(Fighting against New Coronary Pneumonia) 16 new positive infections in Suzhou

  China News Service, Suzhou, April 14 (Reporter Zhong Sheng) Suzhou City held a press conference on the prevention and control of the new crown pneumonia epidemic on the 14th.

Gu Haidong, Member of the Standing Committee of the Suzhou Municipal Party Committee and Executive Deputy Mayor of the Municipal Government, informed: From 0:00 on March 10 to 24:00 on April 13, Suzhou has reported a total of 11 local confirmed cases (all mild) and 458 local asymptomatic infections.

  From 0:00 to 15:00 on April 14, 16 new positive cases were reported in Suzhou, involving 7 county-level cities (districts).

Although the number has decreased compared with the previous days, it still shows a trend of multiple distribution, and the situation of epidemic prevention and control is still complicated.

  This round of epidemic situation in Suzhou has accumulated 19,163 people in close contact and 33,150 people in the second close contact area.

The city currently has 138 closed control areas, 100 control areas, and 14 prevention areas.

  In Kunshan and Taicang, which have conducted global static management before, the epidemic situation is stabilizing.

After the 7-day global nucleic acid test, Kunshan City implemented differentiated management by division and classification, and the number of new positive infections dropped significantly.

  At the same time, a furniture factory in Zhangjiagang City recently experienced a spread among employees and their families.

Gusu District, Xiangcheng District, Suzhou Industrial Park and other places have successively found positive infected people in social screening.

Especially in the surrounding area of ​​Suzhou Railway Station, there have been many cases of positive infection among the temporary population from other provinces and cities in Suzhou, and the risk of hidden transmission is high.

A reporter from Chinanews.com learned that at present, the Suzhou Railway Station of Suzhou Rail Transit has stopped operating services.

The opening hours of the waiting room of Suzhou Railway Station have also been adjusted to 12:00 to 17:30 every day.

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