The Heihe outbreak in Heilongjiang is not related to the recent local epidemic and is caused by a new imported virus

The joint prevention and control mechanism of the State Council held a press conference at 3:00 p.m. on October 30 (Saturday) at the press conference hall of the Xizhimen Office Area of the National Health Commission (No. 38 A, Beilishi Road, Xicheng District). Responsible comrades of the Disease Control Bureau of the National Health Commission, the Medical Administration bureau, the grass-roots department and the Health and Quarantine Department of the General Administration of Customs, and experts from the Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention will attend to introduce the situation of further epidemic prevention and control and vaccination, and answer questions from the media. China.com live broadcast, the following is the transcript:

Xinhua News Agency: Last week's press conference mentioned that the risk of further spread of the epidemic in this round is still increasing, what are the latest changes in the epidemic situation so far? Thank you.

Wu Liangyou: Thank you for your question. Overall, this round of epidemic has many points, wide coverage and long lines. Judging from the current development of the epidemic situation, Inner Mongolia's Ejina Banner has not found any more spillover cases for 4 consecutive days since October 25, and the risk of spillover of the epidemic has been effectively controlled. The new local cases in recent days were mainly found from the centralized isolation points, the effectiveness of various prevention and control measures in the early stage began to appear, the community transmission of the epidemic situation was basically contained, and the next step will continue to strengthen the control of risk areas and nucleic acid testing, and completely control the epidemic as soon as possible. Hubei, Hunan, Sichuan, Guizhou, Shaanxi and other provinces have had no new cases for more than 4 consecutive days, and the epidemic situation in these areas is being effectively controlled. The epidemic situation in Beijing, Hebei, Shandong, Qinghai, Ningxia and other provinces is basically stable. We will continue to guide all localities to do a good job in epidemic prevention and control. The recent cases in Gansu Province are mainly found from centralized isolation points, and sporadic cases have been found in community screening in individual areas, and the next step will be to accelerate the investigation of the source of infection and the control of the source of infection, and cut off the chain of community transmission as soon as possible. Heilongjiang Heihe epidemic has developed rapidly since the report on October 27, according to the current flow and virus sequencing results, this epidemic is not related to the recent local epidemic in Gansu and other provinces and regions in Inner Mongolia, and is a new epidemic caused by imported viruses. At present, the new cases are mainly detected through full screening and active medical visits, indicating that community transmission has occurred in the local area and that there is a risk of spreading spillover. The joint prevention and control mechanism of the State Council has sent a strong working group to Heihe, Heilongjiang, to guide and support the local emergency response work such as risk population investigation, nucleic acid testing, and flow tracing.

This round of the epidemic has exposed weak links in some places such as lax thinking, insufficient emergency preparedness for normalized prevention and control, and inadequate implementation of responsibilities. As the weather turns colder and the epidemic in neighboring countries intensifies, the whole country, especially the port areas, should further strictly implement normalized epidemic prevention and control measures, strengthen screening and closed-loop management of high-risk groups, strengthen epidemic monitoring, and take decisive measures in a timely manner to strictly prevent the emergence of multi-point outbreaks. The National Health Commission will continue to guide all localities to implement the deployment of joint prevention and control mechanisms, quickly promote nucleic acid testing and traceability to the source, strictly strengthen the management of isolation points and community control, closely check high-risk personnel and places, and promote the timely implementation of various measures to effectively control the epidemic as soon as possible. Thank you!