Tianjin, neighboring Beijing municipality in northern China with a population of 13.86 million, decided to launch city-wide nucleic acid test after twenty people were tested positive for COVID-19, authorities said on Sunday.
The infections were reported between 6 p.m. Friday and 9 p.m. Saturday in Jinnan Ward, and genetic sequencing has revealed that the first two locally transmitted confirmed cases were infected with the VOC / Omicron variant, the municipal center for prevention and control of COVID-19.
The other eighteen infections are mainly students and their family members linked to a nursery and an elementary school where the first two cases came from, Gu Qing, director of the municipal health commission, said at the time. of a press conference held at the end of the day on Saturday.
The virus has spread for at least three generations during this latest resurgence, and more cases could emerge, said Zhang Ying, deputy director of the city’s Center for Disease Control and Prevention.
Nucleic acid tests are expected to be completed within 24 hours in Jinnan, Nankai, Dongli, and Xiqing wards from 7:00 a.m. on Sunday and in other wards from 7:00 a.m. Monday. Residents will not receive a green health code until they receive a negative test result, according to the center.
The municipal and district-level commerce departments activated their emergency interventions to supply the market. They have also organized more than 40 supermarkets and commodity markets for the stable supply of necessities to neighborhoods that are under closed management.
A number of catering companies will also offer hot meals to frontline epidemic control workers, the Tianjin Municipal Bureau of Commerce said.
Currently, the market supply for basic necessities in the city is plentiful, with stable prices, the office added.
Migrant workers between Beijing and Tianjin have been advised to work from home, according to the Beijing Municipal Center for Disease Control and Management. The center also reminded residents of Beijing not to travel to Tianjin unless necessary.
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