(Fighting against New Coronary Pneumonia) Most of the infected people in this round of epidemic in Guangzhou are asymptomatic or mild
China News Agency, Guangzhou, October 30 (Wang Hua Huang Shuyue) The Guangzhou Municipal Health Commission announced on the 30th that 191 new local infections of the new coronavirus were added in the city on the 29th; the vast majority of the infected people in this round of epidemic were asymptomatic or mild. The mutated new coronavirus has a shorter incubation period.
From 0 to 24:00 on October 29, 191 new cases of local infection of the new coronavirus were added in Guangzhou, of which 165 were found in the isolation observation and control area, and 26 were found in community screening and fever clinics.
All the above-mentioned infected persons have been transferred to the hospital for diagnosis and treatment in a closed loop, and there are no severe or critically ill infected persons.
According to the report, the vast majority of infected people in this round of epidemic in the city are asymptomatic or mild, and the incubation period of the new coronavirus after mutation is short. Contacts have turned positive or have hidden transmission among households and community groups, increasing the difficulty of epidemic prevention and control.
Zhang Yi, deputy director and spokesperson of the Guangzhou Municipal Health and Health Commission, said that the current new crown virus is constantly mutating, spreading rapidly, and being hidden. The key to controlling this round of epidemic is to reduce the flow and gathering of people, and further reduce the risk of social transmission. Relatively closed and crowded places such as supermarkets, restaurants and hotels are the distribution centers and amplifiers for the spread of the epidemic. Relevant districts have successively adopted temporary measures such as advocating home office and suspending the production and operation of some businesses.
Haizhu District, the city's main battleground for epidemic prevention and control, added 97 new cases on the 29th. The epidemic is still concentrated in the control areas of Jianghai Street, Chigang Street, Fengyang Street and Nanzhou Street. New cases are not only found in the centralized quarantined crowd, but also in The number of new cases in the Kecun area of Chigang Street, the Kangle area of Fengyang Street, and the Datang area of Nanzhou Street showed an increasing trend, indicating that there are still people flowing and intersecting in these control areas, causing the virus to persist. spread.
In the early morning of the 30th, Haizhu District issued the "Notice on Strengthening Social Epidemic Prevention and Control Measures (6)", implementing non-essential non-mobility in other areas of the district except Pazhou Street, and advocating offices and institutions to work from home and non-urban areas. Social prevention and control measures such as the suspension of operations of security-oriented enterprises.
The person in charge of the Guangzhou CDC said that according to the daily dynamic assessment, the current real-time transmission index (Rt) of the epidemic in Haizhu District has dropped from the highest of 8.2 to 2.6 today (30th). Although it has dropped significantly, the value is still high. It means that 1 person can still transmit it to 2.6 people within the average incubation period (2 days), indicating that the hidden transmission chain in the community has not been effectively cut off, and the current transmission speed is still relatively fast. Haizhu District has strengthened social epidemic prevention and control measures, mainly for the following reasons: Reduce the flow of non-essential personnel, avoid cross-infection, and stop transmission as soon as possible.
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