Six questions about Hebei epidemic situation

Who is “Patient No.1” in Hebei? Where does the source of infection come from? Why are dozens of cases added in just a few days? Do wedding banquets and village collective activities lead to clustered epidemics? There is still no definite answer.

On January 2, 2021, a 61-year-old villager in Xiaoguozhuang Village, Gaocheng District, Shijiazhuang City was diagnosed with COVID-19.

On January 3, 2021, there were 4 new confirmed cases of COVID-19 and 13 asymptomatic infected cases in Hebei Province.

On the same day, Shijiazhuang declared a state of war. On January 4th, 2021, there were 14 new cases confirmed by COVID-19 in Hebei Province (11 cases in Shijiazhuang and 3 cases in Xingtai, among which 2 cases were diagnosed as asymptomatic infections in 3 days. ), 30 cases of asymptomatic infection. (The situation of asymptomatic infected persons has not been announced)

As of the early morning of January 6, 2021, there were 19 confirmed cases and 41 asymptomatic infected cases in Hebei. The son of the confirmed case on January 2 revealed in an interview with the Health Times that “so far, the mother does not know how to be infected.”

Lu Fei, director of Shijiazhuang Center for Disease Control and Prevention, said at the press conference that the throat swab samples of the first confirmed case had been collected and sent to China CDC for whole gene sequencing.

However, who is “Patient No.1” has not yet been announced.

On the evening of January 5, Feng Zijian, deputy director of China CDC, said in “News 1+1” that it was found that the virus in Hebei epidemic was still imported from abroad and probably imported from Europe. The virus transmitted in Shijiazhuang is highly homologous to Nangong in Xingtai, and the cases in Nangong are related to Shijiazhuang epidemiology, which may be caused by the same virus transmission.

Lu Fei, director of Shijiazhuang Center for Disease Control and Prevention, said in a press release that the traceability work should be further strengthened, and at the same time, relevant departments should be United to make use of technical means to try to trace and determine the source of infection as soon as possible.

According to the published information, it is still uncertain where the source of infection comes from.