On July 6th, at the 379th press conference on the prevention and control of the novel coronavirus pneumonia in Beijing, Pang Xinghuo, deputy director of the Beijing Center for Disease Control and Prevention and member of the national expert group on novel coronavirus pneumonia, introduced that at 0:00 on July 5th As of 24:00, 6 new cases of local new coronary pneumonia virus infection (4 to 9 infected) in the city, 3 cases in Yanqing District, 2 cases in Shunyi District, and 1 case in Tongzhou District; 1 case of common type, 4 cases of mild type, asymptomatic 1 case of infection; all of them are isolated observation personnel.
From 0:00 to 15:00 on July 6, there were 3 new cases of local new coronary pneumonia virus infections (10 to 12 infected) in the city, 2 cases in Yanqing District and 1 case in Changping District; all of them were mild; all were quarantined observers. They have been transferred to designated hospitals for isolation and treatment, and relevant risk points and personnel have been controlled and placed.
Beijing CDC: According to the current development of the epidemic, it is tentatively believed that the epidemic is generally controllable
According to Pang Xinghuo, as of now, except for the infected person 1 reported yesterday, who is a social screener, the rest of the infected persons are all their close contacts, and they are all quarantine observers. The transmission chain is clear and the source is clear. According to the current development trend of the epidemic , it is tentatively believed that the epidemic is generally controllable.
Beijing CDC: Preliminary consideration of this epidemic as a local cluster epidemic caused by imported cases
According to Pang Xinghuo, the Beijing Center for Disease Control and Prevention conducted genetic sequencing on the specimens of infected persons 1 to 3 reported on July 5, and the results showed that the viruses belonged to the BA.5.2 branch of the Omicron variant strain. The results of gene sequence comparison showed that the three infected persons had low sequence homology with existing and past local cases in Beijing and imported cases in Beijing, and they belonged to different chains of transmission. Based on the results of epidemiological investigation and gene sequencing, it is preliminarily considered that this epidemic is a local clustered epidemic caused by imported cases.
Adhere to the general strategy of external defense against input, internal defense against rebound and the general policy of dynamic clearing
Xu Hejian, Deputy Minister of the Propaganda Department of the Beijing Municipal Party Committee, Director of the Information Office of the Municipal Government, and spokesperson of the Municipal Government, introduced that it is necessary to adhere to the general strategy of external defense input, internal defense rebound and the general policy of dynamic clearing, and adhere to normalized precise prevention and control and local emergency response. The prevention and control measures are constantly adjusted according to the time and situation.
Spill is the biggest risk facing the current capital epidemic prevention and control
Xu Hejian introduced that recently, Yanqing District’s screening found this clustered epidemic caused by people returning to Beijing after the entry quarantine period expired, warning us that spillover is the biggest risk facing the current capital’s epidemic prevention and control.
Pay close attention to domestic epidemic-related risk areas, and strictly manage the closed-loop management of inbound personnel and materials
Xu Hejian introduced that the remote control and inspection of airports, railway stations, checkpoints entering Beijing and other places should be strictly controlled, and the inspection of hotels, hotels, homestays and other units should be strengthened. Pay close attention to domestic epidemic-related risk areas, strictly manage the closed-loop management of inbound personnel and materials, and strictly prevent risk spillovers.
Major adjustments have been made to the policy of entering and returning to Beijing, and these personnel are no longer restricted from entering and returning to Beijing.
Li Ang, spokesman and deputy director of the Beijing Municipal Health and Health Commission, introduced that the policy of entering and returning to Beijing should be optimized to ensure the normal exchange of personnel. The travel history of the county (city, district, flag) where there is 1 or more local new coronavirus infection within 14 days will be strictly restricted from entering and returning to Beijing, and the travel history of the region within 7 days will be strictly restricted. Entering and returning to Beijing. People from other counties in the city-level city where there is one or more local cases of new coronavirus infection, and people from the county where the land border port is located are no longer restricted from entering and returning to Beijing. At the same time, in accordance with the principle of “prevention and control first, overall planning, stable and orderly, and gradual progress”, direct international commercial passenger flights to Beijing will be resumed in batches and orderly.
People entering gathering places from July 11 must be vaccinated
Li Ang informed that Beijing will implement a series of epidemic prevention and control measures, mainly including: First, the elderly who enter and leave the elderly universities, elderly activity stations (rooms) and elderly fitness and entertainment venues should be connected as soon as possible. Second, people who enter offline training institutions, libraries, museums, cinemas, art galleries, cultural centers, sports venues, fitness venues, performance entertainment venues, Internet cafes and other crowd gathering places must be vaccinated (except those who are not suitable for vaccination), other restrictions The vaccinated personnel will be prioritized in the places of flow and appointment. The above measures will be officially implemented from July 11, 2022 (Monday).
