(Fighting against New Coronary Pneumonia) Jiangsu: Accelerate the construction of a "fence" to curb the internal expansion and spillover of the epidemic
China News Service, Nanjing, February 20 (Reporter Zhu Xiaoying) The Jiangsu Provincial Health and Health Commission reported on the 20th that from 0:00 to 24:00 on the 19th, 16 new local confirmed cases were reported in Jiangsu; the number of confirmed cases currently being isolated and treated in designated hospitals is 97 There are 82 cases in China and 15 cases imported from abroad, and 39 cases of asymptomatic infections under medical observation (30 cases in China and 9 cases imported from abroad).
On February 10, an asymptomatic case of new coronary pneumonia was found in Suzhou City, Jiangsu Province.
Since then, people with positive nucleic acid test results have been found in the surrounding Wuxi and Nantong cities.
After intense virus tracing work, the genetic sequencing results of the Suzhou epidemic have been confirmed as a variant of Omicron. The Suzhou epidemic is a local epidemic caused by a new source of overseas import, and it is still in the stage of rapid development.
The traceability of the virus that caused the outbreak is still ongoing.
As of the 20th, there were more than 10 new confirmed cases in Suzhou for two consecutive days.
At present, Jiangsu is accelerating the construction of the "fence" of the epidemic to curb the internal spread and spillover of the epidemic.
Suzhou's primary and secondary schools and kindergartens have suspended the opening of schools, and temporarily closed garden scenic spots such as the Humble Administrator's Garden and the Lion Forest.
Nanjing, Xuzhou, Changzhou, Lianyungang, Huaian, Yancheng and other places have assigned more than 6,200 medical workers to support nucleic acid sampling and testing in Suzhou.
Wuxi, Nantong and other places have also slowed down the speed of urban operation and carried out large-scale nucleic acid testing to contain the virus.
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