(Fighting against New Coronary Pneumonia) Hohhot, Inner Mongolia, has more than 600 newly infected people in a single day and opened a makeshift hospital
China News Service, Hohhot, October 7 (Reporter Zhang Wei) "There are more than 600 new positive infections in a single day, and the cumulative number of positive infections exceeds 1,800. The epidemic prevention and control situation is very serious and complicated." On the 7th, Hohhot, Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, Xiaofang, deputy mayor of the People's Government, said at a press conference on epidemic prevention and control.
From 00:00 to 24:00 on October 6, 2022, 8 new confirmed cases of new coronary pneumonia were added in Hohhot, including 6 asymptomatic infections, and 651 new asymptomatic infections.
On October 7, Hohhot adjusted 161 communities and villages to high-risk areas, and adjusted 3 communities and villages to medium-risk areas.
As of 24:00 on October 6, Hohhot had 346 confirmed cases and 1,525 asymptomatic infections.
At present, there are 357 high-risk areas and 3 medium-risk areas in the city.
Xiaofang introduced that for the infected people to "receive as much as they should" and "treat as much as they should be treated", Hohhot integrated medical treatment resources, increased designated hospitals, opened makeshift hospitals, mobilized medical teams, and added medical equipment. Be prepared for it.
The infected people will be managed by classification and grading, mild patients or asymptomatic infected people will be admitted to Fangcang shelter hospitals, and patients with high risk factors and critically ill patients will be concentrated in designated hospitals for centralized treatment.
"At present, the epidemic in Hohhot is showing a trend of multiple distribution and rapid growth." Xiaofang said that the current round of epidemic strains are the evolutionary branch of the Omicron BF.7 mutant strain, which has stronger infectivity, diffusivity and escape. , it is easy to cause large-scale transmission, and the difficulty of epidemic disposal and control has also increased exponentially.
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