(Fighting against New Coronary Pneumonia) General news: Beijing's newly-occurring epidemic cases in hospitals are cleared, experts reminded to guard against repeated epidemics in autumn and winter
China News Service, Beijing, August 7th. The 7th is the beginning of autumn in the Chinese lunar calendar, and it also means the arrival of autumn. Zeng Guang, the former chief epidemiologist of the Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, said that the possibility of the peak of the epidemic in the autumn and winter cannot be ruled out. Many experts reminded that prevention and control in autumn and winter must be strengthened to prevent repeated epidemics.
8 new imported cases from the Philippines in 3 provinces, Beijing reappears in Dalian
The National Health Commission of China announced on the 7th that on the 6th, 37 new cases were confirmed in mainland China, of which 10 were imported from abroad, 27 were local cases (26 in Xinjiang, 1 in Beijing), and a total of 2120 confirmed imported cases were imported. There were 14 new asymptomatic infections that day, no confirmed cases, and 273 asymptomatic infections under medical observation.
As of 24:00 on the 6th, there are currently 843 confirmed cases in Mainland China, a total of 79088 cases have been cured and discharged, 4634 cases have died, and a total of 84565 confirmed cases have been reported. A total of 4372 confirmed cases have been notified from Hong Kong, Macau and Taiwan (3849 in Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, 46 in Macau Special Administrative Region, and 477 in Taiwan).
On the 6th, there were 27 newly confirmed local cases in Mainland China. With the exception of 26 in Xinjiang, one case in Beijing was a Dalian epidemic-related case. The number of newly imported cases from abroad exceeded single digits again on that day. Among them, there were 7 cases in Shanghai, 6 cases from the same flight from the Philippines to Shanghai, and 1 case from the UAE; 1 case each from Liaoning and Sichuan, both from the Philippines, and 1 case from Jiangsu was imported from India.
Dalian's confirmed cases and asymptomatic infections have zero new Dalian Bay streets still unblocked
There were no new local confirmed cases and asymptomatic infections in Dalian on the 6th. This is the first time that Dalian has achieved two zero new cases on the same day since the outbreak of this epidemic. As of 24:00 on the 6th, a total of 92 cases have been diagnosed in Dalian in this epidemic, including 37 cases of employees of a seafood company and 13 cases of contacts of employees of the company.
The Dalian Municipal Health Commission stated on the 7th that the number of newly confirmed cases in Dalian has remained in single digits for several consecutive days, the number of cured and discharged cases has continued to increase, and the overall situation of epidemic prevention and control continues to improve.
At present, all employees of a seafood company in the concentration of this epidemic, as well as confirmed cases and asymptomatic infections in Dalian, will be tested for nucleic acid every 3 days during the centralized isolation period, and will be performed during the home isolation period. 1 nucleic acid test. Since it has not been 14 days since the last confirmed case occurred in Dalian Bay Street in the high-risk area, it has not yet reached the downgraded standard for medium-risk areas, so it has not been released.
Confirmed cases of new outbreak in Beijing cleared Urumqi 26 new local cases
On the 6th, one newly diagnosed Dalian epidemic-related case was added in Beijing, which was a close family contact of the Dalian epidemic-related case confirmed on July 27. From July 27th to 29th, Beijing added 3 new Dalian epidemic-related cases for 3 consecutive days, which were three generations of a family. As of 24:00 on the 6th, Beijing had reported a total of 4 cases related to the Dalian epidemic.
The Beijing Health Commission released good news on the 7th. A total of 335 confirmed cases of the new outbreak have been cured and discharged as of the 6th. It took less than two months from the first confirmed case of a new outbreak in Beijing on June 11 to the clearing of all confirmed cases.
On the 6th, there were 26 newly confirmed cases in Xinjiang and 10 asymptomatic infections, all in Urumqi. As of 24:00 on the 6th, Xinjiang has 643 confirmed cases (640 in Urumqi), 128 asymptomatic infections (127 in Urumqi), and 19,546 people are still under medical observation. In this epidemic, Xinjiang has cured and discharged 80 confirmed cases.
Urumqi City Health Commission introduced on the 7th that since the outbreak, a total of 29 fever clinics have been opened in Urumqi City to operate 24 hours a day, playing an important "outpost" role in screening patients with new coronary pneumonia.
Expert: We do not rule out the possibility of epidemics in autumn and winter, and prevention and control of the epidemic in autumn and winter must be done at multiple levels
Many experts have previously said that the new crown epidemic is likely to repeat in autumn and winter. The 7th is the beginning of autumn in the Chinese lunar calendar, which also means that autumn has arrived.
In an interview with China News Agency, former chief epidemiologist Zeng Guang of the Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention believes that based on the existing knowledge of respiratory infectious diseases and the current global epidemic situation, the possibility of new crown pneumonia forming epidemic peaks in autumn and winter cannot be ruled out .
Many experts said that the prevention and control of the autumn and winter epidemics must be prevented and deployed at the individual, group, and social levels, emphasizing "early detection, early reporting, early isolation, and early treatment" to improve nucleic acid testing capabilities and quality as soon as possible .
However, experts agreed that under precise and effective prevention and control measures, the epidemic is unlikely to form a pandemic in China in autumn and winter. Even if there are some scattered cases or localized epidemics, China has the accumulated experience and foundation of prevention and control in the early stage, and it is believed that it can respond well, and the public need not panic. (Finish)