Chinanews client, Beijing, October 22 (Zhang Yilin) ​​According to a report from the National Health Commission, on the 21st, 31 provinces had 28 newly confirmed local cases and 7 newly-added local asymptomatic infections.

　　In the past few days, the spread of the epidemic in Northwest China has affected many provinces such as Shaanxi, Gansu, Ningxia, Inner Mongolia, Guizhou, and Beijing.

At present, the prevention and control measures in many places have been further upgraded, and the prevention and control measures in key places have been continuously strengthened.

The staff of Lanzhou Railway Station checked the travel information of the passengers who had entered the station.

Photo by China News Agency reporter Yang Yanmin

Gansu, Ningxia, Hubei, Beijing...

The transmission chain of tour groups continues to expand

　　On the 21st, the New Crown Pneumonia Prevention and Control Headquarters in Ejina Banner, Inner Mongolia, announced that there were 8 new confirmed cases in Ejina Banner.

Up to now, there are 13 confirmed cases in Ejina Banner.

　　Tianmen in Hubei and Haidong in Qinghai also reported nucleic acid-positive persons on the 21st.

　　According to a report from the Hubei Provincial Health Commission, on the 20th, two new cases of new coronary pneumonia were confirmed in Tianmen City.

Two people set off from Guangzhou and traveled by car to Inner Mongolia and Gansu, passing through Hubei, Shaanxi and other provinces. They have a history of living in Ejina Banner, Alxa League, Jiuquan, Gansu and other places.

　　Haidong City, Qinghai Province, confirmed in the early morning of the 21st that a person who tested positive for the nucleic acid of the new crown virus was found to have taken the same train as the confirmed case to Lanzhou.

　　Since Xi'an, Shaanxi, reported that tourists from other provinces had a positive nucleic acid test on the 17th, the spread of the epidemic caused by "tours" traveling to the northwestern region has gradually expanded. Within 6 days, the chain of infection continued to spread.

　　According to incomplete statistics, this round of the epidemic has spread to 10 provinces including Shaanxi, Ningxia, Inner Mongolia, Gansu, Hunan, Guizhou, Beijing, Hebei, Hubei, and Qinghai.

　　Although the source of the infection cannot be fully clarified at present, there have been multiple confirmed cases in Ejina Banner, Alxa League, Inner Mongolia, a key area involved in the tour group's infection chain.

　　According to the report, the trajectories of multiple infected persons are in the tourist attractions of Ejina Banner, and they have eaten at the Tongnan Pavilion restaurant in Ejina Banner many times.

　　Public information shows that Ejina Banner is located in western Inner Mongolia, adjacent to Gansu to the west and southwest, and bordering Mongolia to the north. There are popular tourist attractions such as Dongfeng Aerospace City and Populus euphratica Lin in its jurisdiction. A large number of foreign tourists will visit this place during the tourist season.

Residents of Yinchuan City in Ningxia are conducting nucleic acid tests in an orderly manner.

Photo by Yu Jing

Airports, scenic spots, schools...

Upgrade prevention and control measures in multiple places

　　According to the client mini program of the State Council, as of 21:00 on October 21, there is a total of 1 high-risk area in the country, Dalaihubu Town, Ejina Banner, Inner Mongolia; and 6 medium-risk areas, located in Gansu and Inner Mongolia.

With the increase in the number of infections, from scenic spots to schools, prevention and control alarms have been sounded in many places.

　　On the 20th, Lanzhou, Gansu issued a notice calling for the closure of all tourist attractions.

Mahjong halls, theaters, Internet cafes, script kills and other relatively closed spaces are temporarily closed.

Public transportation such as subways and buses implement current-limit operation.

　　Ejina Banner of Alxa League in Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region will implement closed management for 48 hours from the 18th, implement traffic control at all traffic entrances and exits, and close all scenic spots.

　　In Shaanxi, scenic spots such as Xi'an Big Wild Goose Pagoda, Xi'an World Expo Park, and Shaanxi History Museum are temporarily closed.

Returning personnel from outside the province to visit the Xi'an city wall and the Xi'an Bell and Drum Tower Museum must provide a certificate of negative nucleic acid test within 48 hours.

　　Some areas such as Jiayuguan City in Gansu, Anning District in Lanzhou City, Xindu District in Xingtai City, and Changsha County in Changsha City in Hunan Province have all carried out nucleic acid tests for all employees.

　　In addition, the Alxa League in Inner Mongolia, Lanzhou in Gansu and other places have announced the temporary suspension of schools, and Beijing also requested the school where the confirmed case is close to be closed for one week on the 19th.

　　The Education Bureau of Yanta District, Xi'an City issued a notice requiring all primary and secondary schools to suspend classes for half a day on the 20th and all students to undergo nucleic acid testing.

At the same time, a number of cities have begun to investigate related close contacts and strengthen personnel access management.

　　For example, Beijing reminds citizens not to travel or travel to medium- and high-risk areas, and people in areas where the confirmed cases are located should not leave Beijing unless necessary. 

In the early morning of October 21, residents of Chengguan District, Lanzhou City lined up for testing at a temporary nucleic acid testing site.

Gao Zhanshe

Don't take it lightly when traveling and preventing epidemics

　　As of now, the results of the further circulation of this round of the epidemic have not been announced.

Wu Fan, deputy dean of Shanghai Medical College of Fudan University, told the media recently that from the published information, the characteristics of this wave of epidemics are mainly related to tourist spots, and the difficulties brought to the traceability and prevention and control of the epidemic are:

　　One is that tourist spots have a relatively large flow of people during a certain period of time; the other is that they are different from the relatively fixed daily life trajectory of the permanent population. Although tourists generally have a travel plan in a certain city, they are full of chance or irregularity; third is to go to The directions are scattered and diversified, such as going home, visiting relatives and friends, or other tourist cities.

　　Xue Di, a professor at the School of Public Health of Fudan University, also told the media that although the earliest cases were found in Shanghai, it cannot be concluded that the epidemic originated in Shanghai.

Therefore, in his opinion, it is more likely that members of the tour group were infected during the journey.

　　Experts said that for tourists, during the travel process, it is okay to have a nucleic acid within a valid time period as required by the destination. However, if the latest nucleic acid result is abnormal, they should remain highly vigilant and go for a re-examination. It is necessary to take personal protection, wear a mask, and try not to take public transportation.

　　In addition, while waiting for the results of the re-examination, personal activities should be stopped and the relevant departments should be proactively notified to reduce "time gaps" and "information gaps", and avoid "taking loopholes" for the virus.

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