Health Times reporter Wang Zhenya
On January 1, New Year's Day, there were 7 new cases in Ningbo, Zhejiang. As of 00:00 on January 3, Ningbo has added 16 new cases of new coronavirus, all in Beilun District, Ningbo City. Where did the outbreak come from? Is there a risk of spillover from the outbreak? What prevention and control measures have been taken?
Where did the outbreak come from?
The epidemic situation is highly concentrated in Shenzhou Company, Beilun District, Ningbo, and no positive infected people have been found in other areas of Zhejiang Province. Traceability is ongoing. On January 1, at the press conference on epidemic prevention and control in Ningbo, the results of genome sequencing of the strain of the confirmed case of the epidemic in Ningbo were announced, which is the evolutionary branch of the Delta AY.57 disease strain. After comparative analysis, it is genetically similar to the recent cases found in Vietnam.
Health Times learned from the official website of Shenzhou Company that Shenzhou International has established a fabric base in Xining Province, Vietnam, and has garment factories in Anqing City in central China, Ho Chi Minh City in Vietnam, Xining Province and Phnom Penh City in Cambodia, and sales offices or representative offices in Shanghai, Hong Kong and Osaka.
Where did the people who came out of Ningbo go?
It's New Year's Day, where have all the people from Ningbo gone? According to Baidu's migration big data, the Health Times reporter found that the top three cities moving out of Ningbo were cities: Hangzhou, Taizhou and Shaoxing. From the perspective of provinces, the top three are: Zhejiang Province (57.57%), Jiangsu Province (8.76%), and Shanghai Municipality (6.28%). It can be seen that most of the population is active in the province and in the Yangtze River Delta region.
In order to prevent the risk of spillover, according to Ningbo, from January 2, all passengers departing from Ningbo Airport need to hold a negative nucleic acid test certificate within 48 hours before they can take the flight. In terms of railways, personnel in Beilun District of Ningbo City strictly restrict travel; personnel in other counties (cities, districts) of Ningbo City do not have to travel unless necessary, and those who really need to travel must hold a negative nucleic acid test certificate within 48 hours.
What prevention and control measures have been taken?
Shenzhou is China's largest knitting exporter, the world's leading knitting leader, and the world's largest supplier of ready-to-wear to Nike, Edidas, Puma and UNIQLO. On January 3, Shenzhou International announced in the morning that its plant in Beilun, Ningbo, is expected to stop production for a short time due to the company's epidemic prevention measures in cooperation with the Ningbo government.
Zhejiang Province has now designated 2 medium-risk areas (coastal village of Xinqi Street, Beilun District, shenzhou company three factories and dormitory areas), no high-risk areas. At present, the relevant epidemic-related places have been classified and controlled and environmental disinfection have been carried out.
For the "Beilun District Epidemic Prevention and Control Office Circular No. 2022001" stipulates that the premises involving dense operation must be suspended.
