On the afternoon of August 16, the Xiamen Municipal People's Government held a press conference on the prevention and control of the epidemic, and Liao Huasheng, deputy mayor of the Xiamen Municipal People's Government, reported the latest situation.
As of 12:00 on August 16, Xiamen has reported a total of 42 confirmed cases.
At present, multiple transmission chains in Xiamen are intertwined and superimposed, community screening has continuously detected positive people, and the number of people returning to Xiamen from domestic risk areas has increased, and the epidemic prevention and control situation in Xiamen is complex and changeable.
To this end, the Xiamen Municipal Headquarters has decided to carry out nucleic acid testing for all staff from tomorrow, three consecutive days, one round per day.
According to Wang Mingzhai, chief expert on the prevention and control of the new crown epidemic of the Xiamen CDC, in this epidemic, some cases have relatively strong transmission ability, resulting in the infection of many close contacts or people exposed to the air at the same time.
Sequencing of the virus genome showed that the virus was typed as Omicron variant BA.2.76.
This variant is a more transmissible subtype than the Omicron variant BA.5.
In the current epidemic in Xiamen, the mutant showed the characteristics of fast transmission, strong infectivity and strong concealment.
(Reporter Li Siyuan)
Responsible editor: [Lu Yan]