The National Health Commission reported this morning: At 0-24:00 on December 22, 31 provinces (autonomous regions and municipalities directly under the Central Government) and the Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps reported 71 new local confirmed cases of new coronary pneumonia, of which 63 cases in Shaanxi, all in Xi'an.
According to xi'an's news released this afternoon: at 0-13:00 on December 23, Xi'an added 28 new confirmed cases of local new coronary pneumonia. Since December 9, Xi'an has found a total of 234 locally confirmed cases (97 cases in Yanta District, 27 cases in Beilin District, 20 cases in Chang'an District, 18 cases in Weiyang District, 18 cases in Gaoxin District, 16 cases in Xixian New Area, 13 cases in Baqiao District, 11 cases in Lianhu District, 11 cases in Enyi District, 2 cases in International Port Area, and 1 case in Xincheng District).
Xi'an city's districts and units implement closed management
There is no traffic on the streets
On December 22, Xi'an Held a Press Conference on Epidemic Prevention and Control. According to the relevant person in charge, Xi'an has further strengthened the control of the social aspect and greatly reduced the flow of personnel. In addition to the needs of epidemic prevention and people's livelihood protection, non-essential places are temporarily closed. Supermarkets, convenience stores, and medical institutions that are closely related to residents' lives are operating normally, but they must strictly implement measures such as ventilation and killing, scanning codes to measure temperature, and implementing measures such as staggering peaks and flow restrictions for appointments. Advocate contactless distribution. Suspend dine-in, suspend large-scale conferences, events, forums, training, performances, exhibitions, promotions and other activities. Suspend mass activities such as garden visits, temple fairs, markets, folk customs, and square dances. Party and government organs, enterprises, public institutions and social organizations may implement a flexible working system or work from home during the epidemic prevention and control period, encourage enterprises to adopt flexible employment policies, promote home office and online office, and reduce the mobility of personnel.
Further strengthen the management of communities and village groups, and resolutely curb the spread of the epidemic. Xi'an city's communities (villages) and units implement closed management, each family is purchased by 1 person every 2 days, and other family members generally do not go out except for industries closely related to epidemic prevention and control, urban operation guarantee, and residents' lives, and need to hold a certificate issued by the unit and the community.
The above measures will be implemented at 00:00 on December 23, 2021, and the lifting time will be announced separately.
December 23
Closed management for the first day
There is a marked decrease in pedestrians and vehicles on the streets of Xi'an
There is no busy traffic on the streets
At the mouth of the Qujiang Expressway, there are almost no vehicles entering and leaving
The South Second Ring Road and Taiyi Road interchanges are congested every day
It's rare to get unimpeded
Vehicles are scarce on the South Gate Pan Road and Jongloui Road
Netizens cried
Why did more than 100 confirmed cases in Xi'an close the city's communities?
When Xi'an announced the implementation of epidemic prevention and control upgrading management, a total of 143 confirmed cases of the new crown epidemic in Xi'an were reported in this round. Why are only more than 100 confirmed cases closed to manage the city's communities?
On the evening of December 22, a community prevention and control expert told the surging news reporter that the main reason is that there has been a multi-point community hidden spread of the local new crown epidemic in Xi'an, and the transmission chain and source are still unclear.
The surging news combed the circulation data of the current round of the new crown epidemic in Xi'an and found that there are currently three clear transmission chains, but with the completion of nucleic acid testing of all employees, more confirmed cases are from outside the sealing area.
In the view of the above-mentioned community prevention and control experts, there has been a multi-point community hidden transmission of the local epidemic in Xi'an. This can also be confirmed by the 52 new locally confirmed cases in Xi'an on December 21.
The surging news statistics found that 21 of the 52 confirmed cases were close contacts of previously confirmed cases or were controlled because there were confirmed cases in the same building, while the other 31 people were confirmed after taking samples at the nucleic acid testing point. The 31 cases confirmed outside the sealed area are all over Yanta District, Lianhu District, Chang'an District, Baqiao District, Weiyang District, International Port District, Chanba Ecological Zone, Xixian New Area and other places.
On December 22, at the press conference on epidemic prevention and control in Xi'an, Zhang Fenghu, deputy director of the office of the Xi'an Epidemic Prevention and Control Headquarters and deputy secretary general of the municipal government, said that from December 20 to 21, Xi'an concentrated on completing a round of nucleic acid testing for all employees and timely screening out potential sources of infection. After comprehensive research and judgment, the current epidemic prevention and control situation is still complex and severe, especially in the positive cases found outside the sealing and control area, and community transmission has emerged.
Zhong Nanshan to Xi'an? Fake!
Why was Zhong Nanshan "parachuted" as soon as there was an epidemic?
Since the evening of December 21, the news of "Zhong Nanshan coming to Xi'an" has been circulating on major online platforms. The reporter of the Shanghai rumor dispelling platform found that there was no official news of "Zhong Nanshan came to Xi'an", the relevant news was mainly spread by the self-media, and the pictures used were all screenshots of the video of Zhong Nanshan participating in past activities, and they were very vague. The reporter called the epidemic prevention and control consultation telephone number of Yanta District of Xi'an City 029-89353633, and the staff also said that at present, they have not heard the news of "Zhong Nanshan coming to Xi'an".
Previously, Zhong Nanshan was also "appeared" in Ningbo and Manchuria. On December 8, "Hangzhou Traffic 918" and "Ningbo Laifa" and other local media in Zhejiang have debunked rumors that "Zhong Nanshan came to Ningbo"; and the video of "Zhong Nanshan going to Manzhouli" that appeared on the Internet since December 5, after verification, the actual shooting time is December 2, and the video presents the scene of "through the unified coordination of the National Health Commission and the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region Health Commission, the first set of five-cabin 'Falcon' dural gas testing laboratory dispatched by Jinyu Medicine rushed to Manzhouli".
In addition, judging from public information, Academician Zhong Nanshan has been participating in academic conferences in Guangdong recently. For example, on December 18, he attended the 2021 Golden Mile Medical Academic Committee Annual Meeting and gave a report in Guangzhou; on December 11, he attended the 2021 Greater Bay Area Science Forum in Guangzhou to talk about the new crown variant strain Aomi Kerong; on December 4, he talked with academicians attending the main forum of the Second Greater Bay Area (Shenzhen) Vaccine Summit through video link to share recent research results and experimental data of relevant institutions; on December 3, He attended the Guangdong Academy of Medical Sciences Strategic Development Summit Forum and the 75th Anniversary Academic Event of Guangdong Provincial People's Hospital in Guangzhou. Judging from this information, Academician Zhong Nanshan did not go to Xi'an, Ningbo and Manzhouli.
The reporter's inquiry found that this is not the first time that Zhong Nanshan has been "airborne". Last year and earlier this year, he was also "parachuted" to Shijiazhuang, Putian, Beijing, Chengdu, Urumqi in Xinjiang and other places, and even rumors such as "Zhong Nanshan going to Italy". Without exception, all this information was debunked.
So, why is Zhong Nanshan often "parachuted"? The reporter found that the above news all began to circulate in the early stage of the repeated epidemics in various places, most of which were patched together for the self-media to intercept the videos and photos of Zhong Nanshan participating in past activities, and the text was surprisingly similar, such as: "Zhong Nanshan led the team to fight the epidemic in XX", "80-year-olds personally went to the front line of the epidemic fight", "Warmly welcome Zhong Lao to xx to guide the fight against the epidemic", coupled with such as "the national soldiers are unparalleled", "Zhong Lao is hard", "The people thank you", "There are white-clad angels to protect us, we are not afraid"" The age that should have been pensioned, in order to 'bell' to stop the epidemic, to pass the 'south' pass, and to go out of the 'mountain' again! "Wait for sensational words. For a time, there were many forwarders. These self-media that fabricate "Zhong Nanshan is coming" seem to be spreading positive energy on the surface, but in essence they are still concocting and spreading rumors, trying to use the celebrity effect and public attention to attract traffic and enhance their influence.
For everyone, in the face of repeated epidemics, on the one hand, we must recognize these "positive energy rumors" and take the initiative not to believe in rumors and not spread rumors; at the same time, we must believe in and cooperate with the local government to do a good job in epidemic prevention and control, adhere to the "three sets of five wants", take the initiative to vaccinate, and contribute to the fight against the epidemic.
This article is synthesized from: Shangguan News, Xi'an Release, The Paper, CCTV News, Xi'an Evening News, Huashang Daily
Related authors: Bai Lu, Hu Danping
Source: Liberation Daily