(Fighting against New Coronary Pneumonia) Inner Mongolia added 82 new local positive infections. Baotou City has identified two clear transmission chains
China News Service, Hohhot, October 20 (Reporter Zhang Wei) On the 20th, the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region New Coronary Pneumonia Epidemic Prevention and Control Headquarters released a message showing that from 0:00 to 24:00 on October 19, Inner Mongolia added 82 new cases of local positive infections , Baotou City has identified two clear transmission chains.
From 0:00 to 24:00 on October 19, Inner Mongolia reported 29 new local confirmed cases, including 9 in Hohhot, 4 in Baotou, 4 in Hulunbuir, 7 in Chifeng, 3 in Ordos, and 3 in Wuhai. 2 cases; 53 new asymptomatic infections, including 34 in Hohhot, 2 in Baotou, 3 in Hulunbuir, 8 in Chifeng, and 6 in Wuhai.
Wan Hanbing, director of the Baotou Center for Disease Control and Prevention, introduced that on October 1, Baotou City reported the first case of this round of the epidemic, and the existing epidemiological results have identified two clear transmission chains.
"First, the infected people outside the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region caused some people to be infected after returning to the package. The results of the new coronavirus gene sequencing showed that the transmission chain was the Omicron BA.5.2 variant strain. The known associated infections accounted for 28.22 of the cumulative infections. %." Wan Hanbing said, the second is the transmission chain after the infected people from other cities in the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region came and returned. The gene sequencing result of the new coronavirus in this chain is the Omicron BF.7 variant, and the known associated infections accounted for The cumulative infection rate was 66.89%.
"In the early stage of this round of epidemic development in Baotou City, the virus spread rapidly in crowded places such as shopping malls, supermarkets, and restaurants in a short period of time." Wan Hanbing said.
According to the current statistics, among the infected people reported in Baotou this round of epidemic, 40.89% were found in centralized isolation point screening, 18.22% in home isolation screening, 12.22% in community screening, and 16.89% in high-risk area screening. , 5.11% for close contact screening, 2.00% for active medical treatment, 2.44% for closed-loop management key personnel screening, 1.56% for non-closed-loop management key personnel screening, and 0.67% for medium-risk areas.
As of 24:00 on October 18, Baotou City has designated 117 high-risk areas and 94 medium-risk areas.
On October 19, Manzhouli City screened a positive person for the new coronavirus in the nucleic acid test of key populations.
Since October 19, strict management of the urban area of Manzhouli has been implemented for 3 days.
The risky community shall be closed and managed, and other communities shall be strictly managed; the traffic roads and city entrances and exits of "one field and two stations" shall be subject to traffic control, and in principle, only people and vehicles can enter and leave; Start the insurance supplier supermarket and pharmacy to ensure the basic living needs of citizens.
From 0:00 to 24:00 on October 19, 26 local confirmed cases in Inner Mongolia were cured and discharged, and 136 local asymptomatic infections were released from medical observation.
As of 24:00 on October 19, there were 457 local confirmed cases and 2,447 local asymptomatic infections in Inner Mongolia.
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