(Fighting New Coronary Pneumonia) General News: The second round of nucleic acid testing in Shijiazhuang found 247 positive cases in 82 high-risk areas in Mainland China

  China News Service, Beijing, January 15th. China’s National Health Commission announced on the 15th that 144 new cases were confirmed in mainland China on the 14th, including 9 imported from abroad and 135 local cases (90 in Hebei, 43 in Heilongjiang, 1 in Guangxi) Cases, 1 case in Shaanxi); 66 new asymptomatic infections were added, 20 cases were converted to confirmed cases that day, and 618 asymptomatic infections were still under medical observation.

  As of 24:00 on the 14th, there are currently 1,001 confirmed cases in mainland China, 82,352 cured and discharged, 4635 deaths, and 87,988 confirmed cases have been reported.

There are 273 confirmed cases imported from abroad and a total of 4,474 confirmed cases.

On January 15, firemen from Gaocheng Brigade of Shijiazhuang Fire Rescue Detachment killed off at the intersection of Xiaoguozhuang Village.

On the same day, Gaocheng District, Shijiazhuang City, Hebei Province, carried out epidemic prevention and elimination work.

Photo by China News Agency reporter Zhai Yujia

  According to official reports, the number of newly confirmed cases and local confirmed cases in Mainland China exceeded 100 for 3 consecutive days, and they are on the rise. From the 12th to the 14th, there were 115 newly confirmed cases (107 in the mainland), 138 cases (124 in the mainland), 144 cases (135 in the mainland), and the number of confirmed cases on the 14th reached 1001. This is the number of confirmed cases in mainland China that has exceeded 1000 again since April 21, 2020 (the current confirmed 1005 cases).

The second round of nucleic acid testing in Shijiazhuang found 247 positive cases in 82 high-risk areas in Mainland China

  On the 14th, there were 90 newly confirmed local cases in Hebei Province (84 in Shijiazhuang City and 6 in Xingtai City), and 9 newly-added local asymptomatic infections (5 in Shijiazhuang and 4 in Xingtai).

As of 24:00 on the 14th, there are currently 553 local confirmed cases in Hebei Province, and 195 local asymptomatic infections under medical observation.

  Shijiazhuang City held a press conference on the evening of the 15th, stating that from 0:00 to 12:00 on the 15th, Shijiazhuang City will add another 48 local confirmed cases and 10 asymptomatic infections.

As of 20:00 on the 14th, the second round of nucleic acid testing in Shijiazhuang City has been completed, and a total of 247 positive cases have been found, including 217 in Gaocheng District; as of 12:00 on the 15th, more than 27,000 people have been isolated; as of 18:00 on the 15th, Gaocheng District has been transferred Nearly 14,573 people were isolated.

  On the 15th, 9 places in Shijiazhuang City and 4 places in Harbin were upgraded to medium-risk areas.

As of 16:00 on the 15th, there are 82 high-risk areas in Mainland China.

There are 2 high-risk areas, namely the whole area of ​​Gaocheng District, Shijiazhuang City, Hebei Province, and Huiqi Town, Wangkui County, Suihua City, Heilongjiang Province.

There are 80 medium-risk areas, distributed in four provinces and cities: Hebei (38), Beijing (7), Liaoning (22), and Heilongjiang (13).

Wangkui County will carry out the second round of full-staff nucleic acid testing, Shaanxi has imported cases from other provinces

  On the 14th, there were 43 newly confirmed cases in Heilongjiang Province (all in Wangkui County, Suihua City), and 31 new asymptomatic infections (25 cases in Wangkui County, Suihua City, 1 case in Qinggang County, 3 cases in Qiqihar City, Daqing City and 1 case each in Yichun City).

  Suihua City officials said on the 15th that Wangkui County has completed the first round of nucleic acid testing for all employees, and the second round of nucleic acid testing for all employees will be completed from the 15th to 17th.

  On the 14th, a new local confirmed case in Shaanxi Province was reported by Baishui County. The case worked in Jinzhong City, Shanxi Province. It returned to Baishui County on January 9th. It was two imported asymptomatic infections reported by Jinzhong City on the 11th. Close contacts of the person.

  The Health Commission of the Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region reported on the 15th that Nanning City conducted routine nucleic acid tests on the staff of the entry quarantine team on the 14th, and found that a staff member responsible for killing had a positive nucleic acid and was later diagnosed as a confirmed case.

  Officials in Shaanxi and Guangxi have stated that the close contacts and sub-close contacts of the above-mentioned cases have taken corresponding isolation and testing measures.

The outer packaging of imported frozen beef from three places in Shaanxi tested positive, and 1812 boxes of Tianjin epidemic-related ice cream were sold to other provinces and cities

  Shaanxi Province notified on the 15th that on January 4, 5, and 12, the outer packaging of imported frozen beef was detected as positive in Xi’an, Jingyang County, and Sanyuan County.

At present, relevant markets in Xi'an are closed and closed management is implemented; the cargo circulation situation of Shanghai port, where the source of goods is involved, is coordinated, and the flow of goods is further tracked; market-related practitioners undergo emergency vaccination of new crown vaccine.

  Tianjin reported on the 14th that three samples of ice cream produced by enterprises in the city were found to have tested positive for nucleic acid.

According to the latest news, 1812 boxes of ice cream involved in the epidemic have been sold to other provinces and cities, and all have been notified to the local epidemic prevention headquarters.

Relevant departments are tracking the sales of 390 boxes of ice cream in 65 boxes that entered the Tianjin market through retail.

  As of the 14th, Beijing had no new cases of local cases for three consecutive days.

Beijing officials stated on the 15th that they will strictly control personnel entering Beijing from high-risk areas, prevent them from entering Beijing through a third place, prevent leakage of control and control, and conduct more detailed investigations on high-risk personnel such as close contact.

At the same time, it is necessary to find out the base number of people returning to Beijing from medium and high-risk areas such as Hebei Province and Heilongjiang Province.

Epidemic prevention and control is the first task of the Spring Festival Transport, the Civil Aviation Administration issued four more circuit breakers

  Lian Weiliang, deputy director of the National Development and Reform Commission, stated at the National Spring Festival Transport Conference on the 15th that at present, the new crown pneumonia epidemic is pandemic, and the local epidemic in China is sporadic and locally clustered. The epidemic prevention and control situation is very severe and complex.

The contradiction of the Spring Festival transport work shifts from the supply of transport capacity to the epidemic prevention and control, and epidemic prevention and control should be put first in the Spring Festival transport work.

  Lian Weiliang said that during the Spring Festival, all regions must implement the mutual recognition of health codes as required. Scientific prevention and control and precise prevention and control must be done, and excessive prevention and control must not be implemented.

  As 5 or more passengers with positive nucleic acid tests were found on the inbound flights of 4 airlines, the Civil Aviation Administration of China issued an announcement on the 15th that from January 18th, Turkish Airlines flight TK72 (Istanbul to Guangzhou) and Egypt Airlines will be suspended. MS958 flight (Cairo to Guangzhou) and Air China flight CA946 (Karachi to Xi'an) will operate for 2 weeks; from January 25, Sichuan Airlines flight 3U8392 (Cairo to Chengdu) will be suspended for 2 weeks.

(Finish)