(Fighting against New Coronary Pneumonia) 7 nucleic acid positive persons in Lianyungang, Jiangsu are teachers and students of the same school

  China News Service, Nanjing, March 6 (Xu Shanshan) Lianyungang City, Jiangsu Province held a press conference on epidemic prevention and control on the 6th.

It was reported at the meeting that from March 4th to 5th, Lianyungang City found 7 people with positive nucleic acid tests through fever clinic visits and nucleic acid screening of key populations, all of whom were teachers and students of the same school.

As of 20:00 on the 5th, based on the comprehensive epidemiological history, imaging and clinical manifestations, 4 people have been diagnosed as confirmed cases of new coronary pneumonia (including 3 mild cases and 1 common type), and 3 people were diagnosed as asymptomatic infections.

  Chen Zhi, director of the Lianyungang Municipal Health Commission, said that on the evening of March 4, a person who was initially screened for COVID-19 was found in a fever clinic in Haizhou District, Lianyungang City.

At 3:00 on March 5, after the review of the Lianyungang Center for Disease Control and Prevention, the test was positive.

Through the investigation of close contacts, 6 more positive people were found.

At present, the patients are receiving anti-virus, immune regulation and traditional Chinese medicine treatment in designated hospitals in Lianyungang City, and their condition is stable.

Considering that some of the patients are elementary school students, the hospital also arranged a number of nursing staff to accompany and accompany them.

  On the 4th, Lianyungang City carried out nucleic acid testing of all staff in the community where the positive person was tested, and carried out immediate transfer isolation and nucleic acid testing for close and sub-close contacts.

As of 7:00 on the 6th, a total of 487 people in close contact and 864 people in close contact have been investigated, and they are being transported in an orderly manner, and control measures are implemented in accordance with regulations.

  Lianyungang City has suspended all offline teaching. All schools in Haizhou District, Lianyungang District, Development Zone, Xuwei New District, and Yuntai Mountain Scenic Area have suspended classes and organized online teaching activities. Vocational schools and technical schools have suspended all Internship training in Lianyungang City.

All off-campus training institutions in Lianyungang City have suspended all offline training activities, and all offline gathering activities in the city's education system will be suspended.

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