(Fighting against New Coronary Pneumonia) 227 newly diagnosed cases in Beijing in 10 days, Wuhan medical team arrived in Beijing to support nucleic acid detection

  China News Agency, Beijing, June 21 (Reporter Du Yan) From 0:00 to 24:00 on June 20, Beijing newly reported 22 confirmed cases of new coronary pneumonia, 3 suspected cases, and 3 asymptomatic infections.

On June 20, medical teams from Wuhan University Central South Hospital, Wuhan Tongji Hospital, Wuhan Union Hospital and many other large third-tier hospitals in Wuhan gathered at Wuhan Railway Station and took the high-speed train to Beijing West Railway Station to assist Beijing's major hospitals. . Image source: People's Vision

  The Beijing Municipal Health Commission said on the 21st that from June 0 to 04:00, 22 new cases were confirmed, 10 in Fengtai District, 8 in Daxing District, 3 in Haidian District, and 1 in Tongzhou District. Tongzhou District is the first case since June 11.

  As of 24:00 on June 20, Beijing has reported a total of 227 confirmed cases since June 11 and 18 cases of asymptomatic infections still under observation.

  227 cases involved 10 districts in Beijing, including 154 in Fengtai District, 44 in Daxing District, 11 in Haidian District, 5 in Dongcheng District, 4 in Fangshan District, 4 in Xicheng District, 2 in Mentougou District and 1 in Chaoyang District 1 case in Shijingshan District and 1 case in Tongzhou District.

  According to the State Council client's "Infection Risk Inquiry" system, as of 15:00 on June 20, the number of high-risk areas in Beijing's outbreak has increased to 36. Among them, Huaxiang (regional) township in Fengtai District and Xihongmen (regional) town in Daxing District are two high-risk areas; 34 townships and towns are medium-risk areas, mainly distributed in Fengtai District (11) and Daxing District ( 9).

  The Beijing Municipal Health Commission stated that there were no new cases of confirmed imported cases, suspected cases and asymptomatic infections imported from Beijing from 01:00 on June 11 to 24:00 on June 20, and one case was in the hospital.

  Since the outbreak of the Xinfadi wholesale market, Beijing has for the first time locked into the top priority of the Xinfadi wholesale market, achieving full coverage of all incoming and outgoing personnel nucleic acid detection without omission. On this basis, Beijing further expands the scope of testing, and implements "exhaustive inspection" in key areas and key populations, and "willing to inspect exhaustively" in other populations.

  The data shows that the cumulative number of samplers in Beijing has exceeded 2.2 million, and the average daily sampler is nearly 500,000. Among them, the number of samplers in Fengtai District, which is the hardest hit area, has exceeded 300,000.

  The reporter learned that Beijing has continuously expanded the scope of nucleic acid testing, from personnel involved in epidemic-related markets to staff in various farmers' markets, to employees in restaurants, canteens, logistics, takeaways, etc., as well as middle- and high-risk street people. More than 7,000 staff members in Beijing work in shifts. Hubei Wuhan has sent a medical team to Beijing, mainly responsible for nucleic acid detection tasks. (Finish)