(Fighting against New Coronary Pneumonia) Zhejiang Yiwu "8.2" epidemic reported a total of 85 cases of local new coronavirus positive infections

  China News Service, Jinhua, August 4th (Zhang Bin and Fu Feiyang) On the 4th, the reporter learned from the press conference organized by the Jinhua Municipal Government Information Office of Zhejiang Province that from 10:00 on August 3rd to 15:00 on August 4th, the local Yiwu City reported a new report. There are 79 positive cases of new coronary pneumonia, including 5 confirmed cases of new coronary pneumonia and 74 asymptomatic infections of new coronary pneumonia.

  As of 15:00 on August 4, the "8.2" epidemic in Yiwu City has reported a total of 85 local positive infections of the new coronavirus, including 9 confirmed cases of new coronary pneumonia and 76 asymptomatic infections of new coronary pneumonia.

The above-mentioned cases and asymptomatic infected persons have been admitted to designated hospitals and makeshift hospitals and are currently in stable condition.

  It is understood that as of 19:00 on August 4, Yiwu City has checked a total of 5,993 close contacts and 851 second-close contacts. For the above-mentioned personnel, relevant control measures have been strictly implemented.

  In addition, through viral gene sequencing, it was locally confirmed that the virus in Yiwu was a variant of Omicron BA.5.2.

The variant strain has the characteristics of stronger infectivity, higher effective reproduction number (Rt value) and faster transmission speed. At present, 3 cases in Dongyang, 3 cases in Lanxi and 1 case in Pujiang have been found in Jinhua City to be related to the "8.2" epidemic in Yiwu of the epidemic.

  The local people said that the current epidemic prevention and control cannot be slack. The general public should establish the awareness that "everyone is the first responsible person for their own health", actively cooperate with the implementation of various epidemic prevention and control measures, and do a good job in self-protection, wearing masks, washing hands frequently, Always ventilate, gather less, do not spread or believe rumors, enter public places to do "one scan and three investigations", cooperate with the implementation of normalized nucleic acid testing, vaccinate against the new crown as soon as possible, and jointly build a barrier for epidemic prevention and control.

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