(Fighting against New Coronary Pneumonia) After a lapse of 920 days, the infected person in Tibet may have an epidemic in Xinjiang or imported from abroad
China News Agency, Beijing, August 8th. Comprehensive news: China's National Health Commission announced on the 8th that there were 380 new confirmed cases in mainland China on the 7th, including 56 imported cases and 324 local cases.
There were 560 new cases of asymptomatic infections, including 77 imported cases and 483 local cases.
No new deaths were reported.
As of 24:00 on the 7th, there are 2,270 confirmed cases in mainland China, a total of 5,226 deaths, and a total of 231,266 confirmed cases.
There are currently 608 confirmed cases imported from abroad, with a total of 21,128 confirmed cases and no deaths.
Infections appeared in Tibet after a lapse of 920 days. Since August, the local epidemic in China has reached 25 provinces
On the 7th, 807 new local infections (confirmed + asymptomatic) were added in mainland China, a sharp increase for 4 consecutive days.
Among them, 324 cases were confirmed locally, from 11 provinces: 259 cases in Hainan, 37 cases in Guangdong, 12 cases in Inner Mongolia, and 5 new cases in each of the other 8 provinces; 483 new cases of local asymptomatic infections were added that day, distributed in 13 provinces and the Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps.
Among them, there were 245 cases in Hainan, 82 cases in Zhejiang, 69 cases in Xinjiang, 25 cases in Henan, 13 cases in Hebei, 11 cases in the Corps, and 10 cases in Guangxi.
Tibet's Ngari region and Lhasa City successively issued epidemic notifications on the 8th. Among them, 4 foreign tourists were found to be positive for nucleic acid in the routine nucleic acid test in Pulan County in the Ngari region on the 7th; Lhasa City found 18 people in the nucleic acid test of key personnel on the same day.
At present, 7 new medium-risk areas have been added in Ali area, 1 high-risk area and 15 medium-risk areas have been designated in Chengguan District of Lhasa City.
According to a report from the Health and Health Commission of the Tibet Autonomous Region, from the beginning of the new crown epidemic to 24:00 on August 6, Tibet has reported a total of 1 confirmed case and 1 cured case, and there have been no new cases for 920 consecutive days.
In addition, Hubei Province also had local infections after a lapse of many days. In the first week of August, the local epidemic in mainland China reached 25 provinces.
Hainan's current round of infected people has reached 1,507 cases, 18 provinces and cities support Hainan
On the 7th, Hainan Province added 259 local confirmed cases (including 33 asymptomatic confirmed cases) and 245 asymptomatic infections, and the daily increase in the number of local infections continued to rise.
From 0:00 to 12:00 on the 8th, Hainan Province reported another 77 cases of local infections, and a total of 1,507 cases of local infections were reported in this round of epidemic, including 1,243 cases in Sanya.
Hainan Province reported on the 8th that the current epidemic situation in Sanya and other places continues to develop, the number of newly infected people is still high, and the scope of infection has further expanded, involving 13 cities and counties in the province.
In addition to Sanya, the epidemic situation in Danzhou, Lingshui County, Dongfang City and other cities and counties has entered a period of rapid growth, the risk of community transmission is high, and the epidemic situation in the province is still complicated.
As of 7:00 on the 8th, Hainan Province has designated 250 high-risk areas and 145 medium-risk areas for this round of epidemic.
According to reports, according to the Hainan Working Group Support Plan of the Comprehensive Group of the Joint Prevention and Control Mechanism of the State Council, 8,586 people from 18 provinces and cities across the country have supported Hainan.
As of 12:00 on the 8th, a total of 85 members of the Hainan Working Group of the National Joint Prevention and Control Mechanism arrived in Hainan to carry out guidance work.
Haikou City reported on the 8th that from 17:00 on the 7th to 17:00 on the 8th, Haikou City added 5 local confirmed cases, 4 of which were found in isolation and control, and 1 was a person with a history of living in Sanya.
As of 17:00 on the 8th, a total of 12 local confirmed cases have been found in Haikou in this round of epidemic.
Zhanjiang, Guangdong and Zhuhai are now importing the epidemic, and some areas in Qianjiang, Hubei are under temporary control
Guangdong Province added 37 local confirmed cases and 6 asymptomatic infections on the 7th, involving Guangzhou, Zhuhai, Zhanjiang, Maoming, Shantou and other places.
Among them, 26 cases were confirmed in Zhanjiang and 3 cases were asymptomatic infections.
According to a report from Zhanjiang City, a confirmed case was detected in Leizhou City on August 4. The driver of an inter-provincial truck drove a truck back to Zhanjiang from Haikou, Hainan.
As of 24:00 on the 7th, there have been more than 40 local infections in Zhanjiang in the current round of the epidemic.
According to reports, the current round of epidemic virus in Zhanjiang City is the evolutionary branch of the Omicron variant strain BA.5.1.3, which is likely to belong to the same transmission chain as the recent Hainan epidemic.
According to a report from Zhuhai City, local infections were recently found in Doumen District and Xiangzhou District of the city, which are two outbreaks from different sources.
Among them, 4 cases of local infection were reported in the "0806" epidemic in Doumen District, all of which were in a transmission chain. The infected virus was the evolutionary branch of Omicron BA.5.2.1, which was consistent with the type of imported cases recently reported by foreign cities and had a high degree of Homologous; 1 case of imported epidemic "0807" in Xiangzhou District was reported, and its source is being further traced.
On the 7th, Hubei Province added 1 local confirmed case and 9 asymptomatic infections, all in Qianjiang City.
According to reports, on the 7th, Qianjiang City detected 1 confirmed case among the people who visited the fever clinic, and found 9 asymptomatic infections among its close contacts, 4 of which were family members and 5 were neighbors.
Qianjiang City issued a notice saying that from 9:00 on the 7th, three-day temporary control measures will be implemented in some areas of the city.
Qianjiang City will implement temporary traffic control from the 8th.
The epidemic in Jinhua, Zhejiang has basically eliminated the risk of spillover, and the epidemic in Xinjiang may be imported from abroad
On the 7th, Zhejiang Province added 4 local confirmed cases and 82 asymptomatic infections. Except for the confirmed case and asymptomatic infection reported in Quzhou City, the rest were all in Jinhua City.
From 0:00 to 15:00 on the 8th, Jinhua City added 23 local infections, including 22 in Yiwu.
As of 15:00 on the 8th, a total of 376 local infections have been reported in Jinhua, including 349 in Yiwu.
Jinhua City reported on the 8th that the city's epidemic prevention and control effect has been further manifested, the rapid increase in cases has been curbed, and newly infected people have basically been found in the control and quarantine personnel. The risk of social transmission is basically controlled, and the risk of spillover is basically eliminated.
Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region reported on the 8th that since the first infected person of the current round of the epidemic appeared in Ili Prefecture on July 30, epidemics have occurred in some prefectures and cities in Xinjiang one after another. As of 24:00 on the 7th, the epidemic has spread to seven prefectures including Ili and Urumqi A total of 274 cases of local infections (excluding the Corps) were reported in 12 counties and urban areas of the city, all of which were asymptomatic infections.
According to reports, the virus in this round of epidemic in Xinjiang is the evolutionary branch of the Omicron variant BA.5.2, which is different from the Omicron BA.5.2 variant in the domestic new coronavirus gene sequence database. It is preliminarily determined that the virus was imported from abroad.
The current epidemic situation in Xinjiang shows a trend of multi-point distribution and local aggregation. In addition, it is in the peak tourist season recently. The gathering of people and cross-regional flow have exacerbated the spread of the epidemic and the risk of spillover inside and outside Xinjiang. The task of preventing rebound and spillover is very arduous.
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