China News Service, Urumqi, August 14 (Reporter Wang Xiaojun) On the 14th, the Urumqi Epidemic Prevention and Control Work Headquarters issued an announcement on the extension of temporary static management measures in key urban areas of Urumqi City, saying that "the temporary static management measures will be extended, and the time It is tentatively set for five days, and will be adjusted in time according to the changes in the epidemic prevention and control situation.”

  The announcement stated that since the implementation of static management measures in key urban areas of Urumqi on August 10, the general public has fully understood, actively cooperated, and participated in the epidemic prevention and control work in an orderly manner. Well, phased results have been achieved, and precious time has been won for this round of epidemic prevention and control.

  The announcement mentioned that during the period, Urumqi City conducted a total of 8 rounds of nucleic acid testing for all employees, and 331 asymptomatic infections were detected, involving 7 urban areas in the city.

Experts have judged that the Omicron variant strain BA.5.2, which is popular in this round of epidemics, has stronger transmission ability, faster transmission speed, and stronger immune escape ability, and the infected cases involve many chains, many related personnel, With a wide range of distribution and complex activity trajectories, there is still the risk of social intergenerational transmission and point-like distribution.

In order to achieve the goal of clearing the society as soon as possible and effectively safeguard the lives and health of the people, starting from 8:00 on August 15, 2022, Tianshan District, Sayibak District, Shuimogou District, High-tech Zone (new urban area), The temporary static management measures implemented in the Economic Development Zone (Toutunhe District) and Midong District will be extended for five days, which will be adjusted in a timely manner based on changes in the epidemic prevention and control situation.

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