(Fighting against New Coronary Pneumonia) Comprehensive news: 44 outbreaks in Beijing's middle- and high-risk areas are caused by non-local or endemic strains in Wuhan
China News Agency, Beijing, June 26: After two consecutive days of no new high-risk areas, Beijing added two more medium-risk areas on the 26th, but Yuetan Street in Xicheng District was adjusted to a low-risk area that day. Since the occurrence of the epidemic associated with the new-origin market, Beijing’s first region with a downgraded risk level.
The Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention issued a document on the 26th that the current outbreak in Beijing can rule out the spread of animal virus spillovers to people, as well as the local transmission of strains in Beijing or Wuhan epidemic strains before April this year, and the risk of further transmission is low.
The growth rate of local confirmed cases in Mainland China slows down
The National Health and Health Commission of China announced on the 26th that provinces (autonomous regions and municipalities) and the Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps on the 25th reported 13 newly diagnosed cases, including 2 imported cases, 11 local cases, and 1,895 confirmed cases imported overseas. On the same day, 5 new cases of asymptomatic infections were added to 1 confirmed case, and 97 cases of asymptomatic infections still under medical observation.
As of 24:00 on the 25th, there are currently 389 confirmed cases in mainland China, with a total of 78439 cases of discharge and 4634 cases of death. A total of 83462 cases of confirmed cases have been reported. A total of 1686 confirmed cases (1193 cases in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, 46 cases in the Macau Special Administrative Region and 447 cases in Taiwan) were received.
With the gradual control of the epidemic in Beijing, the growth rate of local confirmed cases in mainland China has slowed down. The daily increase in the past 5 days has been below 15 cases, and 11 new cases on the 25th were reported by Beijing.
However, overseas import cases are still growing. Two new cases were reported by Shanghai on the 25th. The two patients were from Zambia and South Sudan, and arrived in Shanghai on the same flight after connecting in Ethiopia. According to the Shanghai Municipal Health and Health Commission, 88 close contacts with the flight have been tracked, all of which have implemented centralized isolation and observation.
Beijing's existing confirmed cases are all new cases in the past half a month, with 44 high-risk areas
On the 25th, there were 11 newly confirmed cases in Beijing. In the past half a month, a total of 280 confirmed cases were reported, and 22 cases of asymptomatic infections still under medical observation.
Beijing Municipal Health and Fitness Commission said on the 26th that as of the 25th, Beijing’s existing imported confirmed cases and the existing local confirmed cases before June 10 were both cleared. There are currently 280 cases in the hospital, both of which have been added in the past half month. Case. Among the 11 newly confirmed cases on the 25th, there were 7 cases in Fengtai District, 2 cases in Haidian District, 1 case in Daxing District, and 1 case in Changping District. Among them, Changping District is the first report of confirmed cases since the outbreak of the market-associated epidemic in the new place. Prior to this, Changping District had no new local confirmed cases for 128 consecutive days.
On the 26th, three places in Beijing adjusted their risk levels, and Sijiqing (regional) town in Haidian District and Huilongguan Street in Changping District were upgraded to mid-risk areas; Yuetan Street in Xicheng District was adjusted to a low-risk area, which is also a self-developed market. Since the outbreak of the associated epidemic, Beijing's first area with a downgraded risk level.
As of 15:00 on the 26th, Beijing has 5 high-risk and 39 medium-risk areas, involving 6 districts and 11 districts in Daxing, Fangshan, Mentougou, Tongzhou, and Changping. Currently, there are 5 districts in Miyun, Shunyi, Huairou, Yanqing, and Heping Valley There have been no new confirmed cases for more than 130 consecutive days (Pinggu has never reported a confirmed case), and they are all low-risk areas.
The risk of further transmission due to non-local Beijing epidemic or Wuhan epidemic strain is low
The Chinese Center for Disease Control issued a document on the 26th that the new coronavirus strains circulating in Beijing in this outbreak are “older” than the current European strains of the same type. This outbreak can rule out the spread of animal virus spillovers to people and also exclude Beijing before April this year. Caused by locally spread strains or popular strains in Wuhan. The infection mode of the epidemic situation in the new wholesale market is presumed to be mainly direct contact transmission between people and indirect contact transmission through surface contamination of objects.
The article also pointed out that although a number of cases unrelated to the Xinfadi wholesale market and the source of infection are yet to be further investigated, the large-scale nucleic acid test results in Beijing show that the infection rate of people who are not related to the Xinfadi wholesale market is extremely low. The risk of further spread of the epidemic is low. (Finish)