14 had low viral loads, and the whole genome sequence could not be detected and typed.
Cases 9 and 10 were members of the same family as cases 5, 6 and 7.
Qiu Chengyu, deputy director of the Shenzhen Municipal Education Bureau, said that as of now, no teachers or students have been involved in this round of the epidemic in Shenzhen. At present, Shenzhen's colleges and universities, compulsory education schools and kindergartens have closed, and high school schools will be closed before January 23.
(produced by Zhu Zuying, Sui Zhiyuan)
Responsible editor: [Wang Yu]