China News Service, Beijing, July 7th (Wei Xianghui) Xiapu, a small county on the coast of eastern Fujian, is going through the epidemic test.
Since the 3rd, Xiapu County, Ningde City, Fujian Province has reported a total of 43 new local infections.
According to the information previously disclosed by Ningde, the current round of epidemic in Xiapu is related to offshore operators.
Under the scorching sun, "Dabai" Shangyu Pai carried out nucleic acid testing.
Photo courtesy of Xiapu County Rong Media Center
43 new cases in small coastal counties in 4 days
The current round of epidemic report in Xiapu was on July 3.
According to the news of the Fujian Provincial Health and Health Commission, at 5:30 on July 3, after preliminary screening, 1 case of new coronary pneumonia was found to be positive for the nucleic acid test in Xiapu County, Ningde City.
According to the introduction of the Ningde Epidemic Press Conference on the 4th, from the traceability analysis of the epidemiology and the preliminary results of gene sequencing, it is judged that the virus that caused the current round of epidemic in Xiapu is the evolutionary branch of the Omicron variant BA.2.3, which belongs to the subvariant of BA.2 It has the characteristics of stronger infectivity, shorter incubation period, shorter passage time, etc., making it more difficult to prevent and control and easier to spread.
On the 7th, the latest epidemic news conference in Ningde City introduced that from 0:00 to 24:00 on the 6th, there were 2 new confirmed cases and 16 asymptomatic infections in Ningde City.
Since the 3rd, a total of 11 confirmed cases and 32 asymptomatic infections have been reported in this round of local epidemic in Ningde, all of which have been admitted to designated hospitals.
Xiapu County, Ningde City, Fujian Province has successively carried out multiple rounds of regional nucleic acid testing.
Photo courtesy of Xiapu County Rong Media Center
Virus imported by offshore workers
From the perspective of geographical location, Xiapu County is located in the northeastern part of Fujian Province and the northwestern coast of the Taiwan Strait.
From the perspective of traffic location, Xiapu is located at the midpoint of Fuzhou and Wenzhou. Shenhai Expressway and Wenzhou-Fuzhou Railway pass through it. There are 4 high-speed interchanges and 1 railway station. Chong and other deep water berths.
The current round of epidemic in Xiapu also came from the sea.
On the 4th, Chen Yi, deputy commander-in-chief and deputy mayor of the Ningde City Response to the New Coronary Pneumonia Epidemic Work Command, introduced that the current round of epidemic virus in Xiapu was imported by offshore operators and overseas personnel.
On the same day, Ningde introduced that it is organizing a comprehensive inspection of the city's marine prevention and control work, strengthening the management of fishing boats in accordance with the law, cracking down on illegal trade at sea, and strictly implementing various control measures to prevent the import of the epidemic from the sea.
Xiao Jianhua, director of Ningde Ocean and Fishery Bureau, said that Ningde has a sea area of 44,600 square kilometers and a coastline of 1,046 kilometers. There are 104 fishing ports of various types, 82 Aokou, and 2,192 fishing boats. The prevention and control of marine epidemics has always been the focus and difficulty.
The staff handed over ice boards to "Dabai" to prevent heatstroke and cool down.
Photo courtesy of Xiapu County Rong Media Center
There are rewards for reporting ships leaving their posts without authorization
In response to the actual factors of the large sea area of Xiapu, the long coastline, and the difficulty in preventing and controlling the epidemic at sea, relevant local departments have taken targeted prevention and control measures.
According to the report of Southeast Net, this year, Ningde City has issued the "Emergency Notice on Further Strengthening the Prevention and Control of the Epidemic in Fishing Ports", and formulated 9 specifications including the "Operational Regulations for Personnel on Duty for the Prevention and Control of the Epidemic Prevention and Control of the Fishing Ports at the Shore Points of Large and Medium-sized Fishing Vessels". Classified and diverted management and control, improved the on-duty mechanism of the fishing port epidemic situation, and built a strong line of defense against the epidemic at sea.
After the outbreak of the current round of the epidemic, Ningde City immediately strengthened targeted measures, and continued to deepen the marine epidemic by strengthening the publicity and education of fishermen, redeploying and re-implementing the special duty work at the fishing port, strictly monitoring the fishing moratorium during off-season, and strengthening maritime law enforcement. prevention and control work.
On the 5th, the Xiapu County Township (Street) Fishing Port Epidemic Prevention and Control Team issued the "Notice on Recent Ships' Unauthorized Operation Report and Clue Reporting", "The general public is welcome to report the ship organizers and participants who have recently left the port without authorization today. Those who report and verify the truth will be rewarded with RMB 10,000 to 200,000 depending on the situation.”
Many places in Fujian emphasize building a strong defense line against the epidemic at sea
Xiapu is not the first city in Fujian province to experience imported epidemics from sea this year.
In early June, an imported epidemic occurred in Zhangzhou due to contact between offshore operators and overseas personnel.
In response to the epidemic prevention work, Zhangzhou officials emphasized that they should pay close attention to the three major areas of "sea, fishing ports, and coastlines" to ensure "control of ships, ports, and people."
On the afternoon of July 4, a teleconference on the prevention and control of the new crown pneumonia epidemic in Fuzhou required that people, things and the environment should be protected together, and lessons should be learned. No" ship management, crack down on illegal fishing, trading and other illegal activities at sea, implement normalized nucleic acid testing and landing nucleic acid testing for people going to sea, and strictly prevent the import of epidemics by sea.
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