The picture shows the press conference on epidemic prevention and control. Photo by Li Aiping
(Fighting against New Coronary Pneumonia) Hohhot has 7 confirmed cases and 2 asymptomatic infections
China News, Hohhot, March 18 (Reporter Li Aiping) The press conference on epidemic prevention and control work in Hohhot announced on the 18th that as of now, there are 7 confirmed cases of local new coronary pneumonia and 2 asymptomatic infections in the city.
Wang Dawei, deputy director of the Hohhot Center for Disease Control and Prevention, introduced that from 0:00 to 24:00 on March 17, the city reported 3 new local confirmed cases of new coronary pneumonia and 2 local asymptomatic infections, all from Muslim area. The 2 asymptomatic infected persons are husband and wife, who live in the same community as the confirmed cases Ma Moumou and Zhang Moumou, and are close contacts of the two. As of 24:00 on March 17, 80 close contacts and 62 close contacts have been identified, and they have all been quarantined and controlled.
After the outbreak, the officials promptly pushed the information of a close contact person of the case to its destination – Wuhan City, Hubei Province, to ensure that the contact person and the contact person of the contact person were contacted as soon as possible. Closely carry out cross-provincial control to prevent the spillover of the epidemic.
Officially, since February 15, the city has reported a total of 430 local confirmed cases of new coronary pneumonia and 2 local asymptomatic infections. Up to now, a total of 423 patients have been cured and discharged, and there are 7 confirmed cases of local new coronary pneumonia and 2 asymptomatic infections.
According to the epidemic prevention and control trends, on March 18, the city adjusted the Youyi Lane community of the Tongjie Street Office in the Huimin District to a medium-risk area. In addition, the Daqing Road community of Xinhua West Road Sub-district in Huimin District was adjusted to a low-risk area. Risk levels in other regions remain unchanged. After the adjustment, there are 5 medium-risk areas in Hohhot.
The city’s Epidemic Prevention and Control Headquarters issued an announcement that from 0:00 on March 21, the “Qingcheng Code” system will be officially launched in the city. The system integrates data related to epidemic prevention and control such as health codes, “Qingcheng Police Code”, itinerary codes, nucleic acid testing, and vaccination, and realizes one-code query and one-code display of epidemic prevention and control information.
In response to the traffic and travel issues that people are concerned about, Wang Dawei introduced that all people who come (return) from other places must hold two negative nucleic acid test certificates within 48 hours, and immediately report to the local community (village) and unit after arriving. Or stay at the hotel and report. Among them, all incoming (returning) callers from low-risk areas in the city where they are located need to undergo a nucleic acid test within 48 hours of arrival. (End)