A total of 48 cases of positive infections were reported in Jiaxing, Zhejiang, and 1.4076 million people were tested for nucleic acid.

　　China News Service, Jiaxing, March 20 (Hu Shengsheng and Zhang Yudi) On the 20th, the reporter learned from the press conference on the prevention and control of the new crown pneumonia epidemic in Jiaxing City, Zhejiang Province. There were 3 positive infections, including 2 in Haining and 1 in Pinghu.

Since the 13th, a total of 48 cases of positive infection have been reported in the city, including 38 cases in Pinghu City, 9 cases in Haining City, and 1 case in Nanhu District.

　　According to Jiang Yuan, deputy director of the Jiaxing Municipal Health Commission, on March 19, Jiaxing has checked 2,162 close and sub-close contacts, and all have implemented control measures; the city has completed 1.4076 million nucleic acid tests, including "three districts" nucleic acid tests. 773,400 passengers.

　　The Zhejiang Provincial Center for Disease Control and Prevention completed the second-generation sequencing of the virus genes of the two cases reported in Haining, and the result was a new coronavirus Omicron variant (BA.2.2 evolutionary branch), which is highly homologous to the relevant epidemic virus sequences outside the province.

　　"The Omicron variant spreads quickly and has strong concealment, which puts forward earlier, faster and stricter requirements for emergency response to epidemic prevention and control." Jiang Yuan said.

　　At the press conference, Wang Yiming, Deputy Mayor of Haining Municipal People's Government, introduced the material security issues within the "three districts" of Haining City.

　　"Since the outbreak of the epidemic, Haining has been doing a good job in epidemic prevention and control, and has firmly grasped the material security work, established a material security work plan, and formed an efficient and smooth material security mechanism." Wang Yiming said.

　　It said that as of March 19, Haining City had delivered 49,643 fresh food packages including meat and vegetables, and 80,025 care packages, realizing material security for more than 40,000 people in the control areas of Xucun Town and Zhouwangmiao Town.

　　At the same time, Haining deployed 1,042 tents, 1,700 raincoats, 1,256 stools, 200 camp beds, 320 quilts, 200 mattresses, and 4,000 volunteer material packages to meet the needs of anti-epidemic personnel.

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