(Fighting against New Coronary Pneumonia) 2 confirmed cases of infection with delta variant in Jinan have not yet shown local transmission
China News Service, Jinan, January 23 (Liang Ben and Sun Tingting) The reporter learned from the press conference held by the Jinan Municipal Party Committee and Municipal Government on the 23rd that the preliminary gene sequencing results of the two newly confirmed cases of local new coronary pneumonia in Jinan were delta variants. .
On the evening of January 22, Licheng District, Jinan City conducted nucleic acid tests on close contacts who had been quarantined and controlled by Beijing's notification and assistance investigation, and found that 2 people had positive nucleic acid tests.
In the early morning of the 23rd, after consultation with the expert group, 2 people were diagnosed as confirmed cases of new coronary pneumonia, of which 1 was mild and 1 was ordinary.
On January 23, the Jinan Municipal Party Committee and Municipal Government held a press conference to inform the city of the newly confirmed local cases.
Photo by Liang Ben
On the same day, Ma Xiaoen, head of the epidemic prevention and expert group of the Jinan New Coronary Pneumonia Epidemic Prevention and Control Emergency Command Leading Group, informed that according to the epidemiological investigation, the expert group preliminarily determined that the local cases in Jinan were close contacts of the confirmed cases in Beijing.
Up to now, there has been no further local transmission, and the transmission chain and activity trajectory are relatively clear.
The outbreak involves parts of the Weikang Wholesale Market of Meat and Aquatic Products in Jinan City.
On the morning of the 23rd, a reporter from Chinanews.com saw at the gate of Jinan Weikang Industrial Group Co., Ltd. that the company gate had been closed.
It was the 21st day of the twelfth lunar month, and it was the weekend again. From time to time, people came to buy New Year's goods.
The police on duty at the gate of the company persuaded the people to leave.
Citizens are queuing up for nucleic acid testing at the Quanfu Community Health Service Center across the road from the company.
The outbreak involves parts of the Weikang Wholesale Market of Meat and Aquatic Products in Jinan City.
Photo by Sun Tingting
Ma Xiaoen said that the two confirmed cases are currently in the new crown isolation ward of the Shandong Provincial Public Health Clinical Center. According to "one person, one policy, one person, one case", under the careful guidance of the expert group, standardized treatment has been implemented, and the condition is stable.
"According to the genetic sequencing of cases in Jinan and the traceability of epidemiology, the preliminary sequencing results are delta variants." Ruan Shiman, deputy director of the Jinan Municipal Health Commission and director of the Municipal Center for Disease Control and Prevention, said that the city immediately launched provincial, municipal, A total of 148 people were dispatched from 26 tributaries at the county level, and a total of 148 people were dispatched immediately, and an epidemiological investigation was carried out quickly.
After investigation, the activity trajectories of the two confirmed cases have been found out, and both of them have a history of exposure to the positive cases announced by Beijing on the 21st, belonging to local cases infected in other places.
That morning, the company's doors were closed.
Photo by Sun Tingting
Ruan Shiman said that as of 15:00 on the 23rd, the two confirmed cases involved a total of 44 close contacts, including 30 people in Jinan, all of whom have implemented control measures. ; 164 people in close contact, including 78 people in Jinan, have implemented control measures, and nucleic acid testing is in progress; 280 people in key control groups have all implemented control measures, 174 people have completed nucleic acid testing, and nucleic acid testing of other people is in progress.
Wang Hongzhi, member of the Standing Committee of the Jinan Municipal Party Committee, deputy mayor, and deputy head of the Jinan New Coronary Pneumonia Epidemic Prevention and Control Emergency Command Leading Group, said that in the next step, the city will make every effort to treat confirmed patients; comprehensively and accurately trace the source; Follow-up and investigation of returnees; conduct a comprehensive investigation and strict management of employees and cold chain items in cold chain-related enterprises; strictly implement measures such as temperature measurement and code registration in key places and key units.
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