China News Service, Xi'an, March 7 (Yang Yingqi) The reporter learned from the press conference on the prevention and control of the new crown pneumonia epidemic in Xi'an on the 7th that at present, the city has closed (managed) 125 high-risk places with a total of 65,456 people.
778 high-risk places have been sterilized and disinfected, with a cumulative sterilization area of 2.144 million square meters.
From 00:00 to 8:00 on the 7th, Xi'an City reported 4 new local confirmed cases, of which 1 case was found through close inspection, and 3 cases were found through centralized isolation testing.
Since the 5th, a total of 6 local confirmed cases have been reported, all of which have been closed-loop transferred to designated medical institutions for isolation and treatment, and their condition is stable.
It is understood that at present, Xi'an is rapidly carrying out various disposal work such as flow traceability, risk personnel investigation, and nucleic acid testing.
As of 12:00 on the 7th, the city had a total of 3,030 close contacts and 5,598 sub-close contacts for local confirmed cases.
The remaining close contacts are being traced in depth, and letters of assistance have been issued to those who have left the city.
At the same time, Xi'an has launched expanded nucleic acid screening.
Since the 5th, a total of 2,667,700 people have been screened for nucleic acid in key areas, and 1,106,700 people have received results, all of which are negative.
In view of the highly infectious characteristics of the Omicron strain and the advice of experts, in order to find possible infected persons, on the 7th, the city's Xincheng District, Beilin District, Lianhu District and other areas launched expanded nucleic acid screening.
Chen Baozhong, director of the Xi'an Center for Disease Control and Prevention, said that according to the current epidemiological survey results, the epidemic situation in Xi'an is in the early stage of discovery, and the source of the epidemic is clear. There is still a great risk of community transmission and spillover in crowded places such as restaurants, restaurants, etc. It is necessary to carry out nucleic acid screening on a large scale to find possible sources of infection as soon as possible, detect and block the spread of the virus, and protect the health of citizens.
Lv Yongpeng, deputy director of the Xi'an Municipal Health and Health Commission, said that the next step will be to quickly and deeply investigate all close contacts and risk personnel, and adjust the delineation of risk areas for the prevention and control of the new crown pneumonia epidemic in a timely manner, so as to ensure the normal and basic life of the people.
At the same time, according to the epidemiological investigation and the current round of nucleic acid screening, experts will be organized to analyze and analyze, and multiple rounds of nucleic acid screening will be carried out on some key areas and risk points to resolutely eliminate possible hidden risks.
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