The virus transmitted in the current round of the outbreak in Jiamusi, Heilongjiang Province is a mutant strain of Omicron BA.5.2

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At 14:00 on September 19, a press conference was held in Jiamusi City, Heilongjiang Province, to inform the current epidemic situation and the overall situation of the epidemic prevention and control work.

The reporter was informed from the conference that as of 12:00 on September 19, a total of 31 positive infections were found in Jiamusi, including one confirmed indigenous case, 21 asymptomatic infections, and nine cases of indigenous new crown pneumonia primary screening positive persons. According to the epidemic situation, 9 high-risk areas, 5 medium-risk areas, and other areas in the district where the medium- and high-risk areas are located are low-risk areas were precisely delineated. from 17:00 on September 18, the high-risk areas (a total of 9) Sun Market Building 57, Golden Harbor Bay Phase 2 Building 14, Long Hai Ming Yuan Building D, Time View City Building 9, Municipal Committee Building 22, Ming Shi Yuan Block A, Xing Hu Jia Yuan, Jin Xia Jia Yuan, and Xing Lin Jia. Medium risk area (5 in total), Sun Market District, Golden Harbor Bay District, Longhai Famous Court District, Times View City District, Mingshiyuan District.

Since the current round of the epidemic, Jiamusi City quickly took measures to prevent and control the epidemic such as risk screening and social surface control. 4:00 on September 18 issued a notice to the city about the epidemic, implemented 3-day silent management in four urban areas, residents do not go out of the district (village) non-essential, and implemented a 24-hour duty watch.

At present, the city of Jiamusi vegetable inventory of 4,300 tons, the daily listing of about 450 tons, to ensure that the city nearly 10 days demand; pork daily listing of about 45 tons, pig stock 1,264,100 head; eggs daily listing of about 22 tons, urban inventory of about 60 tons, to ensure that the super daily supplemental transfer, can meet the market demand, the current supply of essential goods adequate, smooth channels, stable supply.

According to the analysis of the flux survey, the epidemic has a very obvious aggregation, and the virus causing the spread of the epidemic is the variant of Omicron BA.5.2, which spreads fast and can be spread by brief contact. The incubation period of this outbreak is shorter, mostly 2-4 days, and the insidious nature of transmission is strong, with a higher potential risk of transmission, which places higher demands on prevention and control work.