(Fighting against New Coronary Pneumonia) Hainan Province has arranged batches of stranded tourists to return to the Potala Palace, Gulangyu Island and other scenic spots to be temporarily closed
China News Agency, Beijing, August 9. Comprehensive news: China's National Health and Health Commission announced on the 9th that there were 399 new confirmed cases in mainland China on the 8th, of which 49 were imported from abroad and 350 were local.
There were 540 new cases of asymptomatic infections, including 62 imported cases and 478 local cases.
No new deaths were reported.
As of 24:00 on the 8th, there are 2,561 confirmed cases in mainland China, a total of 5,226 deaths, and a total of 231,665 confirmed cases.
There are currently 596 confirmed cases imported from abroad, with a total of 21,177 confirmed cases and no deaths.
The picture shows the nucleic acid sampling performed by the driver of the outlying island truck at the Haikou New Harbor Wharf.
Photo by China News Agency reporter Luo Yunfei
Hainan arranges stranded tourists to return in batches and strives to achieve social clearance in a short period of time
On the 8th, there were 828 new local infections (confirmed + asymptomatic) in mainland China, which exceeded 800 for two consecutive days, and the scope of the infection was further expanded, involving 18 provinces and the Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps (hereinafter referred to as "the Corps").
Among them, 350 local confirmed cases came from 9 provinces: 300 cases in Hainan, 25 cases in Guangdong, 16 cases in Inner Mongolia, and 2 or less new cases in each of 6 provinces; 478 new cases of local asymptomatic infections, distributed in 18 Provinces and Corps: 171 in Hainan, 146 in Xinjiang, 67 in Zhejiang, 25 in Guangxi, 21 in Tibet, 13 in Guangdong, and 12 provinces and the Corps each added single-digit numbers.
Hainan Province reported 471 new local infections on the 8th (300 confirmed cases and 171 asymptomatic cases), accounting for more than half of the new local infections in mainland China that day.
The above-mentioned infected people are still mainly from Sanya City (234+145), and spread to many cities and counties.
From 0:00 to 12:00 on the 9th, Hainan Province reported another 40 cases of local infection (12 cases in Sanya).
From August 1 to 12:00 on August 9, Hainan Province has reported a total of 1,899 local infections, including 1,558 in Sanya.
Hainan Province reported on the 9th that at present, the overall upward trend of the epidemic in the province has slowed down. There were no new cities and counties involved in the epidemic on the 8th, but it was still at a high level.
The epidemic situation in Danzhou, Lingshui, Dongfang and other cities and counties is on the rise, and individual cities and counties have a tendency to spread, and it is necessary to be alert to the risk of community transmission.
The outbreak of the epidemic in Hainan Province has left tens of thousands of tourists stranded here.
According to reports, Hainan Province is coordinating and scheduling the return of tourists. The first batch of 125 tourists stranded in Sanya on the 9th returned to Xi'an by plane.
The application and approval information system for outlying islands is planned to be launched on August 10.
At present, Hainan Province is organizing a key operation across the province to quickly curb the rising trend of the epidemic and strive to achieve social zero in a relatively short period of time.
On August 9, in Lhasa, Tibet, citizens conducted nucleic acid testing at the nucleic acid testing site in Lugu Community, Barkhor Street, Chengguan District.
Photo by China News Agency reporter Gonggar Laisong
The Potala Palace in Lhasa is temporarily closed due to the imported epidemic
Tibet added 22 new cases of local infection on the 8th, of which 4 cases were foreign tourists in the Ali area, and 18 cases in Lhasa were found in the nucleic acid screening of key personnel (reported on the 8th).
According to a report from Lhasa City, the first case screened in the city was a 3-year-old girl who took the train from Shigatse to Lhasa with her mother and grandmother on August 4. The other 7 related personnel took the train from Shigatse to Lhasa successively, and the other 8 A Lhasa-related person lives in a self-built house, and the epidemic spreads due to the gathering of people.
According to reports, the infected person in Lhasa is infected with Omicron BA.2.76, and the epidemic is imported, which is characterized by family gatherings.
There are also overlapping trajectories between cases in the Ali area, and there is a certain risk of social transmission.
The Potala Palace Management Office issued an announcement on the 9th saying that the Potala Palace will be temporarily closed from that day onwards, and the specific opening time will be notified separately.
At present, some areas of Lhasa have implemented static management.
Since all the infected people in Tibet are related to Shigatse, the city of Shigatse decided to implement silent management in the whole region, and the time is tentatively set for 3 days.
According to a report from Shigatse City on the 9th, 5 positive people were found in the city's nucleic acid testing of all staff and routine hospital treatment activities.
At present, Shigatse City has designated two high-risk areas and two medium-risk areas.
Two outbreaks occurred in Zhanjiang, Guangdong, and Gulangyu Island in Xiamen was temporarily closed
Guangdong Province added 24 local confirmed cases and 13 asymptomatic infections on the 8th, mainly from Zhanjiang City (17+11).
As of 24:00 on the 8th, Zhanjiang has reported about 70 local infections in this round of epidemic.
The current round of the epidemic in Zhanjiang City began on August 4. An inter-provincial truck driver in Leizhou City who was driving back from Haikou was diagnosed as a confirmed case.
According to the report of Zhanjiang City, there are currently two independent directions of the epidemic in the city.
Among them, the gene sequencing of the first case of the Leizhou epidemic was the evolutionary branch of the Omicron variant BA.5.1.3, and the 42 associated cases reported as of 12:00 on the 8th were all in the same transmission chain; the cases reported in the Lianjiang epidemic belonged to BA. 5.2 Evolutionary branch, the two outbreaks are highly consistent with the sequences of local cases in other provinces.
On the 8th, Fujian Province added 2 local confirmed cases and 3 asymptomatic infections, all in Putian City.
According to reports, on the 7th, Putian City found the first infected person in this round of the epidemic among the returnees from outside the province, and the infected virus was the Omicron BA.
As of 8:00 on the 9th, a total of 7 local infected persons were detected in Putian City, of which 4 were members of the same family and 3 were close contacts of the first case.
Xiamen CDC reported on the 9th that there were 3 new local confirmed cases in the city that day. Among them, case 1 was a closed-loop management staff member, case 2 was a field assistant investigator, and case 3 was found in routine nucleic acid testing of key populations.
Xiamen Gulangyu Cultural Tourism Development Center announced on the 9th that the scenic spots and exhibition halls under the jurisdiction of the center will be temporarily closed from 12:00 on the 9th.
In addition, many public places and scenic spots in Xiamen have also issued notices one after another, announcing the suspension of opening to the outside world.
The epidemic situation in Yiwu, Zhejiang is under control, Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region increases by 146 local infections
On the 8th, Zhejiang Province added 67 new cases of local asymptomatic infections, all in Jinhua City, mainly from Yiwu City.
As of 9:00 on the 9th, Yiwu City has reported a total of 388 local infections in this round of epidemic.
Yiwu officials said on the 9th that the number of newly infected people in the city is currently declining, and the epidemic prevention and control situation in the city is basically controllable.
Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region added 146 new cases of local asymptomatic infections on the 8th, and the number of daily infections in this epidemic exceeded 100 for the first time.
As of 24:00 on the 8th, there were 420 local infections in Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, including 379 cases in Ili Prefecture.
According to reports, the current round of epidemic virus in Xinjiang is the evolutionary branch of the Omicron variant BA.5.2, which is different from the Omicron BA.5.2 variant in the domestic new coronavirus gene sequence database. It is preliminarily determined that the virus was imported from abroad.
At the peak of summer tourism, there are also many tourists stranded in Xinjiang.
According to the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region Department of Culture and Tourism, Xinjiang adopts classified management for tourists: tourists who have not been to medium and high-risk areas, non-intensive and sub-intensive connections, and whose health code is green, can return with 2 negative nucleic acid test reports within 48 hours; Tourists who have been to medium and high-risk areas or are in close or sub-close contact, and whose health code is red or yellow, need to implement epidemic prevention measures in accordance with relevant regulations, accept isolation and control, and arrange a return trip after meeting the return requirements.
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