Nine close contacts lifted from quarantine in the Grade IV emergency response to stop the plague in Wulateqian Banner, Inner Mongolia

  Chinanews.com Bayannaoer, August 15 (Reporter Zhang Wei) On the 15th, the Uradqianqi Health and Health Commission of Bayannaoer City, Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region issued the "Notice on Ending Level IV Emergency Response to the Plague Epidemic of Uradqianqi" ( (Hereinafter referred to as the "Notice"), terminate the Grade IV emergency response to the plague epidemic in Urad Qianqi, and lift the centralized quarantine medical observation of 9 close contacts.

  On August 6, the Health and Health Commission of Urad Qianqi received the "Notification Letter on a Case of Fever Patient" from the Health and Health Commission of Baotou City, and notified that one patient in this banner was in the First Attachment of Baotou City. The hospital went to see a doctor. On August 7, after consultation with the expert group, the patient was judged to be bubonic plague.

  According to the "Notice", since the outbreak, Wulateqianqi promptly initiated a level IV response to the plague epidemic, carried out epidemiological investigations, disposal of epidemic areas, and medical isolation and observation of close contacts. The requirements of the Infectious Disease Prevention and Control Law, the National Plague Control Emergency Plan, the Human Plague Control Standards and Principles (GB15378-1995), and the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region Plague Control Emergency Plan (2020 Edition) have all been completed. After the inspection and consultation by the national, Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, and Baotou City Expert Group, the quarantine circle of Shadege Sumu Bige Tigacha plague epidemic area has reached the standards for rodent, flea and environmental sanitation. There were no secondary cases for 9 consecutive days. Close contacts meet the requirements for lifting the quarantine and meet the level IV emergency response standards for ending the plague epidemic.

  After research by the leading group for the prevention and control of plague in Urad Qianqi, it was decided to terminate the plague epidemic level IV emergency response at 0:00 on August 15th, lift the shadgsum quarantine blockade, adjust the traffic blockade to traffic quarantine, and lift the 9 Centralized isolation medical observation of close contacts. (Finish)