(Fighting against New Coronary Pneumonia) The epidemic in Liaoning continued for a week and the number of local confirmed cases exceeded 10 for five consecutive days
China News Service, Shenyang, February 14 (Reporter Wang Jingwei) The Liaoning Provincial Health and Health Commission announced on the 14th that from 0:00 to 12:00 that day, 11 new local confirmed cases of new coronary pneumonia were reported in Liaoning Province, which was reported by Huludao City.
So far, the current round of the epidemic in Liaoning has continued for a week, with more than 10 confirmed local cases for five consecutive days, and a total of more than 70 confirmed cases.
As of 12:00 on February 14, Liaoning had reported a total of 889 confirmed cases (including 177 imported from abroad), 809 cured and discharged, 2 died, and 78 were treated in hospital (74 domestic and 4 imported).
At present, there are still 10 cases of asymptomatic infection (4 domestic cases and 6 imported cases) in designated hospitals for isolation, observation and treatment.
It is reported that the current round of the epidemic in Liaoning began on February 8, when the first confirmed case was reported in Suizhong County, Huludao City.
After the outbreak of the epidemic, Huludao City quickly carried out the traceability of the epidemic and the investigation and control of close contacts, carried out nucleic acid testing quickly, scientifically delineated risk areas, and continued to increase the traceability of the epidemic. A total of 1,327 close contacts and second-close contacts were traced. 866 people, close contacts and sub-close contacts have implemented control measures as required.
At present, the current round of the epidemic in Huludao has spilled over to Shenyang, Liaoning, and Tongren, Guizhou.
Among them, on February 9, Shenyang, Liaoning Province added a new confirmed case, which was a returnee from Huludao; on February 10, Tongren, Guizhou added a new confirmed case, a truck driver who was a close contact of the confirmed case in Huludao. .
Liu Wenbao, deputy director of the Huludao Center for Disease Control and Prevention, said at a press conference that the COVID-19 outbreak was imported by returnees from other places, and most of the reported cases were related to relatives and friends, gathering activities, and sharing meals during holidays , not paying attention to wearing masks, not maintaining social distance and other reasons.
The gene sequencing comparison of the Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention showed that the virus strain of the first case in Huludao City, Liaoning Province was highly homologous to the early cases in Suifenhe City, Mudanjiang.
In addition to the first case, most of the newly infected people in this round of local new crown epidemic in Liaoning were found through active screening, and the risk of social transmission is basically controllable.
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