Aggregate outbreak in Anhui

Hefei, January 27 news (reporter Xu Peng) January 27 at 10 a.m., Anhui Province held the second new coronavirus infection of pneumonia prevention and control of the work of the press conference. The second press conference was held at 10:00 a.m. on Jan. 27, 2020. 10 cases. Among them: 3 cases in Wuhu, 3 cases in Anqing, 2 cases in Bengbu, 1 case in Suizhou, and 1 case in Huainan. There were 36 new suspected cases, including: 9 in Fuyang, 7 in Hefei, 3 in Maanshan, 2 in Tongling, 3 in Suizhou, 3 in Wuhu, 2 in Bozhou, 4 in Lu’an, 1 in Bengbu, 1 in Huangshan, and 1 in Chuzhou. All cases are in stable condition and have been treated in designated hospitals. As of 24:00 on January 26, the province reported a total of 70 confirmed cases of new coronavirus infection pneumonia. Among them: 13 cases in Hefei, 10 cases in Fuyang, 8 cases in Anqing, 7 cases in Maanshan, 6 cases in Bozhou, 6 cases in Wuhu, 3 cases in Lu’an, 3 cases in Tongling, 3 cases in Suizhou, 3 cases in Bengbu, 2 cases in Chuzhou, 2 cases in Huainan, 1 case in Xuancheng, 1 case in Huabei, 1 case in Chizhou, 1 case in Huangshan. At present, 1521 close contacts have been traced and are under medical observation. Dong Mingpei, deputy director of the Anhui Provincial Health Commission, said that according to expert research, the recent Spring Festival, the frequent movement of people, the epidemic in Anhui Province will continue to show an upward trend. The risk of local transmission is high, and the prevention and control of the epidemic is at a critical stage of “external prevention of import and internal prevention of spread”. Content source: CCTV “Anhui Provincial Health Commission: there is a high risk of local transmission of the aggregated epidemic situation”.