On March 19, the Information Office of the Xiamen Municipal People's Government held a press conference on the prevention and control of the epidemic. Yao Guanhua, director of the Xiamen Municipal Health Commission, reported the latest situation of the new coronary pneumonia epidemic in Xiamen.

From 12:00 on March 18 to 12:00 on March 19, Xiamen added 4 new confirmed cases of new coronary pneumonia and 1 positive infection.

Since March 13, Xiamen has reported a total of 16 confirmed cases, including 7 in Siming District, 3 in Huli District, 1 in Jimei District, 4 in Tong'an District and 1 in Haicang District.

As of 4 p.m. on March 19, a total of 1,130 close contacts and 3,418 sub-close contacts have been investigated, all of which are managed and controlled in accordance with regulations.

  (Reporter Li Siyuan)

Responsible editor: [Liu Xian]