Yesterday, the city added 50 local confirmed cases and 5 asymptomatic infections

The Municipal Health and Health Commission issued a notice today that from 0:00 to 24:00 on May 18, there were 50 new local confirmed cases of new coronary pneumonia and 5 asymptomatic infections in the city, no new suspected cases; no new overseas Import confirmed cases, suspected cases and asymptomatic infections. 31 cases were cured and discharged.

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Yesterday, at the press conference on the prevention and control of the new coronavirus pneumonia in Beijing, the Municipal Center for Disease Control and Prevention Deputy director Liu Xiaofeng introduced that from April 22 to 15:00 on May 18, the city has reported a total of 1,218 cases of new coronary pneumonia virus infections, involving 15 districts. Among them, a total of 78 cases of infection were reported in the Yuegezhuang market-related cluster epidemic, including 43 staff members and 35 related personnel. A total of 50 cases of infection have been reported in the related cluster epidemic in the Changyang branch of Yunda Express in Fangshan District. Epidemiological analysis found that some cases have not participated in nucleic acid screening recently, which not only delayed treatment but also led to the spread of the epidemic, increasing the uncertainty of epidemic prevention and control.

Lin Hang, deputy head of Haidian District, introduced that for the Yuegezhuang market and the Yunda Express transmission chain, 651 people in the district were checked and nucleic acid tests were completed, and the results were all negative; normalized environmental disinfection was carried out. To disinfect, increase environmental disinfection and nucleic acid sampling in key places such as bus stations, takeaways, express delivery, catering, supermarkets, and markets. Kong Gangcheng, deputy head of Fengtai District, introduced that the district has managed the distribution personnel related to the Yuegezhuang market as “high-risk personnel”. He reminded that the enterprises and institutions that receive the fixed-point distribution of materials in the market should strengthen internal investigations, and manage the staff who have recently been in contact with the distribution personnel of the market as high-risk personnel, and strictly implement home isolation, “such personnel should promptly report to their units. and the community to proactively report.”

Liu Xiaofeng said that the current situation of epidemic prevention and control in this city is severe and complicated, and there is no room for any hesitation and slack. It is necessary to strengthen confidence, take strict precautions, implement various prevention and control requirements quickly and strictly, deal with new cases quickly, strengthen cross-regional coordination and linkage, and unswervingly promote the social dynamic clearing action.

The Municipal Center for Disease Control and Prevention reminded that the competent departments of various industries should strengthen supervision, and all agencies, enterprises and institutions should implement their responsibilities for epidemic prevention. It is necessary to strengthen the closed-loop management of key places, especially places such as nursing homes, welfare homes, colleges and universities, construction sites, etc., where people are dense and the environment is closed, especially the elderly and children have weak resistance and high risk of infection. Strengthen epidemic prevention and control in communities (villages) and public places, and implement epidemic prevention measures such as temperature measurement, code scanning, and inspection of negative nucleic acid test certificates within 48 hours. Those who have time and space intersections with the officially announced case activity trajectory and market risk points in Yuegezhuang, and those who receive a pop-up reminder from the health treasure must immediately report to the community and cooperate with various prevention and control measures.

Source: Beijing Evening News reporter Sun Leqi Liu Suya

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