A confirmed case in Fangshan, Beijing, is a cold storage administrator who has experienced sore throat symptoms and has taken medication without seeking medical treatment

Source: Beijing Youth Daily client

On January 20, the 270th press conference on the prevention and control of the new crown pneumonia epidemic in Beijing was held. Beijing Youth Daily reporter learned from the meeting that Pang Xinghuo, deputy director of the Beijing Municipal Center for Disease Control and Prevention and a member of the national new coronavirus pneumonia expert group, briefed the latest epidemic information in the city. From 0:00 to 16:00 on January 20, there were 5 new confirmed cases of local COVID-19. Three cases were diagnosed as confirmed cases by those who were positive for nucleic acid test reported yesterday, 2 cases of ordinary type and 1 case of mild type. One of them developed a sore throat and took his own medication without seeing a doctor.

Among them, confirmed case 1: The cold storage administrator of the unit dormitory, No. 8 North Guangyangcheng Street, Changyang Town, Changyang Town, a current housing mountainous area, is a close contact of the nucleic acid test positive people 1 and 2 who were notified on January 19, and once shared the same bathroom. Self-reported no history of leaving Beijing, on the evening of January 17, he had sore throat symptoms, and purchased fast grams and Sanjiu cold granules at the Changyang Greenland Beijing Wanmin Parkway Pharmacy in Fangshan District, and his symptoms eased after taking the medicine, and he did not seek medical treatment. The nucleic acid test result was positive on 19 January. Based on the results of epidemiological history, clinical manifestations, laboratory tests and imaging tests, it was diagnosed as a confirmed case on 20 January, and the clinical classification was ordinary. He has been transferred to a designated hospital for isolation treatment.

Text/Beijing Youth Daily reporter Jiang Ruojing Wu Wenjuan Li Zewei