Original title: Henan simultaneously faces Omi Keron and Delta, and has formed three virus transmission centers
In the prevention and control of the new crown epidemic, Henan has entered a “two-line battle” situation. It will not only face the Delta virus in Zhengzhou, Xuchang, Yuzhou and other places, but also face the Omi Keron virus in Anyang.
Overnight, people from Henan who were struggling with the delta strain of the new crown virus suddenly discovered that they had a new “enemy”-Omi Keron mutant BA.1 branch.
On January 10, the New Crown Pneumonia Epidemic Prevention and Control Headquarters Office of Anyang City issued an urgent reminder that the cases in the city belong to the same transmission chain as the existing local epidemic in Jinnan District, Tianjin.
On January 8, Anyang City, located in the northern part of Henan Province, was screened in the active test population and found 2 positive cases of the local new coronavirus nucleic acid. On January 9, the whole genome sequencing of the virus in the laboratory of the Henan Provincial Center for Disease Control and Prevention showed that the two local cases infected with the virus were all of the Omi Keron mutant strain BA.1 branch. The local epidemic is in the same transmission chain.
Combined with the results of epidemiological investigations and gene sequencing, the source of the infection in Anyang City was basically identified as a college student who returned to Tangyin County, Anyang City from Jinnan District, Tianjin City on December 28, 2021.
In the early morning of the 10th, the Anyang City New Crown Pneumonia Epidemic Prevention and Control Headquarters Announcement (No. 17) on the adjustment of risk levels for certain areas, starting from January 10, 2022, Yuanliu Village, Liucun Township, Neihuang County has been designated as In the medium-risk areas, Yucai Middle School in Tangyin County and Dazhuzhuang Village in Guxian Town are designated as high-risk areas.
For this reason, Henan has entered a “two-line battle” situation in the prevention and control of the new crown epidemic. It will not only fight against Delta virus in Zhengzhou, Xuchang and Yuzhou, but also fight Omi Keron virus in Anyang.
Data show that between 0-24 o’clock on January 9th, 60 new local confirmed cases were reported in Henan Province, including 24 in Zhengzhou, 15 in Anyang, and 21 in Xuchang.
At present, this round of local epidemics in Henan Province has occurred in Zhengzhou, Luoyang, Anyang, Xuchang, Shangqiu, Xinyang, Zhoukou and other places, and clusters of epidemics have also occurred in Zhengzhou, Xuchang and Yuzhou. The Henan Province epidemic prevention and control press conference held on January 9 said that after gene sequencing analysis and comparison, the epidemic in Xuchang Yuzhou is homologous to Zhengzhou, and the virus gene is sequenced as a Delta strain. However, the source of the virus is still unclear, and the prevention and control situation is severe and complicated.
From December 31, 2021 to 12:00 on January 9, 2022, a total of 258 local confirmed cases have been reported in Henan Province, including 82 in Zhengzhou City, 10 in Luoyang City, 16 in Anyang City, 143 in Xuchang City, and Shangqiu City 2 cases, 2 cases in Xinyang City (all in Gushi County), and 3 cases in Zhoukou City.
On the evening of January 9th, Anyang City notified the trajectories of some cases after fluid transfer. A reporter from China Business News found that many of them were middle school students aged 18 or 9 and their trajectories were mostly closely related to the crowd. Schools are inseparable.
The epidemic that has lasted for many days is having a considerable impact on Henan. Zhang Chuanguang, a member of the party group and deputy director of the Henan Provincial Department of Education, said at a press conference held on January 9 that the current round of epidemic has had a greater impact on the education and teaching of all levels and types of schools in Henan Province, Zhengzhou, Shangqiu, Luoyang Schools in many cities and counties such as Xin’an, Xuchang Yuzhou, Xinyang Gushi, Zhoukou Taikang, and Anyang Huaxian have successively stopped offline teaching. Some large-scale examinations and internship training activities in the province’s education system have been suspended or postponed.
When the Spring Festival is approaching, the frequent movement of people and the increase in gathering activities have exacerbated the pressure on Henan’s epidemic prevention and control. In response to the epidemic, some cities in Henan, including Xuchang, have banned all motor vehicles except those related to the epidemic. Zhengzhou, the provincial capital, has invested more than 33,000 samplers since January 5th. Ten thousand community workers, volunteers, and public security police implement daily non-stop nucleic acid testing throughout the city to ensure that the city can basically complete the nucleic acid sampling task of 12.6 million people within 6 hours and complete all testing tasks within 24 hours.
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