People’s Daily Health Client Li Ning Zhao Yuanzhi
On the evening of May 18, the Guang’an Emergency Headquarters for Response to the Novel Coronavirus Pneumonia Epidemic issued a notice. From 0:00 on May 19, the city’s party and government organs, enterprises and institutions will implement home office, traffic control, and closed-loop management.
According to the latest report from the Sichuan Provincial Health and Health Commission, from 0 to 24:00 on May 18, Guang’an City reported 33 new local confirmed cases; 112 new local asymptomatic infections, all in Linshui county.
People’s Daily health client reporter found that since Guang’an, Sichuan reported 3 new local confirmed cases on May 9, as of 24:00 on May 18, Guang’an City had reported a total of 927 local infections , of which there were 922 cases in Linshui County, accounting for 99.4% of the total.
According to Health Guang’an, some confirmed cases are asymptomatic.
Linshui County, Guang’an City is located in the eastern part of Sichuan Province. It is the closest county seat to the main urban area of Chongqing and Liangjiang New Area in Sichuan Province. The county has a population of 1.01 million. In the past 10 days of the spread of the epidemic, Guang’an has become the main “occupied” area of this round of epidemic. According to the Sichuan Provincial Health and Health Commission, as of 24:00 on May 18, there were 3 medium-risk areas in Sichuan Province, all of which were located in Linshui County, Guang’an City.
Recently, Linshui County has implemented 3 rounds of nucleic acid testing for all employees, and the main urban area of Guang’an and counties and cities other than Linshui have also deployed a comprehensive nucleic acid testing screening on the 19th.
Guang’an District launched large-scale nucleic acid testing services. China Network Map
According to the incomplete statistics of the People’s Daily health client, this round of Guang’an epidemic has spilled over to Deyang, Leshan, Dazhou, Sichuan Province, Shenzhen City, Guangdong Province, and Chongqing. city. According to the Sichuan Provincial Health and Health Commission, on May 12, 1 new local confirmed case was added in Deyang City, Sichuan, who came from Guang’an to Deyang; 4 new asymptomatic infections were added in Leshan City, which were people who returned to Leshan from Guang’an . On May 15, 3 new cases of asymptomatic infection were added in Dazhou City, who were returned to Dazhou from Guang’an.
On the morning of May 10, Cai Yunshan, an expert on epidemic prevention and control in Guang’an City, said at a press conference on epidemic prevention and control held in Guang’an City that through preliminary epidemiological investigations, it was found that the first case discovered was an online appointment. The driver of the car has complicated contacts, and he has no history of living in the epidemic area before the positive test. The source of the infection is still under investigation.