(Fighting against New Coronary Pneumonia) The number of local infections in mainland China has dropped significantly, and the epidemic situation in kindergartens in Zhuhai is now

  China News Agency, Beijing, July 13. Comprehensive news: China's National Health Commission announced on the 13th that there were 98 new confirmed cases in mainland China on the 12th, including 41 imported cases and 57 local cases.

There were 240 new asymptomatic infections, including 36 imported cases and 204 local cases.

No new deaths were reported.

  As of 24:00 on the 12th, there are 1,082 confirmed cases in mainland China, a total of 5,226 deaths, and a total of 226,909 confirmed cases.

There are currently 432 confirmed cases imported from abroad, with a total of 19,845 confirmed cases and no deaths.

  The number of local infections in mainland China has increased significantly, and the epidemic situation has further improved in Si County, Anhui

  According to official reports, there were 261 new cases of local infections in mainland China on the 12th (57 confirmed cases and 204 asymptomatic cases), the first time in the past 11 days that the number of cases fell below 300 and a significant decrease from the previous day (347 cases).

The above-mentioned infected people involved 12 provinces, which gradually decreased from the previous two days (17 and 15 provinces).

Among them, local confirmed cases came from 10 provinces: 16 cases in Guangdong, 8 cases in Gansu, 7 cases in Anhui, and 7 provinces with 5 or less new cases each.

  The new local asymptomatic infections were distributed in 11 provinces on the same day: 61 cases in Gansu, 50 in Shanghai, 33 in Shandong, 22 in Henan, and 14 in Jiangsu.

  Anhui Province added 7 local confirmed cases and 3 asymptomatic infections on the 13th, all in Si County, Suzhou City.

As of 24:00 on the 12th, Anhui Province reported a total of 379 local confirmed cases and 1,486 asymptomatic infections in the current round of the epidemic, of which more than 90% were in Si County.

  The outbreak in Sixian County, Anhui Province, which started on June 26, is the most severely affected area in mainland China recently.

On July 2, the daily number of infected people in Si County reached 288.

However, the epidemic situation in Sixian County has further improved recently. Not only did the number of new infections continue to decline, but there were zero new cases in the society for 6 consecutive days.

  The epidemic situation in Guangzhou has stabilized and improved, and kindergarten epidemic has occurred in Zhuhai

  Guangdong Province added 16 local confirmed cases and 6 asymptomatic infections on the 12th, involving Guangzhou, Zhuhai, Shenzhen, Zhongshan, Qingyuan, Foshan, and Dongguan.

From July 8 to 12:00 on July 13, Guangdong Province has reported more than 120 local infections, including 20 in Guangzhou.

  Guangzhou City introduced on the 13th that the 20 infected people in this round of the city's epidemic came from two transmission chains: one was the "out-of-town self-driving travel epidemic" that began on July 8, and 12 infected people have been reported so far.

The transmission relationship of this epidemic is clear, the virus sequences are highly homologous, and there have been no new social cases in the past three days, and the epidemic has been basically controlled; another epidemic (imported from a foreign city) discovered on July 10 has reported 8 infected persons. Experts have comprehensively judged that the risk of social transmission of the epidemic is low, and the epidemic situation has stabilized and improved.

  Zhuhai City reported on the 13th that 7 new local confirmed cases were added on the 12th, and 27 positive infections were added from 0-12 on the 13th (13 confirmed cases and 14 asymptomatic cases), all of which were related to a kindergarten. chain.

  According to reports, the two large classes of the kindergarten held a graduation party on July 8, and parents were invited to participate in the event. The specific source is still under further investigation.

At present, the current round of epidemic involves 2 classes and 7 families in the above-mentioned kindergartens. Since July 11, 35 local infections have been reported, including 5 kindergarten staff, 18 children, and 11 family members (including 4 students). , 1 person in close contact with family members.

  Lanzhou Strictly Implements Control Measures, Zhumadian Duo County Implements Temporary Control

  On the 12th, Gansu Province added 8 local confirmed cases and 61 asymptomatic infections, mainly from Lanzhou (5+56).

From July 7th to 10:00 on the 13th, Lanzhou has reported a total of 24 local confirmed cases and 119 asymptomatic infections.

  Lanzhou City issued a notice late on the 12th, saying that the city has implemented temporary control measures for one week in Chengguan District, Qilihe District, Xigu District, and Anning District since 0:00 on the 11th.

In response to the still severe and complicated epidemic situation, Lanzhou has further strictly implemented temporary control measures, catering enterprises are prohibited from dine-in, and communities in low-risk areas are under closed management (medium and high-risk areas are managed according to relevant regulations).

  On the 12th, Henan Province added 3 local confirmed cases and 22 asymptomatic infections. Except for one confirmed case reported in Zhengzhou City, the remaining 24 cases were all in Zhumadian City.

As of 24:00 on the 12th, more than 100 local infections have been reported in Zhumadian in the current round of the epidemic.

  According to reports, the epidemic situation in Zhumadian City is relatively complicated, and there is a greater risk of spread of the epidemic. At present, the source of infection is still being traced.

In order to curb the spread of the epidemic, Zhumadian's central urban area has implemented three-day temporary control measures since July 12.

Subsequently, Pingyu, Xincai, Xiping, Zhengyang, and Suiping counties in Zhumadian City successively issued notices to implement a temporary 3-day temporary control from the 13th.

  The epidemic prevention and control in Linyi, Shandong has achieved phased results, and major scenic spots in Wuxi, Jiangsu have been fully opened

  Shandong Province added 5 local confirmed cases and 33 asymptomatic infections on the 12th. Except for 1 confirmed case each in Qingdao and Tai'an, the remaining 36 cases were all in Linyi.

  Linyi City announced on the 13th that all newly infected people in the city were found in centralized isolation points, and the number of newly infected people dropped sharply for two consecutive days. The overall situation of the epidemic continued to improve, and phased results were achieved.

  Wuxi City, Jiangsu Province issued a notice on the same day, saying that on the 12th, the city added 3 local confirmed cases and 10 asymptomatic infections, all of which were found from centralized isolation points.

At 6:00 on the 13th, Wuxi City has completed the 14th round of nucleic acid testing for all regional staff, and the results were all negative. There have been zero new positive infections in the 6 urban areas for 5 consecutive days.

  With the gradual improvement of the epidemic situation, in addition to closed entertainment venues such as chess and card rooms, bars, KTV, escape room and other closed entertainment venues and restaurants, all other venues and major scenic spots in Wuxi City have fully resumed operations.

At the same time, the operation of urban public transportation (rail transportation) will be resumed in an orderly manner to ensure that citizens travel in an orderly manner.

  On the 12th, Lianyungang City, Jiangsu Province added 2 local confirmed cases and 3 asymptomatic infections. In the past two days, 17 local infections have been reported.

According to reports, the epidemic virus in the city is the evolutionary branch of the Omicron variant strain BA.2.2.1. The existing infected persons are all employees of a factory and its related cases, and the epidemic is highly clustered.

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