China Youth Daily client, Shanghai, March 18 (China Youth Daily, China Youth Daily reporter Wei Qimeng) The reporter learned at the just-held press conference on Shanghai’s epidemic prevention and control work that from 0 to 24 o’clock yesterday, the city’s There were 57 new confirmed cases of local new coronary pneumonia (all mild) and 203 asymptomatic infections, of which 2 confirmed cases and 103 asymptomatic infections were found in isolation and control, and the rest were found in the investigation of relevant risk groups.
Wu Jinglei, director of the Shanghai Municipal Health Commission, said that in the past two days, the nucleic acid screening in key areas in Shanghai has been carried out in slices and grids. Among the confirmed cases and asymptomatic infections released today, most Part of it was found from this screening, indicating that this screening of diced, gridded, and key areas is very timely, necessary and urgent.
Wu Jinglei said that within 3 days from today to the 20th, Shanghai will conduct a free nucleic acid test for people in non-key areas, with streets and towns as units, in time and batches. Persons who have had a negative nucleic acid test certificate within 3 days (18-20 days), who have been in high-risk positions under closed-loop management, and who have a routine encrypted nucleic acid screening mechanism are not included. He said that this time the screening did not require control, and hoped that residents would cooperate with the community’s arrangements.
In addition, Shanghai will also conduct risk assessment based on the nucleic acid screening results of key areas in the previous two days, and take differentiated nucleic acid screening and prevention and control measures for streets and towns with different risk levels, so as to detect hidden infections in time, and as soon as possible Realize the dynamic clearing of social aspects. “Differentiation” means that some areas will be released from control, and some areas will continue to be controlled for two days, and continue to “dig deep” into risky areas.
Wu Jinglei said that since March, the local epidemic situation in Shanghai has been characterized by multiple distributions and multiple chains, and many asymptomatic infections have spread concealedly. “The epidemic in Shanghai this time is the most severe since the normalization of epidemic prevention and control, and it is also a major test for us. At present, Shanghai is at a critical stage of emergency response to the epidemic, and the task of blocking continued transmission is very arduous. .”