(Fighting against New Coronary Pneumonia) 8 new cases of infection in Suzhou were traced to the Omicron strain
China News Agency, Suzhou, February 14 (Reporter Zhong Sheng) Suzhou City held a press conference on the prevention and control of the new crown pneumonia epidemic on the 14th.
Gu Haidong, Member of the Standing Committee of the Suzhou Municipal Party Committee and Executive Deputy Mayor of the Municipal Government, informed that as of 11:00 on February 14, 8 cases of positive infection of the new coronavirus were found in the "2.13" epidemic in Suzhou.
According to reports, the confirmed cases are 4 males, 4 females, 2 common types, 5 mild cases, and 1 asymptomatic, including a 3-month-old girl.
According to the Suzhou Center for Disease Control and Prevention: The preliminary analysis result of the virus is the Omicron variant. The related whole-gene sequencing and comparison work is in progress and will take some time; the investigation of key risk sites and key populations is underway. Ongoing.
Zhou Zhifang, director of the Suzhou Municipal Education Bureau, said that according to the unified deployment of the Suzhou New Coronary Pneumonia Epidemic Prevention and Control Headquarters, primary and secondary schools and kindergartens in Suzhou were suspended on the same day and fully entered the stage of home-based online learning.
The Joint Prevention and Control Headquarters of the New Coronary Pneumonia Epidemic of Suzhou Industrial Park issued the "Announcement on Carrying out Nucleic Acid Testing of All Staff in Suzhou Industrial Park" on the 14th, notifying that from 6:30 on the same day, nucleic acid testing will be carried out in Suzhou Industrial Park, and the test objects are owned by the park. resident.
Overnight, nucleic acid testing points were set up in various streets of Suzhou Industrial Park so that residents could carry out nucleic acid testing on time in the morning.
According to the report, 39 related areas were closed and controlled in Suzhou for the first time, of which 12 were closed and controlled.
Since the morning of the 14th, nucleic acid testing has been gradually carried out in Gusu District, Wujiang District and other areas in the city.
At present, Suzhou City is comprehensively strengthening social control and canceling all kinds of public gathering activities in the city; cinemas, chess and card rooms, Internet cafes, KTVs, game halls, bars and other closed places are temporarily closed.
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