China News Agency, Beijing, June 17: Beijing has added another 31 confirmed cases on the 16th. In the past 6 days, there have been 137 local confirmed cases. After raising the emergency response level of public health emergencies to Level 2 on the 16th, Beijing's epidemic prevention and control measures have been comprehensively upgraded.
Beijing epidemic affected 149 cases confirmed in four provinces
The China National Health and Health Commission notified on the 17th that 31 provinces (autonomous regions and municipalities) and the Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps reported on the 16th that 44 new cases were diagnosed, including 11 imported cases, 33 local cases, and 1856 imported cases. . On the same day, 11 new cases of asymptomatic infections were transferred to 6 confirmed cases, and 106 cases of asymptomatic infections still under medical observation.
As of 24:00 on the 16th, there are currently 252 confirmed cases in mainland China, with a total of 78,379 discharged and 4,634 dead cases. A total of 83,265 confirmed cases have been reported. A total of 1602 confirmed cases were reported from Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan (1112 cases in Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, 45 cases in Macau Special Administrative Region and 445 cases in Taiwan).
According to official announcements, 33 new cases of local diagnosis were added on the 16th, which is still related to the agricultural product wholesale market in Beijing's new development area. With the exception of 31 in Beijing, one case in each of Zhejiang and Hebei was returned by employees in the new market. So far, the clustered epidemic situation in Beijing and the new development market has spread to four provinces in Zhejiang, Hebei, Sichuan and Liaoning, resulting in 12 diagnoses. In addition to Beijing cases, a total of 149 people have been diagnosed.
In Beijing, 31 more confirmed cases were fully upgraded under the secondary response
On the 16th, Beijing added another 31 confirmed cases, all of which were related to the new market. In the past 6 days, there were 137 newly confirmed cases.
At a press conference held on the 17th, Xu Hejian, a spokesman for the Beijing Municipal Government, said that the epidemic prevention and control work in the capital is a matter of the overall situation.
It is reported that from June 13, Beijing has conducted nucleic acid testing on about 356,000 related personnel, and the nucleic acid testing of personnel in key industries, key areas, and key regions is also underway.
On the evening of the 16th, Beijing announced that it would adjust the emergency response level of public health emergencies to level two. And 10 days ago, Beijing's emergency response level was just lowered from level 2 to level 3.
Under the second-level response, Beijing's epidemic prevention and control measures have been comprehensively upgraded. Relevant personnel in middle and high-risk streets and new markets are strictly prohibited from leaving Beijing. Those who do need to leave Beijing must hold a negative nucleic acid test within 7 days; Of students returning to school; restoring the closed management of the community, adjusting the proportion of public traffic restrictions, and controlling the full load rate; stopping holding exhibitions, sports events and performances, and stopping the opening of cross-provincial team tourism business in the country...
Beijing epidemic situation is still on the rise period, the two major airport flights declined
The Beijing Center for Disease Control and Prevention said on the 17th that as of now, most of the 137 newly diagnosed cases in Beijing are directly or indirectly related to employees and shoppers in the new market. The vast majority of cases and positive samples from the external environment are mainly located in the Market comprehensive trading floor. Due to the epidemiological relationship between the initial cases and the market, combined with the epidemic curve of the time of onset, it is inferred that the epidemic was discovered at an early stage. At present, the epidemic situation in Beijing is still in the rising period. Sex, does not rule out that the number of patients will continue and continue for a certain period in the future.
Affected by the epidemic situation, Beijing Capital International Airport and Daxing International Airport have cancelled inbound and outbound flights on the 17th. The flight volume of Beijing-related major routes has shown a downward trend, and some airlines have adjusted Beijing-related ticket refund policies.
Air China released information that as of 11:00 on the 17th, 295 flights involving Beijing had been cancelled that day.
Imported cases continued to increase in Gansu, 10 new cases were from the same flight entering Saudi Arabia
On the 16th, 11 newly confirmed cases were imported from mainland China, reported by Gansu and Sichuan respectively. Among them, 10 cases from Gansu came from the same flight entering from Saudi Arabia.
According to the Gansu Provincial Health and Health Commission, on June 15, 253 people arrived in Lanzhou from Riyadh, Saudi Arabia on flight MU7792. After passing the entry quarantine, they were all quarantined, and then tested and consulted to determine 10 confirmed cases, and 2 others were on site The hospital was isolated and watched. 241 people were isolated at the centralized isolation point for further medical testing.
One case of an 8-year-old patient who entered China from Egypt was confirmed by an asymptomatic infected person on June 14.
As the recent epidemic in Beijing has become the focus of attention from the outside world, imported cases in mainland China have also shown a high growth trend over the past two months, with the number increasing in three days in the past 4 days (19 cases on the 13th and 14th on the 14th). 10 cases, 8 cases on the 15th, and 11 cases on the 16th). Many experts said that the importation of foreign defense is still an important task for China's current epidemic prevention and control. (Finish)