China News Service, Guangzhou, August 16 (Cai Minjie) A salesperson of the "Hema Xiansheng" supermarket brand in Shenzhen, Guangdong Province, has detected positive nucleic acid for COVID-19 in Lufeng City, Shanwei. Duan Yufei, director of the Guangdong Provincial Health Commission, said at a press conference on the prevention and control of the epidemic on the 16th that as of 7:00 on August 16, a total of 1 confirmed case and 5 asymptomatic infections were found in the epidemic. At present, the new crown pneumonia epidemic is generally stable.
Duan Yufei, director of the Guangdong Provincial Health Commission, photo by Chen Jimin at the press conference
After a new crown pneumonia epidemic was reported in Lufeng City, Shanwei, Guangdong Province, the province launched an emergency response plan, carried out epidemiological investigations, conducted comprehensive investigations, and strengthened precise control of key personnel and key locations. As of 7:00 on the 16th, Shanwei City has completed a total of 37,669 nucleic acid tests and samples, and 34,284 results have been obtained. Except for the 3 cases of close contacts that have been found before, the others are negative; Shenzhen has collected 83413 samples of personnel and environment , 58459 results have been published. Except for the 2 cases of close contacts that had been found before, the others were all negative. Currently, confirmed cases and asymptomatic infections have been admitted to designated hospitals or under medical observation.
The Guangdong Provincial Farmer’s Market Epidemic Prevention and Control Work Team organized all relevant prefectures and cities to conduct investigations on 36 “Hema Fresh” stores, 12 associated warehouses and processing enterprises, and 48 units in total. According to Mai Jiaomeng, director of the Guangdong Provincial Market Supervision and Administration Bureau, as of 8 o'clock on the 16th, a total of 9989 samples were collected in the province, including 1770 for the environment and 1574 for the product, except for the 2 brand salesmen of the "Hema Xiansheng" Shuibei shop in Shenzhen. Except the samples are positive, the rest are negative.
Mai Jiaomeng said that since the establishment of the Guangdong Provincial Farmer’s Market Work Class on June 17, it has focused on key locations such as farmer’s markets, supermarkets, food manufacturers, cold storage and cold chain logistics enterprises, etc., to treat imported frozen meat and aquatic products stored in the province. Perform mandatory inspections for each batch.
"From the perspective of the entire test results, the key places, key populations, and key products such as farmers’ markets and supermarkets in Guangdong’s province are safe and controllable." Mai Jiaomeng said that through continuous efforts by various localities and departments, all farmers’ markets in the province have been realized. Based on full coverage of monitoring and sampling in key locations such as markets, a total of 1.072 million nucleic acid tests have been completed. In terms of personnel monitoring, except for the positive samples of the two brand salesmen from the Shenzhen "Hema Xiansheng" Shuibei shop mentioned above, all the others were negative; in terms of product monitoring, except for the positive samples of three Brazilian imported frozen chicken whole wing products in the cold storage of Longgang District, Shenzhen, All others are negative; environmentally, all results are negative.
Deng Huihong, director of the Guangdong Provincial Center for Disease Control and Prevention, stated at the press conference that since June, Guangdong has been sampling and testing imported frozen foods, except for 3 samples that are positive, the rest are all negative. "There is currently no evidence that the new coronavirus can be spread through food. Even if the virus is in food, it can be killed by cooking." Deng Huihong said that after the three positive samples were further reviewed by the Provincial Center for Disease Control and Prevention, experts believe that the virus Has lost its activity and does not have the ability to infect people.
Mai Jiaomeng said that the Guangdong Provincial Farmer’s Market Work Class will focus on continuing to carry out in-depth nucleic acid testing for people involved in related places, products, and direct contacts, do a good job in the registration of nucleic acid testing accounts, and strengthen cross-regional linkage and product tracking; further increase Large nucleic acid testing efforts to ensure that every batch of imported frozen meat and aquatic products must be inspected; strengthen the supervision of the entire food chain and the whole process, and effectively implement normalized epidemic prevention and control measures; increase the focus on key locations, key areas, and key areas The cleaning and disinfection of tools and equipment ensure that all imported frozen meat and aquatic products can be cleaned and disinfected before entering the warehouse. All personnel must wear masks and gloves before performing operations to prevent the risk of virus transmission.
The Information Office of the People's Government of Guangdong Province holds a press conference on epidemic prevention and control. Photo by Chen Jimin
Duan Yufei said that in response to the current epidemic prevention and control situation, Guangdong Province will continue to strengthen the monitoring of fever clinics, clinics and pharmacies at "sentinel points", continue to strengthen the monitoring of key places such as market supermarkets and cold chain food-related risks, and continue to strengthen the high-risk areas of the mainland. We will continue to strengthen the risk management of imported epidemics abroad, continue to strengthen the implementation of emergency response mechanisms, and do a good job of normalization, especially the prevention and control of epidemics in autumn and winter. (Finish)