Guangzhou informed the latest situation of the epidemic in Huadu: the rising trend is now initially contained

Read Time:2 Minute, 38 Second

On October 20, the Guangzhou Health Commission informed the latest situation of the Huadu outbreak: as of 24:00 on October 19, a total of 238 cases of new coronavirus infection were reported in this outbreak. The virus sequence of this outbreak is identical to the two cases that came to Guangzhou from outside the province during the National Day. Experts have judged that the outbreak is progressing rapidly and the rising trend is now being initially contained. The Guangzhou Municipal Health Commission reminds people coming from outside the province (returning) to Guangzhou to undergo “three days of three tests” upon arrival.

Specific information is as follows.

On October 12, Guangzhou Huadu District found many cases of abnormal nucleic acid test results during the fever outpatient sentinel surveillance and community screening. The epidemic prevention and control departments at all levels acted quickly, carried out in-depth flow investigation and tracing, quickly screened the close and sub-close contacts, implemented grid management, promptly controlled the risk areas and did their best to protect people’s lives and medical care, took all measures to prevent proliferation and spillover, and did their best to control the epidemic. The epidemic situation.

As of 24:00 on October 19, a total of 238 cases of new coronavirus infections have been reported in the epidemic, all of which have been admitted to the city’s eight hospitals affiliated with Guangzhou Medical University, with no serious or critically ill patients. At present, 61 places involved in the epidemic have been investigated and controlled, 460,000 people involved in the risk of epidemic, 6 rounds of nucleic acid screening have been carried out in Huadu District for a total of 11.49 million people, and 71 million copies of nucleic acid tests have been sampled for the city’s standing.

According to the epidemiological survey and gene sequencing results, the virus sequence of this outbreak is completely consistent with two cases from outside the province during the National Day. The initial community transmission of the epidemic was fast and insidious, involving more public places, and the gathering of infections in confined places such as homes and Internet cafes was particularly prominent. The experts judge that the outbreak is progressing rapidly and the rising trend has been initially contained.

Please pay attention to the delineation of risk areas in the “three districts” of Guangzhou and the places announced by each district that are involved in the epidemic, and report to the authorities immediately if you have interactions with them and undergo health management such as nucleic acid testing. People from outside the province must undergo the “three-day check-up” upon arrival in Guangzhou and follow the guidelines for follow-up health management; citizens should participate in the regional nucleic acid screening on time, do their own health monitoring, and seek medical treatment in a timely manner if they feel unwell; residents in the risk areas should remain patient and continue to implement preventive and control measures in order to fully control the outbreak as soon as possible. We will continue to implement preventive and control measures so that the epidemic can be fully controlled as soon as possible.