CCTV News:Pay attention to epidemic prevention and control. On March 12th, 31 provinces (autonomous regions and municipalities directly under the Central Government) and Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps reported 1938 newly confirmed cases. Among them, there are 1807 local cases, involving 19 provinces. Among them, there were 1412 new local cases and 744 asymptomatic infections in Jilin Province on the 12th. Jilin Province held a press conference on the morning of the 13th to respond, and the number of infected people increased sharply. On the one hand, it reflected that Omicron mutant was concealed, highly contagious and spread quickly, which was difficult to find in the early stage and easy to form community transmission. On the other hand, it reflects that the expansion capacity of medical resources in some areas is insufficient, which leads to limited centralized treatment in a short period of time and inadequate emergency response mechanism.
Yesterday (March 13th) 0— At 24: 00, there were 4 confirmed cases in COVID-19 and 1 asymptomatic infected person in Yanbian Prefecture, Jilin Province.
Jilin City, Jilin Province will carry out the eighth round of nucleic acid testing in all counties (cities) and development zones today and tomorrow (March 14th and March 15th).
At present, three shelter hospitals have been put into use in Jilin City, and the fourth one is under construction. Yesterday, the reporter from the reception desk made a field visit to this shelter hospital under construction.
General Desk reporter Sun Jiande:This shelter hospital has a total of five floors, with a building area of 35,000 square meters and a total of 2,120 beds. It is equipped with a patient area, a medical channel, a doctor’s office area, a garbage disposal area and a sewage treatment area. At present, the construction progress has been completed about 80%.
Like the three shelter hospitals that have been put into use before, this shelter hospital is also dedicated to receiving isolation treatment for asymptomatic infected people. According to the construction party, the project has entered the final stage of bed installation, and the medical facilities will be further installed after completion. It is expected that it will be put into use on March 14.
Some treatment areas of Fangcang Hospital of Jilin Changchun International Convention and Exhibition Center were delivered yesterday and will be put into use in the near future.
The exhibition center 2— Hall 5 will be used as the treatment area for mild and asymptomatic infections in COVID-19, with more than 1,500 beds, which is ready for delivery. As the isolation point of the shelter, Halls 8 and 9 have more than 700 beds, which are currently under intense construction.