According to the latest data released by the Health and Wellness Committee of Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, there were 63 cases in Hohhot on February 19. As of 24: 00 on February 19, there were local confirmed cases in Hohhot 13 1 case.
According to the information released by the Health and Wellness Commission of Hohhot, the three confirmed cases reported at the beginning of this report in Hohhot are all staff of Dongku Street garbage transfer station in Xincheng District. Two of them were found in active treatment on February 15, and the other was found to be a secret worker that night.
But at this stage, the first case is not the original source of infection. According to the latest report of the COVID-19 epidemic prevention and control press conference in Hohhot, through analysis and judgment, the epidemic was an imported epidemic caused by Liang Moumou and Dong Moumou visiting relatives and friends in Wuchuan County of Hohhot and Damaoqi of Baotou City. However, the first three reported cases did not have the activity track of Wuchuan County and Damaoqi in Baotou City.
How did Liang Moumou and Dong Moumou spread together? At this stage, the government has not made a detailed announcement. What is clear is that this is also a local epidemic caused by new imports from overseas.
According to the information of the press conference on the prevention and control of epidemic situation in COVID-19 held in Hohhot on February 19, the sequencing results of virus infection genes in three confirmed cases of this epidemic situation all belong to Delta mutant strain (AY. 122 evolutionary strain), and no coding sequence with high homology was found in the database of local cases and imported cases.
There were 3 cases on February 16, 2 cases on February 17, 42 cases on February 18 and 63 cases on February 19. Since the confirmed cases were reported in Hohhot on February 16, the number of newly confirmed cases has continued to increase. According to official reports, two wedding banquets held in a hotel in the new urban area of Hohhot on February 8 became the key link of the epidemic.
Wang Dawei, deputy director of the Center for Disease Control and Prevention in Hohhot, stressed at the press conference that after the epidemic was imported into Hohhot, two wedding banquets held in a hotel in Xincheng District on February 8 led to the spread of the epidemic. Due to the long incubation period of the virus and frequent personnel flow during the Spring Festival, many epidemics occurred in Wuchuan County, Tuzuoqi County, Helinger County and urban areas.
There were 23 tables in these two wedding banquets, 165 people attended. At this stage, the number of staff attending the wedding banquet has not yet been determined, but it has been eight days since the wedding banquet day when the first confirmed case was reported on 16, and the virus infection has been secretly spread in Hohhot for several days. In addition, due to the frequent flow of people during the Spring Festival, except Hohhot, there are still epidemics in Wuchuan County, Tuzuoqi County and Helinger County, which have spread to Baotou City.
Wu Liang, deputy director of the Municipal Bureau of Disease Control and Prevention of the National Health and Wellness Commission, stressed at the press conference that the epidemic situation in Hohhot was in the early stage and the number of cases continued to increase. Enterprises, wedding banquets and other places where people gather have a cluster epidemic, which has a high risk of community transmission and outflow. It is necessary to check the sources and key sites of risks as soon as possible and understand the scope of the epidemic.
"The epidemic, both government departments and people, is very fast. 16 On the day when the epidemic was reported, the street was empty in an instant. Everyone took the initiative to reduce going out and cooperated with each other to complete the nucleic acid detection. " Lu Xing told the Health Times reporter.
On February 16, the COVID-19 New Pneumonia Epidemic Prevention and Control Command issued a message calling on the masses not to leave Hohhot; Group activities such as large and medium-sized lighting festivals, exhibitions, banquets, celebrations and job fairs in the province have been suspended; Various social organizations do not hold gathering activities, red activities are postponed, and funerals are simple.
Since February 17, 2022, Hohhot has carried out in-depth nucleic acid testing for staff in key areas. "At this stage, everyone has done two rounds of nucleic acid, the first round on 17 and the first round on 19. The masses cooperated very well, standing in line outside at MINUS seven or eight degrees, and they all actively kept their distance. " Lu Xing said.
The residential area where several good friends of Lu Xing belong has been blocked at this stage. "During this time, everyone contacted every day. The whole city of Hohhot, including the blocked residential areas, has sufficient materials and the daily life of the people is functioning normally."