(Fighting against New Coronary Pneumonia) Tianjin: The number of cases has dropped significantly, but the situation is still severe and complex

  China News Agency, Tianjin, January 18 (Reporter Zhang Daozheng) He Peng, a spokesman for the Tianjin Municipal Health and Health Commission, said on the 18th that the treatment of this epidemic in Tianjin adopted centralized isolation of close contacts, home management in closed (management) control areas, and personnel movement. After measures such as restrictions and suspension of gathering activities, the number of cases has dropped significantly.

The current epidemic is generally under control, but the situation is still severe and complex.

  On the afternoon of the same day, Tianjin held the 172nd press conference on the prevention and control of the new coronavirus pneumonia. He Peng informed at the meeting that as of 24:00 on January 17, a total of 312 confirmed cases (293 cases) had been reported in this round of local epidemic in Tianjin. In Jinnan District, 11 in Xiqing District, 6 in Hexi District, 1 in Hongqiao District, and 1 in Dongli District), there are 22 local asymptomatic infections, of which 14 are still under medical observation. 8 confirmed cases.

  It is worth noting that the newly confirmed cases in Tianjin are basically generated from screening within the scope of control.

He Peng also introduced the situation that Tianjin organized the implementation of nucleic acid testing in key areas in seven districts on January 17 and 18.

The nucleic acid test on January 17 has been completed. A total of 2,097,987 people have been sampled and tested, and 6 positive cases have been detected, all of which are from the isolation and control personnel in Jinnan District, and the rest are negative.

As of 12:00 on January 18, 1,581,523 people have been sampled, and the sampling and testing work is still in progress.

  Based on the analysis of the residence and activity trajectories of infected persons, the epidemic in Tianjin has formed relatively concentrated community transmission in Xinzhuang Town and Xianshuigu Town in Jinnan District.

A total of 69 family gathering outbreaks have been found, of which the communities with more than 3 family gathering outbreaks involved Xinzhuang Town, Xianshuigu Town, and Shuanggang Town in Jinnan District.

  At present, according to the progress of the current epidemic situation, Tianjin has dynamically adjusted the scope of community control. Jinnan District has increased the designation of Buildings 1-4 in the villa area next to the nursing home next to Fengle Road, Xigou Village, Xiaozhan Town, as the closed control area.

  As the Spring Festival is approaching, in order to solve the problem of market supply in Jinnan District's control area and closed control area as soon as possible, Tianjin Municipal Bureau of Commerce has established a linkage mechanism with Jinnan District Epidemic Headquarters and leading supply guarantee enterprises. The main guarantee is that the enterprise platform chooses independently, orders online, and delivers to the home; for the control area, relying on Tianjin Food Group to build more than 200 tent material security supply points, selling vegetables, rice noodles, oil, daily seasonings and other kinds of product.

At present, 180 material security supply points have been officially put into operation, covering 7 streets and towns and 66 communities.

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