(Fighting against New Coronary Pneumonia) Shenzhen's first Omicron infection case had contact with split express delivery from North America
China News Service, Shenzhen, January 17 (Zhu Zuying) Lin Hancheng, a second-level inspector of the Shenzhen Municipal Health Commission, said at a press conference held on the 17th that as of 17:00 on January 17, there were no new cases in Shenzhen. .
A total of 17 cases reported in this round of epidemic in Shenzhen are all hospitalized and are in stable condition.
According to Lin Hancheng, on January 16, Shenzhen reported the first case of infection with a variant strain of Omicron 17.
According to the comparison between the National Center for Disease Control and the Guangdong Provincial Center for Disease Control and Prevention, this case is not in the same transmission chain as the reported cases in Tianjin, Shanghai, Zhuhai and Beijing, and it is also different from the past imported cases in Shenzhen. The source is 100% homologous to the genomes with more sequences uploaded in North America in the global database.
In addition, Case 17 was engaged in the receipt and delivery of overseas frozen reagents. On January 12, he contacted and split up the express delivery from North America. He did not take personal protection. He developed sore throat on the 14th, and the nucleic acid was tested positive on the 15th. The possibility of infection caused by exposure to imported new coronavirus-contaminated items in the outbreak.
Combined with epidemiological investigations, the traceability of the virus is in progress.
Lin Hancheng said that at present, relevant departments in Shenzhen and the district have comprehensively checked the activity trajectory and contact of people in the 14 days before Case 17, and have traced 284 close contacts and 278 second-close contacts, all of which have been controlled as required; Case 17 Control measures have been implemented in the workplace and place of residence, and environmental nucleic acid sampling and terminal disinfection have been carried out in key places such as dining places, activity venues, and transportation vehicles.
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