People's Daily health client reporter Liu Xiaoxu
On April 13, the press conference on epidemic prevention and control in Guangzhou announced that since April 8, a total of 103 cases of new coronavirus infection have been reported in this epidemic, of which 12 new cases of infection have been gathered in Dilu Bar in baiyun district, and the epidemic in the bar has affected at least 23 people.
According to the incomplete statistics of the People's Daily health client, since March, there have been bars gathering in Guangzhou, Chengdu, Sanya and Zhangzhou on the mainland, with a cumulative total of more than 50 cases of infection.
The current round of epidemic in Sanya began on March 31 in the epidemic-related area laiqiong personnel routine nucleic acid test found 2 asymptomatic infected people, flight information shows that two asymptomatic infected people in Jiyang District after staying in a small district in Jiyang District, have gone to bars, restaurants, beaches and other places. Among them, the two went to the Soho Bar on Yuya Road on the evening of March 28, which was highlighted in the follow-up briefing.
Ji Duanrong, secretary general of the Sanya Municipal Government, introduced at the sixth press conference of the Sanya Municipal Novel Coronavirus Pneumonia Epidemic Prevention and Control Headquarters that most of the 21 cases of new crown pneumonia reported by the epidemic as of April 3 had the trajectory of Soho Bar on Yuya Road Bar Street.
In addition, according to the "Chengdu Release", Fan Shuangfeng, director of the Emergency Office of the Chengdu Municipal Center for Disease Control and Prevention, said on April 5 that the number of local epidemic cases in Chengdu has increased rapidly in recent days, and there are currently 17 confirmed cases associated with the same bar. On April 10, the Chengdu police carried out a case investigation and investigation into the bar's refusal to perform its personal responsibilities, the relevant responsible persons and employees of the unit responsibilities.
In March this year, there was also a bar gathering epidemic in Zhangzhou, Fujian Province, and 11 people in the positive cases had activity trajectories that intersected with the Sophie Hot Jump Bar in Longwen District.
Why are bars a place of high incidence of clusters? Fan Shuangfeng, director of the emergency office of the Chengdu Cd-operative Center for Disease Control and Prevention in Sichuan Province, said in an interview with Red Star News that due to the closed environment of the bar, poor ventilation conditions, the long stay of personnel, and the lack of personnel protection measures, it is more likely to lead to the occurrence of cluster epidemics. At present, Shandong, Gansu, Zhejiang and other places have strengthened special inspections of epidemic prevention and control in cultural and entertainment venues such as bars.
