From 0:00 to 14:00 on August 16, the Tibet Autonomous Region added 8 new confirmed cases of local new coronary pneumonia and 264 asymptomatic infections.
As of 14:00 on the 16th, there have been 186 confirmed cases and 1,983 asymptomatic infections in Tibet; there are 104 high-risk areas and 215 medium-risk areas.
In addition, on the evening of August 15, 5 asymptomatic infected persons with new coronary pneumonia were released from isolation and medical observation, and they were released from Lhasa Fangcai Hospital.
Tibet
Increase antigen testing at airports, railway stations, and land checkpoints
On the afternoon of August 16, the Tibet Autonomous Region held the eighth press conference on the prevention and control of the new crown pneumonia epidemic.
According to Tenzin Lunzhu, spokesperson of the Tibet Autonomous Region Government and Deputy Secretary-General of the Government, from 0:00 to 14:00 on August 16, there were 8 new local confirmed cases of new coronary pneumonia in Tibet (including 5 in Lhasa and 3 in Qamdo) ).
There were 264 new cases of asymptomatic infections (including 74 in Lhasa, 114 in Shigatse, 36 in Shannan, 1 in Qamdo, 11 in Nagqu, and 28 in Ngari).
As of 14:00 on August 16, there were 186 confirmed cases and 1,983 asymptomatic infections in the region.
There are 104 high-risk areas and 215 medium-risk areas in the region.
Tenzin Lunzhu said that Tibet adheres to the general policy of "dynamic clearing" unswervingly, regards epidemic prevention and control as the current top priority, and combines the situation of epidemic prevention and control in the region with the overall situation of epidemic prevention and control in the country.
The sudden outbreak of the epidemic coincided with the peak tourist season in Tibet, causing a large number of tourists to be stranded, and there is a greater risk of epidemic spillover.
Tibet learns from the experience of other provinces, timely improves the policy of people leaving Tibet, and strictly controls the exit of Tibet.
According to the requirements of the ninth edition of the prevention and control plan, people in close contact, sub-close contact, and high-risk areas are not allowed to go to Tibet, and those with low-risk travel history within 7 days will be subject to "two inspections in three days", negative, and easy to hide. Through green code and other standards, an antigen test will be added at airports, railway stations, and land checkpoints, and those who meet the requirements will be arranged to leave Tibet in an orderly manner, and the information will be reported to the epidemic prevention and control department of the destination in a timely manner.
Tibet will further unblock the channels for leaving Tibet. For tourist groups or individual passengers who meet the health standards and conditions for the return journey, they will coordinate planes, trains and other means of transportation to return in a timely manner in accordance with the principle of proximity, and the local government will uniformly arrange for vehicles to be transferred from the detention point to the airport in a closed loop. , railway station; for self-driving tourists, arrange nucleic acid testing and catering services.
At the same time, the service guarantee for the stranded personnel has been strengthened, and the “door-to-door service guarantee” campaign has been organized for stranded personnel on key national highways, hotels, and country houses, providing living and anti-epidemic materials free of charge, and arranging special personnel to conduct nucleic acid testing at the door, giving priority to the issuance of reports.
Accommodation is provided free of charge to passengers stranded in silent management areas.
Guarantee the timely delivery of the college entrance examination admission notice and other documents
At the press conference, Zhan Shuifen, member of the Party Committee and Deputy Director of the Transportation Department of the Tibet Autonomous Region, introduced that in order to strictly prevent the spillover of the epidemic in the transportation industry in Tibet, since 0:00 on August 16, the highway, railway and civil aviation departments have begun to implement the "three "Two tests a day" (that is, 2 nucleic acid tests within 3 consecutive days at an interval of 24 hours), negative certificates, Tibetan Yitong green codes, and negative antigen test prevention and control measures.
From August 8 to 15, a total of 1,245 guaranteed flights took off and landed in the region, guaranteeing 69,173 passengers departing from Hong Kong.
Among them, on August 10, the peak number of outbound passengers was reached, with a total of 12,750 passengers.
Since then, the number of outbound passengers has shown a downward trend. On August 15, a total of 3,148 outbound passengers were guaranteed.
The postal department strengthened the protection of people's livelihood, and focused on the safe, accurate and timely delivery of college entrance examination admission notices and important documents. From August 8th to 15th, the total number of mail express delivery was 923,414 pieces, and 678 tons of livelihood security materials were transported.
Up to now, all the admission notices for the college entrance examination in Shigatse have been delivered.
In addition, the Civil Aviation Administration of Tibet Autonomous Region strictly implemented the epidemic prevention and control requirements, and made every effort to ensure the safe and smooth entry and exit of epidemic prevention materials, medical teams to Tibet and passengers.
Since August 8, a total of 758 medical team members from all over the country have been guaranteed to quickly enter the port; airports in the region have reserved seats and cargo terminal spaces for the entry of anti-epidemic materials, and a total of 15 charter flights have guaranteed 701 tons of anti-epidemic cargo. into port.
On August 10, Lhasa Gonggar Airport guaranteed 253.6 tons of inbound cargo, breaking twice the historical record of the airport's single-day inbound cargo volume.
■ Dialogue
Beijing-aided doctors in Tibet: Assisting in the management of the only makeshift hospital in Lhasa, focusing on the impact of the plateau environment
On August 15, five asymptomatic infected persons with new coronary pneumonia were released from isolation and medical observation, and they were released from the Lhasa Fangcang shelter hospital.
According to CCTV news reports, the youngest of the 5 people is 5 years old and the oldest is 52 years old. After leaving the cabin, they will continue to be observed in the quarantine hotel for 7 days.
As a region that has never experienced a large-scale new crown pneumonia epidemic before, whether Tibet has sufficient medical resources and experience to deal with the epidemic is of concern to the outside world.
Previously, Guo Yanhong, the supervisory commissioner of the Medical Administration and Hospital Administration Bureau of the National Health and Health Commission, said that the state instructed Tibet to transform designated hospitals according to the population size, prepare for the construction of makeshift hospitals, and provide local epidemic prevention support through inter-provincial counterpart support.
The reporter learned that at present, a total of 21 members of the Beijing "group-style" medical team for Tibet are participating in the anti-epidemic work at the Lhasa People's Hospital, which is responsible for managing the only makeshift hospital in Lhasa.
Yang Suqiao, deputy chief physician of Beijing Chaoyang Hospital and director of the Department of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine of Lhasa People's Hospital, who is supporting Lhasa, said that there is still a lack of relevant science on whether there are differences in the severity of the new crown cases in the plateau and plain environments, and the time to turn negative. research, and as such, they also pay attention in clinical admissions.
Formation of a multidisciplinary team of consultation experts
Beijing News: Which hospital are you in now?
What epidemic prevention tasks do you undertake?
Yang Suqiao: The hospital we are in is Lhasa People's Hospital, which is also one of the top tertiary hospitals in Lhasa. Currently, it is in charge of managing the only makeshift hospital in Lhasa. Nima, the vice president of Lhasa People's Hospital, serves as the president of the makeshift hospital.
The square cabin was officially opened on August 7 at the Lhasa Cultural and Sports Center.
Beijing News: How many experts in Beijing are supporting Tibet?
What are the responsibilities?
Yang Suqiao: Beijing and Lhasa People's Hospital are medical counterparts. We call the Beijing "group-style" medical aid team for Tibet. There are 21 people in total. They are the backbone of various municipal hospitals such as Friendship, Chaoyang, Tiantan, Xuanwu, and Century Temple. , both clinical specialty and administrative and auxiliary departments.
We had our own tasks before, such as helping the local area to establish new specialties, developing new technical projects, and improving the level of local standardized diagnosis and treatment. middle.
Together with local doctors, we have formed a Fangcang multidisciplinary consultation expert team, covering multiple disciplines such as respiratory, cardiology, pediatrics, and imaging, and conduct remote consultations on key cases every day.
As the director of the Department of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine of Lhasa People's Hospital, I am also responsible for pre-judging the conditions of patients in the cabin, and sorting out the workflow of the cabin.
Beijing News: How are the patients in the cabin?
Yang Suqiao: The square cabin can accommodate 2,000 beds, and the front-line personnel can provide 600 beds. It is currently full.
From the perspective of the patient's condition, asymptomatic is the most, followed by mild disease, there are also a small number of ordinary patients with multiple comorbidities; the age span of the patients is relatively large, there are two or three-year-old children, and there are older people. .
The square cabin has just been opened for more than a week, and some patients have turned negative one after another. On the evening of August 15, the first batch of 5 patients left the cabin was ushered in.
Learn from the experience of anti-epidemic in the plain area
Beijing News: Tibet has never had a large-scale epidemic before, and the outside world is very concerned about whether the local area has enough experience and ability to deal with it.
What do you see ahead?
Yang Suqiao: There was almost no epidemic in Tibet before, and the experience in fighting the epidemic is definitely not as much as that in the plains, but there are also aid forces from all over the country, not only Beijing, but also medical teams from Jiangsu, Qinghai, Chengdu and other places. Everyone is working hard to overcome In the plateau environment, work with local medical staff to fight the epidemic.
Beijing News: Do you have experience in using the square cabin in the plain area?
Yang Suqiao: Yes.
When the Fangcang shelter hospital was first operated, there were relatively few patients, and the medical records were recorded in the traditional writing mode, that is, the doctor typed a few paragraphs on the computer to describe the condition.
As the number of patients increases, this approach becomes less applicable.
The management and procedures of the square cabin were discussed and discussed together under the leadership of Wang Hongbing, director of the Lhasa People's Hospital.
After encountering this problem, I contacted my colleague and chief physician Li Xuyan of Chaoyang Hospital. He has participated in the fight against the epidemic in Wuhan and has rich experience.
He gave me a tabular electronic medical record. With this medical record, the doctor does not need to write too many words, just tick the options, and the work efficiency is greatly improved.
Incorporate altitude information into medical records
Beijing News: Is the treatment of new crown cases in the plateau environment different from that in the plains?
Yang Suqiao: We are also very concerned about this issue, including the severity of the patient's condition, the length of time it takes to turn negative, and whether it will be affected by the plateau environment.
However, it is not long now, and there are relatively few discharged cases. There is still a lack of scientific research in this area. We only pay attention to it in clinical admissions.
The Beijing News: What are the specific practices for the treatment of new crown cases and the operation of the cabin?
Yang Suqiao: We manage and operate the shelter according to the ninth edition of the guide, and also make some adjustments according to the situation in the plateau.
In plain areas, asking patients' geographic information is only for epidemiological considerations, but the altitudes of different regions in Tibet vary greatly, some are more than 2,000 meters, and some are more than 5,000 meters. Whether the attribution has an impact, but we have added a record of the patient's region in the medical record.
Clinically, the criteria we focus on will also be more stringent.
Before the epidemic, we observed in local clinics that there were some age differences in physiological functions between patients in the plateau and the plain.
Perhaps due to the low pressure, hypoxia, and dry environment in the plateau area, the degree of organ disease and aging of some local patients exceeds that of patients of the same age that we saw in Beijing, and some people even enter the state of old age after the age of 50.
During the anti-epidemic period, we paid great attention to the age factor of the patients. The criteria for the multidisciplinary expert group to be included in the key groups of concern include less than 18 years old, more than 50 years old, more comorbidities, persistent symptoms, etc.; for all patients entering the cabin, We all do chest CT examinations. If lung exudates are observed, the relationship with the new crown cannot be ruled out, and most of them will be transferred to designated hospitals.
Beijing News reporter Dai Xuan
Hainan
The number of reported cases continues to fluctuate at a high level, and the proportion of cases found in society has decreased
On August 16, the reporter learned from the press conference on the prevention and control of the new coronary pneumonia epidemic in Hainan Province that the number of reported cases in Hainan Province continued to fluctuate at a high level, the proportion of cases found in the society continued to decline, and the epidemic situation was generally under control, and it was in a critical period of stalemate.
The number of newly reported cases in Sanya on August 15 was basically the same as that on the 14th, and the newly infected people were mainly controlled groups.
Danzhou, Lingshui, Dongfang, Lingao, Wanning and Ledong are still in the period of epidemic development.
Hainan has continued to speed up the nucleic acid testing process, made every effort to do a good job in medical treatment, and accelerated the construction of makeshift hospitals and isolation points.
The 2,000 beds of the third-party cabin hospital in Sanya have been delivered, the construction of the fourth cabin hospital in Sanya has started, and the construction of the fifth cabin hospital in Haikou has started.
At present, 55.27% of the planned number of isolation rooms in Hainan has been completed.
On August 15, 1,417 patients were received, and 88 were cured and discharged.
As of 6:00 on August 16, there were 10,056 patients, including 3 critical cases, 6 severe cases, 86 ordinary cases, 2624 mild cases, 4228 asymptomatic cases, and 3109 untyped cases. A total of 125 cases were cured and discharged.
Sanya increases capacity to ensure stranded passengers travel to the airport
On August 16, the reporter learned from the press conference of the Sanya New Coronary Pneumonia Epidemic Prevention and Control Work Headquarters that in order to optimize and improve the transportation of stranded passengers in Sanya to Phoenix Airport, in addition to the two temporary routes from Yalong Bay and Haitang Bay to Sanya Phoenix International Airport For the public transportation special line, two temporary special lines for the B&B area of Bohou Village and Haitang Bay have been added, and the daily operation time of the special lines is adjusted to 5:00 to 24:00, with an interval of 20 minutes per shift.
From 5:00 on August 16th, the online car-hailing operation will be launched. Passengers can book an online car-hailing ride to Phoenix Airport from T3 Travel and Shouqi Car-hailing Platform with the green "Leaving Qiong Code" and flight order information of the day. .
In addition, starting from August 16, Sanya has accurately implemented nucleic acid testing in areas with different risk levels.
High-risk areas continuously carry out daily nucleic acid tests for all employees. After 3 consecutive rounds of positive infections are detected, a round of nucleic acid tests for all employees will be carried out every other day; in medium-risk areas, after 3 consecutive rounds of nucleic acid tests are all negative , implement an inspection every other day; low-risk areas implement an inspection every other day, until no social-positive infection is detected for 7 consecutive days, it can be changed to an inspection every 3 days until it returns to normal.
Fujian Xiamen
The outbreak virus was typed as Omicron variant BA.2.76
On August 16, the reporter learned from a press conference on epidemic prevention and control in Xiamen, Fujian Province that as of 15:00 on August 16, Xiamen had reported a total of 42 confirmed cases.
Wang Mingzhai, chief expert on the prevention and control of the new crown epidemic of the Xiamen CDC, introduced that in this epidemic, the transmission capacity of cases is very strong, and many close contacts or people exposed at the same time have been infected.
The sequencing results of the virus genome by Xiamen Center for Disease Control and Prevention showed that the virus was typed as Omicron variant BA.2.76.
According to public information at home and abroad, this variant is a subtype of strain with stronger transmission ability than the Omicron variant BA.5.
In the current epidemic in Xiamen, the mutant strain has the characteristics of fast transmission, strong infectivity and strong concealment.
From exposure to the virus to the detection of positive nucleic acid sampling, some people need 1 day, and some people need 3 days, 4 days, or even longer.
In order to effectively detect new coronavirus infected people hiding in the community, it is necessary to carry out multiple rounds of nucleic acid testing continuously.
In this regard, the Xiamen City Headquarters decided to carry out nucleic acid testing for all employees in the city starting from the 17th, one round per day for three consecutive days.
Previously, the press conference of the Leading Group for the Prevention and Control of the New Coronary Pneumonia Epidemic held in Lhasa, Tibet on August 9 revealed that according to the analysis of the new coronary pneumonia cases and the results of virus gene sequencing, the virus strain in Lhasa was Omi Kron BA. .2.76, the results of epidemiological investigation and environmental sampling suggest that this outbreak is an imported outbreak.