On October 24, in Yinchuan, Ningxia, citizens registered their information before vaccination. Photo by Yu Jing, a reporter from China News Service
Text/Chen Jing
The "tour group transmission chain" has been extended, and in just about a week, a new round of local epidemics has spread to Shaanxi, Gansu, Ningxia, Inner Mongolia, Beijing, Hebei, Hunan and other provinces and cities, and many places have carried out full or large-scale nucleic acid testing, and some primary and secondary schools have completely suspended classes.
On October 24, Wu Liangyou, deputy director of the Disease Control Bureau of the National Health Commission, said at the press conference of the joint prevention and control mechanism of the State Council that the current round of epidemic situation is generally clear from the perspective of the transmission chain, since the outbreak of the cluster epidemic in many places on October 17, 106 of the 133 cases of infection reported as of 24:00 on October 23 are related to the travel group transmission chain, involving 13 tour groups or self-driving tours.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="7" > the virus in this outbreak is the Delta variant</h1>
Wu Liangyou said that the epidemic has a wide range and is highly contagious. At present, the vast majority of cross-regional infected people found are related to tourist groups or self-driving tourists, and the cross-regional mobility of potential risk personnel is large, involving more provinces, and the risk of further spread of the epidemic is large.
The virus in this outbreak is a Delta variant, and the respiratory samples in some cases have a high nucleic acid load, indicating that the cases have a large amount of detoxification, strong transmission, and a high risk of continuous transmission in exposed populations.
Wu Liangyou said that according to the results of the existing flow adjustment and virus sequencing, the whole genome sequence of the virus in the case is low in homology with the previous epidemic in China, suggesting that the epidemic was caused by a new source of overseas import. Overall, the current epidemic is in a stage of rapid development, the number of cases of non-tour groups has begun to increase, and it is expected that as the screening and screening of at-risk groups continues, the number of cases found in the next few days will continue to increase, and the scope of the epidemic may be further expanded.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="52" > this round of the epidemic has affected 11 provinces, and the risk of spread has increased</h1>
Mi Feng, spokesman for the National Health commission, said that at present, the epidemic situation abroad continues to spread, and seasonal factors are superimposed, which can easily lead to the spread of the epidemic. Since October 17, there have been many sporadic local epidemics in the country, showing a rapid development trend, which has affected 11 provinces within a week. Most of the infected people have cross-regional tourism activities, and the risk of further spread of the epidemic is still increasing.
Mi Feng said that areas where the epidemic occurs should quickly enter an emergency state; in areas where the epidemic has not occurred, monitoring and early warning should be strengthened. It is necessary to strictly guard all gates of external prevention and importation, adhere to the same prevention of people and materials, reduce cross-regional gathering activities, and resolutely curb the spread of the epidemic. It is necessary to continue to promote vaccination work.
All localities should adhere to the prevention and control strategy of "external prevention of imports, internal prevention and rebound", and the existing prevention and control measures should not be relaxed. Strengthen regional linkage of emergency response, share flow and adjustment information, timely and accurately push risk personnel data, and cooperate in checking and controlling in place.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="53" > continuous intensification of vaccination is not the final choice</h1>
Will constant vaccination become the norm? Wang Huaqing, chief expert of the China Disease Control and Immunization Program, responded at the press conference that the new crown pneumonia is a new infectious disease, the virus is a new virus, and the vaccine currently used is also a new vaccine. Determining the best procedure for it requires constant research and discussion, and an ideal vaccine we hope will work well after full immunization. Even if it needs to be strengthened later, its booster doses are limited, so we hope that there will be better vaccines in the future, with better vaccination procedures to achieve a solid population protection effect. But continuous strengthening of immunization and continuous enhancement of vaccination is not our ultimate choice.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="54" > the Beijing Changping epidemic virus belongs to the same transmission chain as Gansu, Inner Mongolia</h1>
From 0 to 24:00 on October 23, 31 provinces (autonomous regions and municipalities directly under the Central Government) and the Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps reported 43 new confirmed cases. Among them, there are 26 local cases (7 cases in Inner Mongolia, including 3 cases in Hohhot City, 2 cases in Xilingol League, 2 cases in Alxa League; 6 cases in Gansu, including 5 cases in Lanzhou City and 1 case in Zhangye City; 6 cases in Ningxia, including 3 cases in Yinchuan City and 3 cases in Wuzhong City; 4 cases in Beijing, all in Changping District; 1 case in Hebei Province, in Shijiazhuang City; 1 case in Hunan City, in Zhuzhou City; 1 case in Shaanxi City, in Xi'an City). There were no new deaths. There were no new suspected cases.
On the 24th, a press conference on the prevention and control of the new crown pneumonia epidemic in Beijing was held, and Pang Xinghuo, deputy director of the Beijing Municipal Center for Disease Control and Prevention, said at the meeting that from 12:00 on October 23 to 15:00 on the 24th, there were 5 new confirmed cases of local new crown pneumonia in Beijing and 1 case of asymptomatic infection of new crown pneumonia in Beijing.
Among them, confirmed cases 1, 2 and 3 are currently living in Hongfuyuan Community, Changping District, and are close contacts of the confirmed cases that were notified on 22 October. Confirmed case 4 is currently residing in Xiluoyuan District 1, Fengtai District, and has been traveling to Inner Mongolia, Gansu, Shaanxi and Shanxi since October 10, and returned to Beijing on 21 October. Confirmed case 5 is currently living in Furongli Community, Haidian District, and the itinerary is consistent with confirmed case 4.
Asymptomatic infected person: currently living in Yihai Garden, Fengtai District, on October 19, as a close contact of the confirmed case for centralized isolation medical observation. The nucleic acid test result was positive on 23 October and the asymptomatic infected person was diagnosed on 24 October.
Pang Xinghuo said that the results of the whole genome sequencing of the confirmed cases of the cluster epidemic in Changping District by the Beijing Municipal Center for Disease Control and Prevention showed that the virus was a Delta variant. Sequence comparison showed that the virus in the outbreak was highly homologous to the virus reported in Inner Mongolia, Gansu and other places in China, and belonged to the same chain of transmission; the virus and the virus of the two confirmed cases in Fengtai District that had been previously reported were two branches of transmission of the same source.
Pang Xinghuo said that the infected people in this epidemic are mainly 55 years old and above, all of which are directly or indirectly related to inner Mongolia tourism, most cases have a high viral load, showing the characteristics of fast transmission speed, wide range of spread, and diverse places.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="55" > Beijing to control the people entering Beijing</h1>
Pan Xuhong, spokesman for the Beijing Municipal Public Security Bureau, said that according to the relevant requirements of the joint prevention and control coordination mechanism for the strict management of the capital's entry into Beijing, counties with 1 or more local new crown infections and those with a history of residence in the county within 14 days are strictly restricted from entering Beijing and returning to Beijing.
Those who really need to enter Beijing need to hold the Beijing Health Treasure Green Code and a negative nucleic acid test certificate within 48 hours, and carry out health monitoring for 14 days after arriving in Beijing.
For those entering Beijing at other ports, they need to be isolated and observed at the location of the port of entry for 21 days, and I hope that everyone will consciously abide by the epidemic prevention regulations, prepare identity documents in advance when passing through the checkpoint, and actively cooperate with the inspection of the police and epidemic prevention staff.
Source: People's Daily client, CCTV news client, Beijing Daily, Beijing News, Health Times
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