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Yesterday the Wuhan Municipal Health Commission announced 5 new COVID-19 cases, raising concerns of a resurgence of the virus at the original epicenter of the pandemic. Overnight, the State Council ordered Wuhan City to `make every effort' to control this outbreak.
The contact group of the joint prevention and control mechanism of the State Council supervised and guided the epidemic prevention and control work in Wuhan
Release time: 2020-05-12 08:45
Source: Hubei Daily
In response to the clustering outbreak of the new coronary pneumonia community in Wuhan on May 9 and 10, the State Council Joint Prevention and Control Mechanism Liaison Group went to Sanmin Community in Dongxihu District of Wuhan City, China Resources Oak Bay Community in Wuchang District, Evergrande Capital Community and surrounding markets. On-site investigation and inspection, supervision and guidance of the implementation of prevention and control measures.
The liaison group emphasized that Hubei Province and Wuhan City must always tighten the string of epidemic prevention and control, conscientiously implement the important instructions of General Secretary Jin Ping and the spirit of the meeting of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the Central Committee, implement the normalization measures for epidemic prevention and control, and make every effort All work must be done to consolidate the results of epidemic prevention and control.
The Liaison Group requested that the source of infection be identified, the scope of regional nucleic acid detection should be expanded, the transmission route should be cut off, and the spread of the epidemic should be strictly prevented. For the weak links in the exposed community prevention and control, we should improve prevention and control measures in a targeted manner, earnestly grasp the work, and carefully grasp the ground, and we must not take it lightly, and must not be paralyzed and relaxed. It is necessary to meticulously organize medical treatment of diagnosed patients in accordance with the principle of "four centralizations" and ensure the safety of the people's lives. (Yan Shaowei)
This morning, official Chinese media are reporting that Wuhan officials have been ordered to draw up plans to test what appears to be their entire population (10+ million) over a 10 day period.
This would be a monumental task by any standard, but we've seen China pull out all of the stops before in order to stop transmission of this virus.First this (translated) report from Beijing News.
Wuhan will carry out a "ten-day battle" for nucleic acid screening of all employees
On May 11th, Wuhan issued an emergency notice requesting a "ten-day battle" for the screening of all new crown virus nucleic acids throughout the city.
Beijing News (Reporter Deng Qi) The Beijing News reporter learned on May 12 from the Wuhan New Crown Pneumonia Epidemic Prevention and Control Headquarters that on May 11, Wuhan issued an emergency notice requesting that all new staff members of the new crown virus be launched within the city. The "ten-day battle" for nucleic acid screening.
The notice requires that nucleic acid screening be conducted with each district as the main body, and the whole district is promoted. Each district is responsible for formulating specific implementation plans based on the population size of the jurisdiction, normalization of epidemic prevention and control requirements, and the reality of the district.
On the morning of the 12th, a reporter from the Beijing News called the mayor's hotline in Wuhan and the Wuhan New Coronary Pneumonia Epidemic Prevention and Control Headquarters to confirm that the content of the notice was true.
A staff member of the Wuhan Mayor's Hotline said that the notice was received on the morning of the same day, but the relevant regulations are being worked out in each district. Specific when to start nucleic acid testing, whether those who have already accepted nucleic acid testing will have to re-test this time, or wait for the detailed rules to be issued, suggest that the public pay attention to the official news release.
Relevant staff of Wuhan New Coronary Pneumonia Epidemic Prevention and Control Headquarters stated that the emergency notice was issued by the Wuhan Municipal New Coronary Pneumonia Epidemic Prevention and Control Command epidemic-related big data and epidemiological investigation team. Commission to take the lead.
According to the above notification requirements, the basic situation of the district, including the population base, the number of streets, the number of communities, etc., as well as the organization method and time schedule in the district plans must be clarified in the district plans. Before 12:00 noon on the day, feedback in the form of a red header. According to the time schedule, each district will make a nucleic acid screening plan for all staff in its jurisdiction within a 10-day period.
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An English language report from Channel News Asia confirms some of the details, although a `start date' has not been announced.
Wuhan to test entire population after new COVID-19 cluster: Report
WUHAN: Wuhan plans to conduct coronavirus tests on its entire population after new cases emerged for the first time in weeks in the cradle of the global pandemic, state media reported on Tuesday (May 12).
Officials had been ordered to submit by noon on Tuesday plans to administer nucleic acid tests on all residents in the city of 11 million people, according to an official notice carried by news outlets.(Continue. . . .)
Assuming they can pull this off, and that the tests are accurate, this could reveal a lot about the ongoing silent transmission of the virus in the community. But those are two formidable hurdles to overcome.
Stay tuned.
