Is there any progress in tracing the COVID-19 epidemic in Urumqi, Xinjiang?

On August 2nd, the Information Office of the People's Government of Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region held a press conference on novel coronavirus epidemic prevention and control in Urumqi. According to the introduction of the Standing Committee of Urumqi Municipal Committee and Minister of Propaganda, from 0: 00 to 24: 00 on August 1 Day, our city reported 29 new confirmed cases and 9 new asymptomatic infected people in COVID-19. On the same day, 7 cases were cured and discharged, and 6 cases with asymptomatic infection were released from medical observation. From 0: 00 July to 24: 00 August 1 May, 23 cases were cured and discharged from hospital, and 22 cases of asymptomatic infected persons were released from medical observation. In August 1 day, the number of newly confirmed cases decreased by 2 cases compared with the previous day, and the total number of newly confirmed cases and asymptomatic infected people decreased for three consecutive days. This shows that the effectiveness of the previous epidemic prevention and control measures is emerging. However, according to the epidemiological investigation and analysis and the law of infectious diseases, the epidemic prevention situation in the city is still severe and complicated, and we can't relax at all, or we can't take it lightly, otherwise all previous efforts will be wasted. Please don't be blindly optimistic or panic. With the concerted efforts of Qi Xin, we will be able to defeat the epidemic at an early date and win the tough battle of epidemic prevention and control.

In July, when the national epidemic situation was under control, the epidemic situation in Urumqi, Xinjiang rebounded, which caused great controversy for a time. Why is the Urumqi epidemic serious? Have you found the source of the virus now? It is understood that Xinjiang is located in the northwest of China, in the hinterland of Eurasia, bordering eight countries. It is an important passage of the Silk Road in ancient history, and now it is the only place for the second Eurasian continental bridge. Experts believe that the sudden epidemic rebound in Urumqi, Xinjiang may be caused by geographical factors, ethnic factors, the cunning of COVID-19 and the gap between public health forces and the mainland. As of 24: 00 on August 1 day, 565 cases were confirmed in Urumqi, Xinjiang; Asymptomatic infection 1 10.

At the press conference, the deputy director of Urumqi CDC answered the air defense measures. First, control the source of infection and cut off the route of transmission. At the first time, the confirmed cases and asymptomatic infected people will be transported to designated hospitals for timely treatment to ensure that the communities with confirmed cases or asymptomatic infected people are strictly closed. Sampling and testing the families, buildings and surrounding environment of the confirmed cases, strictly disinfecting all surfaces, articles and air that may be polluted in the environment, conducting nucleic acid testing on all residents in the same community, tracing the source of the confirmed cases, doing a good job in the investigation of close contacts, ensuring that all close contacts are tracked, and implementing centralized medical observation.

Secondly, strengthen the daily cleaning and disinfection of the surrounding public environment. Strengthen daily and preventive disinfection measures for buildings and courtyards where confirmed cases or asymptomatic infected people are located, and establish disinfection management accounts for key public areas and key parts. Public areas such as corridors and stairs should be disinfected at least twice a day, and the corridors should be ventilated for more than 30 minutes. Increase the disinfection frequency of key parts such as door handles and stair handrails, and set special paper towels for disposable buttons in the elevator room to avoid contact and infection. Strengthen the daily household disinfection of community residents, especially the disinfection of parts connected with the families of confirmed cases, such as drainage.

Finally, strengthen community protection and control. Provide personal protection for community personnel and volunteers engaged in service guarantee work, and conduct daily health monitoring. If you have fever, cough, dyspnea and other suspicious symptoms, seek medical attention as soon as possible. Community cadres should take the initiative to understand the health status of residents every day. When providing door-to-door service for residents, try not to enter residents' homes. Both sides should always wear masks and keep a distance of more than one meter. After completing the service, you should wash your hands and disinfect them in time. If any abnormality is found, it should be transferred to the nearest fever clinic for investigation. Now people all over the country are looking forward to an early improvement in the Urumqi epidemic. There is also a local saying that the world should look at China to fight the epidemic, and China should look at Xinjiang to fight the epidemic. Let's go