All confirmed cases of this round of epidemic in Dongguan are in Dalang Town

Guangzhou, December 18 (China Youth Daily, China Youth Daily reporter Lin Jie) Today, Dongguan City, Guangdong Province, held a press conference on epidemic prevention and control to report on the latest progress in the handling of the epidemic in Dalang Town, Guangdong Province. Lai Shaoyu, deputy secretary general of Dongguan Municipal Government, introduced that from December 13 to December 17 at 24:00, Dongguan reported a total of 11 confirmed cases of new crown pneumonia. The new confirmed cases 10 and 11 are all living in Dajingtou Community in Dalang Town. As of now, all confirmed cases of this round of epidemic in Dongguan are in Dalang Town.

After the outbreak of the epidemic, Dongguan strengthened the control of key areas, strictly implemented the temporary traffic control of Dalang Town, and strived to find out and manage all infected people in the shortest possible time; mobilized all forces to promote prevention and control work, and strived to achieve "early protection, early detection, early diagnosis, and early isolation".

Lai Shaoyu said that 28 village communities in Dalang Town have set up a 24-hour sampling point. I implore the citizens of Dalang to understand, support and cooperate from the overall situation of prevention and control in the city, so as to "conduct due diligence" and protect the health and safety of themselves and their families and friends.

In addition, health monitoring service points have been set up at the mouths of villages in Dalang to strictly control the passes and reduce the flow of personnel across regions. Suspension of gatherings. Completely suspend the operation of closed entertainment venues in Dalang Town, and suspend dine-in meals for catering units in the town. Medical institutions other than Dalang Hospital, social health centers and three private hospitals are prohibited from opening their doors.

Lai Shaoyu promised, "The government will definitely ensure the supply at the doorstep of the masses." "At present, the supply of daily necessities in Dalang Town is basically sufficient and the price is stable. For the sealing and control area, the shopping method of "online selection, online ordering, and contactless delivery to home" is mainly adopted, while taking into account the needs of special groups. Next, we will also specially target the vegetable markets, convenience stores, fruit shops, etc. in front of the people's homes, and make overall plans for the supply and guarantee of materials.

In addition, the office of the new crown pneumonia epidemic prevention and control headquarters in Chang'an Town, Dongguan City, released that on the afternoon of December 17, the relevant departments reported that Liu Mou, a teacher at Yazheng School in the town, was a close contact of the confirmed case. After testing, a total of 4119 teachers, staff and students of Yazheng School, including Liu Mou, had negative nucleic acid test results; the test results of environmental samples inside and outside the school were also negative.

Source: China Youth Daily client