Chongqing COVID-19 Update: No Newly Confirmed Cases for the 11th Consecutive Day, Keep the Highest Level of Public Health Emergency Response

• The overall confirmed cases on the Chinese mainland had reached 80,651 by the end of March 6. A total of 3,070 people had died of COVID-19, and altogether 55,404 people had been discharged from hospital after recovery.

• While maintaining an epidemic response at home, China is also advancing international cooperation in various forms and providing support and assistance to foreign countries to its best capabilities.

• The World Health Organization recommends that all countries make containment their highest priority.

• As of the end of Friday, Chongqing had reported a total of 576 confirmed cases, with 50 patients currently hospitalized (three severe cases and one critical case), six deaths, and 520 discharged patients. Friday had no newly confirmed cases in Chongqing for the eleventh consecutive day, and eight more patients recovered and released from the hospital.

• Chongqing maintains Level 1 emergency response- the highest level for a public health emergency
• Chongqing railway stations have opened five chartered trains for migrant workers, transporting a total of 4,004 people.
• Since January 26, Chongqing has dispatched 1,636 members of 18 medical teams to Hubei, ranking the sixth in the country.

Chongqing- As of 24:00 local time on March 6, Chongqing had reported 50 confirmed cases currently hospitalized (three in severe condition and one in critical condition), six deaths, and 520 discharged patients after recovery, according to the Chongqing Municipal Health Commission Saturday. All those cases had totaled 576 confirmed cases infected with the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) as of the end of Friday in Chongqing.

Friday had no newly confirmed case in Chongqing for the eleventh consecutive day, and eight more patients recovered and discharged from the hospital. A total of 23,640 people who had close contacts with COVID-19 patients have been traced, 23,375 people have been released from medical observation, and 265 people are under medical observation.

According to Friday's press conference on COVID-19 prevention and control, Chongqing railway stations have opened five chartered trains for migrant workers, transporting a total of 4,004 people. 

Chongqing remains at the highest level of public health emergency

 Chongqing maintains Level 1 emergency response, the highest level for a public health emergency after organizing relevant experts to conduct a comprehensive evaluation of the epidemic situation.  The decision is based on the following considerations: both continuing to have a high degree of vigilance against the epidemic and preventing the spread of the coronavirus from both within and outside of the city.

The risk of spreading the epidemic caused by human mobility increases due to the resumption of work and production in industrial enterprises and business service enterprises, government agencies and institutions, and more. Maintaining the highest-level response is conducive to strengthening the management for better epidemic prevention and control.

Chongqing's assistance of 18 municipal medical teams to Hubei Province

Since January 26, Chongqing has dispatched 1,636 members of 18 medical teams to Hubei Province, ranking the sixth in the country. All these members have worked at the frontlines of fighting the epidemic in 16 hospitals and seven centers for disease control and prevention (CDCs) in Wuhan, Xiaogan, Jingmen, and Tianmen, Hubei Province.

Among them, there are seven batches of 812 members in Xiaogan City, including doctors, nurses, disease control and management personnel; 9 batches of 815 members in Wuhan City, including doctors, nurses and management personnel; one batch in Jingmen City and Tianmen City respectively and altogether nine CDC staff members.

Chongqing's assistance of medical teams to Hubei involves a total of 13 municipal-level medical institutions and 89 medical institutions in 37 districts and counties. Chongqing has undertaken more than 80% of the server and critically ill patients in Xiaogan City, and the application rate of traditional Chinese medicine for COVID-19 treatment, there reached 100%.

The overall confirmed cases on the Chinese mainland had reached 80,651 by the end of Friday, and 3,070 people had died of the disease, according to the National Health Commission (NHC) Saturday. A total of 55,404 people had been discharged from the hospital after recovery. By the end of Friday, 107 confirmed cases, including two deaths, had been reported in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (SAR), ten confirmed cases in the Macao SAR, and 45 in Taiwan, including one death. Fifty-one patients in Hong Kong, 10 in Macao, and 12 in Taiwan had been discharged from hospital after recovery.

The Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Zhao Lijian said on Friday's regular press conference that China has full capability and confidence in overcoming the epidemic and minimizing its impact in a bid to achieve this year's socio-economic development goals. "The situation in China is increasingly trending in a positive direction, but it is still at such a crucial stage that no one should slack off at all." Moreover, he noted that the epidemic continued spreading in some countries. "While maintaining epidemic response at home, China is also advancing international cooperation in various forms and providing support and assistance to foreign countries to its best capabilities," said the spokesperson.

At the media briefing on COVID-19 on Thursday, the World Health Organization (WHO) Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said, "As cases increase, we are continuing to recommend that all countries make containment their highest priority." "We continue to call on countries to find, test, isolate and care for every case, and to trace every contact," the WHO chief continued, "Slowing down the epidemic saves lives, and it buys time for preparedness and for research and development."