Will Shanghai impose a large-scale lockdown? Officials refute the rumor: This is not true!

At 17:00 on July 10, Shanghai held a press conference on the prevention and control of the new coronavirus pneumonia (the 224th session), inviting Zhao Dandan, deputy director of the Municipal Health Commission, Wang Hongwei, deputy mayor of Xuhui District, and Yuan Zhengan, a member of the expert group of the Municipal Epidemic Prevention and Control Leading Group, to introduce the latest situation of Shanghai's epidemic prevention and control. Yin Xin, the spokesperson of the Municipal Government, presided over the press conference.

The virus of a social infection case reported on July 8 was the Omicron BA.5.2.1 variant

Zhao Dandan, deputy director of the Municipal Health Commission, said that one new local asymptomatic infection was reported in Shanghai today. The city and district emergency response mechanisms for epidemic prevention and control responded immediately, and carried out comprehensive epidemiological investigations, investigations of relevant personnel, sampling and testing, and prevention and control management, and implemented epidemic prevention measures such as terminal disinfection of relevant places and environments. The positive case has been transferred to a designated medical institution for isolated medical observation.

Infected person: male, 61 years old, living in Lane 1000, Huajing Road, Huajing Town, Xuhui District, diagnosed as asymptomatic. The person has received one dose of the new coronavirus vaccine.

As of 16:00 on July 10, a total of five close contacts of the confirmed case in Shanghai have been identified, all of whom have been put under isolation and are undergoing nucleic acid testing.

A total of 3 close contacts of close contacts have been identified, and they have been put under quarantine and are undergoing nucleic acid testing. A total of 2,385 related personnel have been screened, and they are undergoing nucleic acid testing. A total of 30 items and environmental samples from related places have been checked, and they are undergoing nucleic acid testing.

According to the current epidemic situation in the city and the relevant provisions of the ninth edition of the "New Coronavirus Pneumonia Prevention and Control Plan", the Office of the Municipal New Coronavirus Pneumonia Prevention and Control Leading Group has decided to list Lane 1000, Huajing Road, Huajing Town, Xuhui District as a high-risk area, and other areas of Huajing Town as low-risk areas.

At the same time, in accordance with the requirements of the ninth edition of the national COVID-19 epidemic prevention and control plan, the Office of the Municipal COVID-19 Epidemic Prevention and Control Leading Group has decided that from 0:00 on July 11, 2022, the control of Asakusa 37 Degrees 1 Skin Management Customization Center (Xintiandi Store), No. 391, Jianguo East Road, Dapuqiao Street, Huangpu District, and No. 35-36, Lane 927, Pangu Road, Yangxing Town, Baoshan District will be lifted. The risk level of other areas in Shanghai remains unchanged.

In addition, based on a comprehensive analysis of the results of epidemiological investigations and viral gene sequencing, a case of social infection reported in Pudong New Area on July 8 was infected with the Omicron BA.5.2.1 variant, and was an infection associated with entry from abroad.

This afternoon, Shanghai issued its first red high temperature alert this year. The weather has been hot and scorching in the near future. Please ask all streets, towns, villages, and units to provide services such as heatstroke prevention and cooling for staff and citizens. Please also actively cooperate and queue up in an orderly manner for nucleic acid testing to improve the efficiency of sampling work.

One new positive case in Xuhui District

The 14-day activity track involved Yunxi Restaurant, Neighborhood Youjia Fresh Supermarket, and Zhizuzudao

Wang Hongwei, deputy mayor of Xuhui District, introduced that Xuhui District reported one positive case of infection found in the community today. The relevant departments immediately launched the normalized emergency response mechanism for epidemic prevention and control, and comprehensively carried out related work such as epidemiological investigation, risk personnel screening, sampling and testing, isolation control and medical treatment.

The specific situation is as follows: The positive case is a 61-year-old male living in Lane 1000, Huajing Road, Huajing Town, Xuhui District. An abnormality was found in the community nucleic acid screening, and the disease control department confirmed it as positive and diagnosed it as an asymptomatic case. At present, the positive case has been transferred to a designated medical institution for isolated medical observation.

Epidemiological investigations showed that the positive infected person's activity trajectory in the previous 14 days, in addition to the residence, mainly involved Yunxi Restaurant at No. 1 Jianhua Road, Xuhui District, Neighbor Youjia Fresh Supermarket at No. 155-157 Jianhua Road, and Zhizuzudao at No. 490 Changhua Road.

Control has been implemented on the people involved in the positive infection, and prevention and control measures such as closed management and environmental terminal disinfection have been implemented in the relevant risk areas and places.

The community where the positive infected person lives has 34 residential buildings, 1,437 households and a total population of 2,385. During the closed management of the community, various prevention and control measures will be strictly implemented and service guarantee work will be done well.

1. Strengthening the support of forces. The relevant departments have selected 5 local cadres, led by the responsible leaders, and established a prevention and control working group with the neighborhood committee. They have sorted out 24 specific measures in seven aspects, including regional control, corridor control, nucleic acid testing, livelihood protection, cleaning and disinfection, transfer of all those who should be transferred, and logistics support, and clarified the responsibilities of the corresponding special teams and functional departments.

2. Implement closed management. In accordance with the ninth edition of the national prevention and control plan, control measures will be taken in high-risk areas, and "stay at home and provide door-to-door services" will be strictly implemented. Organize nucleic acid screening, material transfer, gate management, community inspections and other work. Arrange professional disinfection teams to regularly disinfect public areas in the community.

3. Strengthen service guarantee. A team consisting of government officials, social workers, property management, and community volunteers will be formed to carry out services such as life guarantee, medical treatment and drug dispensing. Point-to-point services will be implemented for the existing 16 third-year junior high school students, 70 elderly people living alone, 3 pregnant women, 2 hemodialysis patients, and 17 other people with serious illnesses in the community; special vehicles will be provided on standby 24 hours a day, and medical needs will be properly handled in cooperation with community hospitals; the District Education Bureau will work with the District Health Commission and the street to implement various guarantee services such as nucleic acid screening and transfer of students to the examination.

In recent days, there are 40 to 50 new infections every day. Although most of them were discovered during control, the prevention and control situation still seems very serious. What is the current situation of this wave of epidemic? Is it controllable? Can you analyze it?

Yuan Zhengan, a member of the expert group of the city's epidemic prevention and control leading group, said that from July 3 to July 9, Shanghai has reported more than 200 local positive cases, most of which are related to the epidemic at KTV No. 148, Lanxi Road, Putuo District. Because KTVs, bars and other places are closed and people gather together in the same environment, the epidemic spreads rapidly in a short period of time.

The Municipal Center for Disease Control and Prevention conducted viral gene sequencing on the relevant infected persons that had been discovered, and the results were all the Omicron BA.2.2 variant, which was highly homologous. Preliminary analysis showed that it was an outbreak of the same transmission chain.

Although the infected people discovered so far are basically found among close contacts under control, the number of infected people is large and they have the characteristics of common exposure. They involve a wide range and many social activities. There is a risk of hidden community transmission. The epidemic situation is severe and complicated. We are currently in a critical period of epidemic prevention and control.

In the early stage, the prevention and control offices at the municipal and district levels have strengthened linkage and coordination, adhered to the coordination of "three public (industry) and one big" (i.e. public health, public security, industry and information technology, big data and other departments) and the "2+4+24" work requirements to carry out emergency response. Please actively cooperate with the flow survey and emergency response work, and at the same time do a good job of personal self-protection, wear masks scientifically, maintain social distance, pay attention to personal hygiene, implement regular nucleic acid testing, actively scan venue codes, and get vaccinated as soon as possible. If you have symptoms such as fever and cough, please go to the nearest fever clinic in time.

The BA.5 variant has appeared in Shanghai. Are wearing masks and getting vaccinated still useful?

Yuan Zhengan, a member of the expert group of the city's epidemic prevention and control leading group, said that the main way of transmission of the Omicron BA.5 variant is still droplet transmission, so citizens must still remember the "three-piece set of epidemic prevention" (wearing masks, social distance, and personal hygiene) and "five more protections" (still wearing masks, still keeping social distance, still covering coughs and sneezes, still washing hands frequently, and still opening windows as much as possible). Among them, wearing qualified masks in a standardized manner is still one of the most effective prevention and control measures.

At the same time, research data from home and abroad show that the BA.5 variant spreads faster and has a better ability to escape immunity, but overall, there is no significant difference in the risk of critical illness and mortality compared with the previously prevalent Omicron variant BA.2. The results also show that vaccination can still effectively prevent critical illness and death after BA.5 infection.

As the recent epidemic is still progressing, please do not gather or crowd together. Be sure to take personal protection when going out and actively cooperate with epidemic prevention requirements such as temperature measurement, code verification, and code scanning.

Will Shanghai impose large-scale lockdown and launch a “hundred-day action” next week?

This evening, a netizen left a message in the comment section of the WeChat account "Shanghai Release": Is the news of large-scale lockdown next Tuesday true?

In response, Shanghai issued a response: From next Tuesday to Thursday (July 12 to 14), nucleic acid screening will be carried out for all residents in Huangpu District, Xuhui District, Changning District, Jing'an District, Putuo District, Hongkou District, Yangpu District, Minhang District, Baoshan District, and streets (towns) with positive infection tracks in other administrative districts. During the screening period, people in the above-mentioned areas can leave the community (unit, place) with a nucleic acid negative certificate within 48 hours or a nucleic acid sampling certificate within 24 hours.

Some netizens also asked: Are the rumors circulating in the circle of friends that there will be gradual lockdowns next week and the "Hundred Days Operation" true?

In response to this, Shanghai issued a statement: After consulting the Municipal Prevention and Control Office, there is no so-called "100-day action".

Source: Science Popularization China WeChat Official Account