According to the latest data released by Shaanxi Provincial Health and Health Commission on December 27th, from December 9th to 26th, the province reported 651 confirmed cases in COVID-19, of which 635 cases appeared in Xi ‘an. On the 25th and 26th, for two consecutive days, the number of newly confirmed cases in Xi ‘an exceeded 100 in a single day … This ancient city with a population of 10 million is being hit by the COVID-19 epidemic.
According to the latest news from the COVID-19 Epidemic Prevention and Control Headquarters in Xi ‘an, Xi ‘an started a new round of all-round nucleic acid screening at 12: 00 on the 27th-this is the fifth round of all-round nucleic acid testing since Xi ‘an officially announced the first round of all-round nucleic acid testing on December 19th.
In the past few days, Xi ‘an’s prevention and control policies have also been continuously strengthened and upgraded. On the 23rd, Xi ‘an began to implement the "Eleven Measures to Strengthen Prevention and Control", which required the city’s residential units to close their management and suspend business in non-essential places. From 0: 00 on the 27th, the city’s epidemic prevention and control measures were further strengthened.
Up to now, there are 1 high-risk area and 115 medium-risk areas in Xi ‘an. The battle against the epidemic continues.
A large number of confirmed cases were screened out by multiple rounds of total nucleic acid testing.
According to the news of the Office of Xi ‘an Epidemic Prevention and Control Headquarters on December 26th, Xi ‘an will usher in a new round of all-round nucleic acid testing at 12 o’clock on the 27th. The Paper (www.thepaper.cn) combed and found that this is the fifth round of total nucleic acid after the current outbreak in Xi ‘an.
On the afternoon of 19th, the press conference on the prevention and control of epidemic situation in COVID-19, Xi ‘an announced that all the staff in Xi ‘an had been tested for nucleic acid. Since then, on December 21st, 23rd and 25th, Xi ‘an has carried out three rounds of all-round nucleic acid testing. At present, the government has only publicly disclosed the relevant data of the second round of nucleic acid screening in Covid-19: in this round of testing, 127 cases of nucleic acid positive persons were found.
Several rounds of full-scale nucleic acid development have played a role in finding out the epidemic situation. The data showed that among the 155 newly confirmed cases in Xi ‘an from 0: 00 to 24: 00 on December 25th, 56 cases were found in nucleic acid screening, accounting for 36.1%. From 0: 00 to 24: 00 on 26th, among the 150 newly confirmed cases in Xi ‘an, 59 cases were found in nucleic acid screening, accounting for 39.3%.
Zhang Yi, director of the Institute of Infectious Disease Prevention and Control of Shaanxi Provincial Center for Disease Control and Prevention, said in an interview with Shaanxi Daily that there are two main reasons for the recent sudden increase in cases. First, the intensity of nucleic acid detection has been increased, the coverage has been increased, and the detection frequency has been increased, thus more cases have been discovered; The other is that there have been some new punctate outbreaks, such as Photoelectric Valley and JD.COM Logistics Park, and many cases have appeared in a short time. There is no need for the public to worry too much about the rapid increase of confirmed cases in the short term. At this stage, the more you find through nucleic acid testing, the better, which is also the purpose of nucleic acid testing. We have quickly taken control measures for these punctate outbreaks, and with the implementation of containment measures, the epidemic situation will tend to be flat on the whole.
In addition, at the epidemic conference held in Xi ‘an on 26th, the person in charge also said that through many rounds of large-scale nucleic acid screening, most hidden cases and community-infected people can be found quickly, which is beneficial to realize early detection, early isolation and early blocking, and minimize the possibility of transmission. This is the dual effect of Xi ‘an’s blockade and large-scale screening. There may be more reported cases in the next few days of nucleic acid screening, reminding citizens and friends not to panic.
Strengthen and upgrade prevention and control measures.
With the increasing epidemic situation in Xi ‘an, the prevention and control measures have been strengthened and upgraded many times.
On December 15th, a press conference was held in Xi ‘an, and relevant departments advised citizens not to leave the city unless necessary. It is proposed that people in medium and high-risk areas and their districts and counties should strictly restrict travel; Personnel from other districts and counties in the city where the medium and high-risk areas are located do not have to travel unless necessary. If they really need to travel, they must hold a negative nucleic acid test certificate within 48 hours. All people from other provinces who return to Xi ‘an need to provide negative proof of nucleic acid test within 48 hours.
On December 18th, the control was upgraded. It is clear that all personnel in this city who do not really need to leave the city must hold a negative nucleic acid test certificate within 48 hours. Bar dance halls, sports and fitness, theaters, mahjong halls, script killing, bathing and other indoor entertainment venues are closed. Retail pharmacies suspend the sale (including online sales) of antipyretic, antitussive, antiviral and antibacterial drugs to the public.
On the 20th, primary and secondary schools and kindergartens in the city were closed. Citizens need to hold a negative report of nucleic acid test within 48 hours when they go to work.
Starting from the 22nd, people who leave Xi ‘an by bus from Xi ‘an Railway Station and Xi ‘an North Railway Station must not only hold the negative certificate of 48-hour nucleic acid test and the green code of one code, government code and itinerary code, but also the personnel of party and government organs and state-owned enterprises and institutions need to leave Xi ‘an with the necessary official letter issued by the unit and the examination and approval procedures of the main person in charge; Other personnel also need to hold an official letter issued by the street office, township and the main person in charge of examination and approval procedures. In addition, the city’s long-distance passenger lines were suspended.
From 0: 00 on the 23rd, Xi ‘an officially implemented eleven measures to strengthen prevention and control. In particular, it is mentioned that all communities (villages) and units in the city are required to implement closed management, and the citizens generally live at home. Every family can assign one family member to go out to purchase daily necessities every two days, and other family members generally do not go out except to participate in epidemic prevention and control, get sick and seek medical treatment, and are in urgent need of work.
From 0: 00 on the 27th, Xi ‘an further strengthened the city’s epidemic prevention and control measures. Suspended the previous "two-day-one-out" purchase policy. It is required that all residents do not leave home or gather except for participating in nucleic acid sampling as required. Residents in the prevention area can only implement the original purchase regulations after completing a new round of nucleic acid sampling and showing negative results.
The epidemic prevention and control headquarters of COVID-19 in Xi ‘an said that after the completion of this round of nucleic acid screening on 27th, the control measures will be adjusted according to the test results.
Fully protect the lives of citizens.
Since the implementation of the closed management of residential quarters on the 23rd, some citizens in Xi ‘an have been worried about their daily life: Will the price of living materials increase? How to ensure the treatment of daily diseases?
Zhang Fenghu, deputy director of the Office of Xi ‘an Epidemic Prevention and Control Headquarters and deputy secretary-general of the municipal government, previously publicly stated, "We will further improve the monitoring, analysis and early warning mechanism of the’ vegetable basket’ market and price, and closely track and analyze market supply and demand and price changes. Severely crack down on illegal activities such as driving up prices, hoarding, making and selling fake goods in key medical prevention and control materials and daily necessities. Strengthen the visits of people with difficulties in life, and timely include eligible objects in the scope of assistance to ensure basic living. Street communities and units should grasp the medical needs of special people in a timely manner, provide basic health services first, and help those who really need to go out for medical treatment with personal protection. "
The Paper noted that in terms of price protection, the Xi ‘an Municipal Market Supervision Administration has investigated and dealt with more than ten illegal incidents, which involved price gouging or unclear pricing. In a supermarket, the price of cabbage increased by 2 yuan per catty within two days, and it was fined 50,000 yuan.
For some patients with special diseases, Xi ‘an has also taken corresponding safeguard measures. For example, among the management personnel, patients with chronic renal insufficiency (uremia) need hemodialysis (hemofiltration) urgently. At present, Xi ‘an High-tech Hospital has been designated as the designated hospital for hemodialysis (hemofiltration) of isolated control personnel in the near future.
Yang Baoli, the second-level inspector of Shaanxi Provincial Health and Health Commission, said that he would spare no effort to ensure the urgent need for dialysis for patients with chronic renal insufficiency (uremia) in isolation and control areas during the epidemic prevention and control period, so that patients with isolation and control can be treated in time.
According to Xi ‘an Daily, Xi ‘an has arranged a number of hospitals, such as the First Affiliated Hospital of Xi ‘an Jiaotong University and the First Hospital of Xi ‘an, to provide online consultation services for citizens to meet their medical needs.
In addition, in order to protect the public’s health and life safety, the Xi ‘an Epidemic Prevention and Control Headquarters decided to carry out a comprehensive disinfection in Xi ‘an from 18: 00 on the 26th.