A total of 73 positive cases were found in the Kunming “9-25” outbreak and the source of infection has been locked

October 3, 2022October 3, 2022

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On October 3, according to the Kunming city to respond to the new coronavirus infection pneumonia work leading group command, the “9-25” epidemic source has been locked, the transmission chain is clear, the overall control to good.

On September 25, 2022, two cases of primary screening positive cases (for couples) were found among active attenders in An Ning City. After receiving the report, the Kunming Municipal Party Committee and the municipal government attached great importance to the emergency response, the first time to start the emergency response, the provincial, municipal and district level linkage to carry out the disposal of the epidemic, focusing on key links, quickly carry out the flow of traceability, tracking management, temporary static management and other work, and make every effort to contain the spread of the epidemic. According to the whole genome sequencing results, the virus strain that caused this round of outbreaks is the BF.5 evolutionary branch of the Omicron variant.

On October 3, the command of the city’s leading group for responding to the epidemic issued a notice that from 00:00 to 24:00 on October 2, two new positive cases and three asymptomatic infections were detected in the current round of the epidemic, all of which were detected in the centralized isolation management personnel. As of 15:00 on October 3, a total of 73 positive cases were found in the “9-25” outbreak (of which 27 cases were diagnosed as confirmed cases, 43 cases were diagnosed as asymptomatic infected persons, and the remaining 3 cases were pending diagnosis).

At present, the “9-25” epidemic is generally controllable and good, and the disposal of the epidemic has entered the most critical period. We ask the general public to continue to understand, support and cooperate with the prevention and control policies and measures, and to continue to work together to win the epidemic interdiction battle, so as to achieve the greatest prevention and control results at the smallest cost, and to achieve dynamic zero social surface as soon as possible.