137 new cases of asymptomatic swabs to detect infections in Kashgar

137 new cases of asymptomatic swabs to detect infections in Kashgar

Chengdu Commercial Daily Red Star News
Kashgar added 137 asymptomatic swabs to detect infections! Expert: The epidemic may be related to the drop in local temperature

On the evening of October 25, the Press Office of the People’s Government of Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region held a press conference on the Kashgar epidemic. It was notified at the meeting that on October 24, Shufu County, Kashgar Prefecture, reported a case of asymptomatic infection of new crown virus pneumonia. The infected person has been in Shufu County and has no history of living in other places. The infected person has no confirmed cases, Verdachtsfälle, and fever patients within 16 days before the positive test.

After the patient was diagnosed as an asymptomatic infection on the 24th, the disease control department conducted nucleic acid tests on a total of 831 people in the garment factory where he worked, and the results were all negative; Jedoch, 16 of them were When 406 close contacts and close contacts of close contacts were tested for nucleic acid, 137 of them tested positive, and they were all related to the asymptomatic infection confirmed on the 24th.

Why did 137 cases of asymptomatic infections of new coronary pneumonia surge in Kashgar, Xinjiang overnight? Regarding this issue, Yang Gonghuan, former deputy director of the Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention and expert in public health and epidemiology, explained to Red Star News. Yang Gonghuan said that because the specific situation of the current flow is still unclear, the specific reason cannot be determined yet. But Yang Gonghuan pointed out that the epidemic is related to the coming of winter and the temperature drop.

Sporadic cases

The public need not panic too much

“Although the swab test confirmed the case was notified for two consecutive days, it does not mean that the confirmed patient was infected only within these two days.” Yang Gonghuan told the Red Star News reporter, although an asymptomatic case of infection was notified on October 24, The number of asymptomatic infections increased to 137 the next day, but this part of the cases may have been infected when they were in contact with the first case in the early stage, and they were only detected during the epidemiological investigation of the first case.

The epidemic may be related to the falling temperature in winter

What caused this Kashgar epidemic? Yang Gonghuan said that because the specific situation of the current flow is still unclear, the specific reason cannot be determined yet. But Yang Gonghuan pointed out that the epidemic is related to the coming of winter and the temperature drop.

Yang Gonghuan explained that as the temperature drops, the activity of the new coronavirus will increase, which is also the law of disease occurrence. In Yang Gonghuan’s view, the Kashgar epidemic in Xinjiang is also related to the drop in local temperatures.

According to Tianshan.com, at present, Kashgar in Xinjiang has initiated a first-level emergency response, und 4 townships have been upgraded to high-risk areas. The Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region has also deployed more than 600 nucleic acid testers to provide emergency assistance to Kashgar. Kashgar is expected to be completed by October 27 Nucleic acid testing for all employees in the region

Regarding the next key points of prevention and control, Yang Gonghuan believes that it is necessary to find out whether there are still asymptomatic infections in the society as soon as possible, and to isolate the confirmed patients and close contacts. “As long as quarantine measures are in place, the epidemic in Kashgar will still be preventable and controllable.”

Red Star News reporter Zhao Qian, trainee reporter Yang Yuqi

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