China News Service, Baotou, August 10 (Reporter Zhang Wei) On the 10th, the reporter learned from the government of Damao Banner, Baotou City, Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, that at present, the 24 epidemic areas of the banner have completed the treatment and passed the inspection and acceptance of the Baotou disease control department.
According to the government of Damao Banner, since the outbreak of the plague in May 2019, the banner has planned 27 epidemic areas with a total area of 91 square kilometers, involving 10 Gacha (villages). The Damao Banner Committee and the Banner Government have detailed prevention and control measures and joint prevention and control. At present, 24 epidemic areas have completed the treatment and passed the inspection and acceptance of the Baotou Disease Control Department, 2 epidemic areas have completed the treatment and are waiting for acceptance, and 1 epidemic area is under Comprehensively carry out the disposal of the epidemic area.
In the early morning of August 2, 2020, a patient died of sudden death in the village committee Suji New Village in Wendu, Shibao Town, Damao Banner. After receiving the report, Damaoqi CDC rushed to the deceased's home for sampling and testing. On the 3rd, the PCR nucleic acid test of nasopharyngeal swabs by the three-level CDC of Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, Baotou City and Damao Banner was positive. On the 6th, based on the epidemiological survey data and laboratory test results, the medical expert group determined that the patient was intestinal plague and the cause of death was circulatory system failure.
On the same day, the Baotou Municipal Health Commission issued a level III early warning of the plague epidemic in Damao Banner, and Damao Banner immediately initiated a level IV emergency response to the plague epidemic. The deceased’s residence in Suji New Village shall be sealed off and isolated, large and small quarantines shall be delineated, and 24-hour security shall be implemented. All close contacts and villagers in Suji New Village were subjected to centralized isolation medical observation as required, and preventive medication and plague nucleic acid testing were given. The test results were negative and there was no abnormality such as fever.
According to the official introduction of the Damao Banner government, at present, the Plague Emergency Response Headquarters in Wenbu Village of Shibao Town is conducting preventive medications for residents of villages around the affected area and all staff involved in the treatment of the affected area, and for people exposed to the wild such as sheep. Carry out health monitoring; carry out strict and comprehensive disinfection of the deceased’s residences, the residences of close contacts and the residential areas of surrounding farmers in the isolation ring; disinfect the streets and alleys of Suji New Village and neighboring villages; strengthen the management of cats and dogs and other mobile animals, We will also carry out anti-rodent, flea and environmental sanitation work in all foci of Damao Banner. (Finish)