China News Service, Dalian, September 3 (Reporter Yang Yi) The reporter learned from the Dalian New Coronary Pneumonia Epidemic Prevention and Control Headquarters on the 3rd that Dalian has further strengthened the management and control of personnel mobility and aggregation, and extended the "Dalian City". The implementation period of Order No. 24 of the New Coronary Pneumonia Epidemic Prevention and Control Headquarters is tentatively scheduled until 24:00 on September 10.

  From 0:00 to 24:00 on September 2, Dalian added 6 new confirmed cases of new coronary pneumonia and 106 asymptomatic infections. This is the third consecutive day that the number of new cases in Dalian has exceeded 100.

Since August 19, Dalian has reported a total of 16 local confirmed cases and 452 local asymptomatic infections.

  On August 29, in view of the local epidemic prevention and control situation, Dalian City issued Order No. 24. From 24:00 on August 29 to 24:00 on September 3 (5 days in total), the city-wide further strengthens the regulation of personnel mobility. and centralized control.

The order includes residents in the main urban area staying home unless necessary; bus and subway suspension; the city's movie theaters, bath centers, massage parlors and other public places are temporarily closed; primary and secondary schools implement online teaching, etc.

  On September 3, the Dalian New Coronary Pneumonia Epidemic Prevention and Control Headquarters held a meeting and pointed out that the current epidemic prevention and control situation in Dalian is still severe, and the prevention and control work is at a critical stage. The Pneumonia Epidemic Prevention and Control Headquarters has decided to extend the implementation period of the "Dalian New Coronary Pneumonia Epidemic Prevention and Control Headquarters Order No. 24" to 24:00 on September 10.

  The meeting pointed out that this round of epidemic virus belongs to the evolutionary branch of Omicron BA.5.2.1. The transmission is very hidden and the infection speed is extremely fast. It is the one that has the greatest impact on Dalian and the most difficult prevention and control.

  The meeting also pointed out that since the outbreak of the epidemic, the Dalian Municipal Party Committee and the Municipal Government have quickly entered an emergency state, activated the response mechanism, strictly controlled, and strictly prevented and strictly controlled the risk of liquidity aggregation. Various measures have achieved initial results, and the epidemic prevention and control situation has improved, but the risks still big.

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