Domestic new local 3297 +18187丨 fruit packaging positive, 11 people infected

National Health Commission

There were 3,297 new home-grown confirmed cases

There were 18,187 cases of home-grown asymptomatic infection

From 0 to 24:00 on April 18, 31 provinces (autonomous regions and municipalities directly under the Central Government) and the Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps reported 3,316 new confirmed cases. Among them, there were 19 imported cases (5 cases in Guangxi, 4 cases in Guangdong, 4 cases in Sichuan, 2 cases in Yunnan, 1 case in Beijing, 1 case in Inner Mongolia, 1 case in Fujian, 1 case in Henan), including 5 cases from asymptomatic infected people to confirmed cases (3 cases in Guangdong, 1 case in Henan, 1 case in Sichuan); 3297 cases in local cases (3084 cases in Shanghai, 88 cases in Jilin, 64 cases in Heilongjiang, 20 cases in Guangdong, 11 cases in Jiangsu, 9 cases in Jiangxi, 5 cases in Shanxi, 2 cases in Beijing, 2 cases in Zhejiang, 2 cases in Shandong, 2 cases in Henan, 1 case in Hebei, 1 case in Liaoning, 1 case in Anhui, 1 case in Hubei, 1 case in Hunan, 1 case in Yunnan, 1 case in Shaanxi, 1 case in Qinghai), including 1015 cases converted from asymptomatic infected people to confirmed cases (974 cases in Shanghai, 26 cases in Jilin, 11 cases in Guangdong, 2 cases in Zhejiang, 1 case in Shandong, 1 case in Qinghai). There were 7 new deaths, all of which were local cases, in Shanghai; there were no new suspected cases.

On the same day, there were 1912 new cured and discharged cases, including 26 imported cases abroad, 1886 local cases (1211 cases in Shanghai, 553 cases in Jilin, 16 cases in Shandong, 15 cases in Zhejiang, 13 cases in Fujian, 12 cases in Jiangsu, 12 cases in Sichuan, 10 cases in Shanxi, 8 cases in Heilongjiang, 7 cases in Beijing, 7 cases in Guangdong, 5 cases in Qinghai, 3 cases in Hebei, 3 cases in Jiangxi, 2 cases in Henan, 2 cases in Hunan, 2 cases in Hainan, 2 cases in Shaanxi, 1 case in Inner Mongolia, 1 case in Anhui, 1 case in Yunnan), There were 39,131 close contacts released from medical observation, and the number of severe cases increased by 4 from the previous day.

There are 250 confirmed cases (no severe cases) imported from overseas, and 5 suspected cases. The cumulative number of confirmed cases is 18,042, the cumulative number of cured and discharged cases is 17,792, and there are no deaths.

As of 24:00 on April 18, according to reports from 31 provinces (autonomous regions and municipalities directly under the Central Government) and the Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps, there are 30,384 confirmed cases (including 75 severe cases), 153319 cured and discharged cases, 4,648 cumulative deaths, 188351 confirmed cases and 5 suspected cases. A total of 2908653 close contacts have been traced, and 418331 close contacts are still under medical observation.

31 provinces (autonomous regions and municipalities directly under the Central Government) and the Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps reported 18,284 new cases of asymptomatic infection, including 97 cases imported from abroad, 18,187 cases in China (17,332 cases in Shanghai, 384 cases in Jilin, 122 cases in Jiangsu, 60 cases in Anhui, 46 cases in Zhejiang, 42 cases in Jiangxi, 31 cases in Heilongjiang, 28 cases in Hebei, 28 cases in Shanxi, 22 cases in Henan, 16 cases in Liaoning, 16 cases in Shandong, 15 cases in Guangxi, 13 cases in Hubei, 13 cases in Yunnan, 6 cases in Fujian, 5 cases in Guangdong, There are 4 cases in Shaanxi, 2 cases in Qinghai, 1 case in Gansu, and 1 case in Xinjiang).

There were 23,529 asymptomatic infected people who were released from medical observation on the same day, including 110 cases imported from abroad, 23,419 cases in China (22,075 cases in Shanghai, 941 cases in Jilin, 68 cases in Anhui, 66 cases in Shandong, 57 cases in Jiangsu, 42 cases in Hebei, 35 cases in Liaoning, 23 cases in Guangdong, 19 cases in Fujian, 16 cases in Heilongjiang, 15 cases in Hubei, 12 cases in Jiangxi, 11 cases in Henan, 8 cases in Zhejiang, 8 cases in Qinghai, 6 cases in Shanxi, 4 cases in Guangxi, 3 cases in Hainan, 3 cases in Xinjiang, 2 cases in Yunnan, and 1 case in Inner Mongolia. There was 1 case in Hunan, 1 case in Chongqing, 1 case in Guizhou, and 1 case in Shaanxi Province; 1,020 cases were converted to confirmed cases on the same day (5 cases imported from abroad); 276499 cases of asymptomatic infected people under medical observation (754 cases imported from abroad).

A total of 345906 confirmed cases have been reported from Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan. Among them, there were 309841 cases in Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (67,285 cases discharged from hospital, 9,159 deaths), 82 cases in Macao Special Administrative Region (82 cases discharged from hospital), and 35,983 cases in Taiwan Region (13,742 cases discharged from hospital, 854 deaths).

A batch of domestic fruit packaging is positive,

11 infected!

According to the news released by Shenyang on April 17, Shenyang City, in the routine monitoring of the Bajiazi Fruit Wholesale Market in Dadong District, found that a number of cherry tomatoes inside and outside the packaging of the new crown virus nucleic acid test results were positive, immediately checked and isolated the relevant contacts, and during the medical observation of the centralized isolation point, 11 cases of positive new coronavirus infection were found successively, involving business places such as Hall 1, Hall 4, Hall 5 and Vegetable Hall.

After analysis and judgment by experts, it is believed that the market currently has a greater risk of epidemic transmission, and now the bajiazi fruit wholesale market in Dadong District is temporarily closed management, and after the terminal disinfection and disinfection effect evaluation is qualified, the market will resume normal operation.

How to eat fruit is safer?

According to the Jiangsu Provincial Center for Disease Control and Prevention, the new crown pneumonia is not a foodborne disease, and the risk of infection in people who eat fruits is extremely low, and there is no need to panic excessively, but it should be protected.

According to the consumption tips of the Taizhou Municipal Market Supervision and Administration Bureau in Zhejiang Province, when purchasing imported cold chain food and imported fruits, you should go to a regular supermarket or market to buy, and do not buy imported cold chain food and imported fruits from unknown sources. Try to avoid online shopping, purchasing on behalf of others, and importing cold chain food and imported fruits.

At the same time, when receiving express delivery and mailing packages, personal protection should be done, the surface of the goods should be disinfected, and the hands and disinfected immediately after the parcel delivery was processed.

Experts from the Zhejiang Provincial Center for Disease Control and Prevention said that after buying imported fruits to go home, they should first spray or wipe the external packaging with alcohol or disinfectant wipes, and then choose the cleaning method according to the characteristics of the fruit, which can be soaked in water for 10 to 20 minutes; they can also choose the qualified fruit cleaner sold on the market for cleaning, and then rinse it with water.

Experts analyze common disinfection misunderstandings

At the press conference on the prevention and control of the new crown pneumonia epidemic held in Shanghai on the morning of April 18, Tian Liang, chief physician of the Infectious Disease Prevention and Control Institute and the Department of Disinfection and Infection Control of the Municipal Center for Disease Control and Prevention, introduced that there are several common disinfection misunderstandings:

Spray vegetables and fruits with disinfectant. Under normal circumstances, the outer packaging of vegetables and fruits can be disinfected, and the fruits and vegetables themselves only need to be cleaned, and it is not recommended to use chemical disinfectants to disinfect them so as not to affect food safety and taste. If there is a real need for disinfection, you can use a disinfectant with vegetables and fruits on the record, soak it for 10-30 minutes according to the concentration on the instructions, and rinse with clean water to remove the residual disinfectant.

The higher the concentration of disinfectant, the better. When using disinfectants, they should be correctly configured according to the concentration of the corresponding object in the instructions. The higher the concentration of disinfectant, the better, and the high concentration of disinfectant usually has more side effects such as corrosiveness and irritation, and the greater the amount of work to remove residues.

Spray disinfectants on people and clothes. Generally speaking, the chance of personal clothing carrying the new crown virus is small; secondly, when spraying the human body directly with chemical disinfectant, it will cause irritation and damage to people, and because the spraying time is too short, the amount of spraying is small, and the disinfection effect cannot be played.

Use humidifiers indoors for "preventive air disinfection". The disinfection effect of this method is difficult to guarantee, and the population is easily affected by disinfectants, such as respiratory irritation, burns and allergies.

Source: National Health Commission, Xinhua News Agency

Editor-in-charge: Fang Shujing, Su Haojun, Chen Zhaoyue

Editors: Wu Yunhuan Zhang Xiaojing