Xinjiang press conference: Yili Prefecture's epidemic dissemination hidden, fast transmission speed, and the situation of prevention and control is still severe and complicated

China News Service Urumqi, August 10th (Reporter Wang Xiaojun) The reporter learned from a press conference held by the Press Office of the People's Government of Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region on the evening of the 9th that at 0:00 on August 8th to 24th, Ili Prefecture, Xinjiang 123 infected people were detected during centralized isolation medical observation points and nucleic acid screening in the control area.

As of 24:00 on August 8th, 379 cases of infected infected in Yili Prefecture, of which 338 were in Yining, 37 in Yining County, and 4 cases of Nilek County.

Chen Zhengfa, Secretary of the Party Group and Deputy Director of the Xinjiang Yili Prefecture Health Commission, introduced that by the Xinjiang CDC's analysis of the whole genome sequence of the epidemic, the infected virus infected by the infection of this epidemic was BA. 5.2 Evolution branch is different from the domestic new coronal virus genome sequence database database.

Chen Zhengfa said that at present, Yili Prefecture's epidemic dissemination is hidden, fast transmission, and the situation of prevention and control is still severe and complicated. I would like to remind the masses here that during the prevention and control of the epidemic, we should do a good job of personal protection in accordance with the "Code of Citizen Citizen's Basic Conduct", wearing masks correctly, paying attention to hand hygiene and cough etiquette, reducing gathering activities, cooperating with daily nucleic acid testing, daily good daily, do a good job of daily. Health monitoring, if there are symptoms such as fever, dry cough, fatigue, sore throat, diarrhea, etc., you should go to the hot kidnasped clinic of local medical institutions in time.

It is reported that as of 24:00 on August 8, there are 0 existing confirmed cases in Xinjiang; 420 cases of no symptoms of infection. (Finish)

Source: China News Network

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