- From 00:00 to 24:00 of April 11, there were no new local confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Chongqing, but five new asymptomatic infected patients were imported from Hubei Province.
- At the end of 24:00 of April 11, there were no local confirmed or suspected cases hospitalized. A total of 3 confirmed cases imported from abroad were reported, all of which were accepting the treatment in the hospital.
- There were 13 cases of asymptomatic infection under medical observation, among which 8 cases were imported from Hubei Province, three from abroad, and two locals.
- A total of 24,236 people who had close contacts with COVID-19 patients have been traced, 24,190 people have been released from medical observation, and 46 people are still under medical observation.
Chongqing- The 65th press conference of COVID-19's prevention and control was held on April 12, 2020. Xia Pei, the Deputy Secretary of Chongqing Municipal Health Commission, and Hu Yufeng, the Deputy Director of the Disease Control Department of Chongqing Municipal Health Commission introduced the latest epidemic situation of Chongqing.
Xia Pei, the Deputy Secretary of Chongqing Municipal Health Commission
"After this period of hard work, the epidemic prevention work in Chongqing has won the initial victory. The restoration of economic and social order was accelerated. However, with lifting the lockdown in Wuhan, the risk of import cases continues to increase, bringing new challenges to Chongqing's epidemic prevention and control work. In the next step, we will continue to implement detailed prevention and control measures, achieve accurate prevention and control, and maintain a good situation in our city." Xia Pei said.
Hu Yufeng said that since the outbreak of the epidemic, Chongqing has attached great importance to the detection, reporting, and management of asymptomatic infection cases, and taken them as an essential source of infection for control.
The first is actively screening. In Chongqing, at least three tests of nucleic acid were carried out for the people who had close contacts with COVID-19 patients. At the same time, expand the scope of key personnel testing, including all the people from Wuhan and Hubei, as well as the supervision of places, mental hospitals, nursing homes, and other key places. all these people will accept nucleic acid tests. "The five imported asymptomatic infection cases reported today were found through this effective screening method." Hu Yufeng said.
The medical worker is conducting a nucleic acid test. (Photo by Liu Li)
The second is strict reporting. Health institutions are required to report asymptomatic infection cases within 2 hours of detection; The disease control agency within the jurisdiction shall immediately carry out an epidemiological investigation and close contact tracking management, and complete the epidemiological investigation within 24 hours. The regional CDC should immediately carry out an epidemiological investigation and close contact tracking management and complete the epidemiological investigation within 24 hours.
The third is strict quarantine management. Asymptomatic infected persons are under strict quarantine medical observation. Asymptomatic infected persons must receive 14 days of intensive quarantine medical observation in designated medical institutions. After 14 days of full quarantine medical observation with no symptoms and at least two negative nucleic acid tests, the intensive quarantine can be removed and transferred to the local centralized isolation point for another 14 days of medical observation. All close contacts of asymptomatic infected persons were followed up and registered in time as required.
Doctors are checking the test result. (Photo by Li Bin)
The fourth aspect was an early intervention. CT screening and blood routine testing were performed on all asymptomatic patients to ensure the early detection of potential cases. For all asymptomatic infected patients in designated medical institutions during the implementation of quarantine observation, they were received active Chinese medicine treatment and nutritional support in advance.
Hu Yufeng said that through the above four measures, we identified the potential source of infection in advance, and carried out strict management, to control the spread of the epidemic.