The scene of the press briefing. Photo by People’s Daily Online reporter Wang Jiliang
People’s Daily Online, Suzhou, February 25 (Reporter Wang Jiliang) On the afternoon of the 25th, Suzhou City held a news briefing on the prevention and control of the new crown pneumonia epidemic. According to Fan Jianqing, deputy secretary general of the Suzhou Municipal Government and spokesman for the municipal government, from 0:00 to 15:00 on the 25th, 1 new confirmed case of new coronary pneumonia (ordinary type) was added in Suzhou, which was screened by quarantine control personnel. As of 15:00 on the 25th, a total of 109 confirmed cases (including 28 ordinary cases and 81 mild cases) and 30 asymptomatic infections have been reported in this round of epidemic. There were 2 new discharged cases and 6 discharged cases in total.
According to reports, as of 15:00 on the 25th, there were a total of 148 closed control areas, control areas and prevention areas in Suzhou, a decrease of 4 from the 24th, and a total of 56 medium-risk areas. A total of 10,743 people in close contact, 16,407 people in second-close contact, and 106,484 people in other risk groups have been tracked and investigated in Suzhou, and all of them have been sampled for nucleic acid testing. Today, 1,299 people were released from quarantine, bringing the total to 7,399.
Introduced at the briefing meeting, yesterday afternoon, the Standing Committee of the Municipal Party Committee reviewed and approved the “Opinions on Coordinating Epidemic Prevention and Control and the Smooth and Orderly Operation of the Economy and Society”, fully implementing the decisions and deployments of the Party Central Committee, the State Council, the Provincial Party Committee and the Provincial Government. Put forward work requirements for coordinating the prevention and control of the epidemic and the smooth operation of the economy and society.