Shanghai: In the closed area, nucleic acid testing will be conducted once a day from April 18 to 21

At the press conference on Shanghai’s epidemic prevention and control work on April 18, Wu Ganyu, a first-level inspector of the Shanghai Municipal Health Commission, told reporters that according to the city’s epidemic prevention and control work arrangements, the closure and control areas have been closed since the 15th. . All personnel in the control area shall undergo “antigen + nucleic acid” combined detection and screening, and all personnel in the prevention area shall be subjected to antigen detection and screening. In the sealed area, from today until the 21st, nucleic acid testing will be carried out once a day. Buildings (houses) with positive infections within 5 days before April 15, come to sample; buildings (houses) without positive infections within 5 days, go downstairs for sampling at staggered peaks. For all personnel in the control area, an antigen test will be conducted on the 18th, 19th, and 21st each; a nucleic acid test will be conducted on the 20th, and samples will be taken downstairs at staggered peaks. For all personnel in the prevention zone, antigen tests will be carried out twice in 7 days, once in the past few days, and once again on the 21st. (Meng Xindi, all media reporter of Guangming Daily)

Source: Guangming Daily