Gansu Baiyin: This epidemic involves three transmission chains. What are the characteristics of this epidemic?

On July 16, 2022, Baiyin City, Gansu Province held a press conference to report on the work related to the epidemic. There were 6 new asymptomatic infections in Baiyin City on July 14, 2022, one new asymptomatic infection on July 15, and one new confirmed case. Baiyin City stated that the new infections discovered were all found among centralized control personnel or key groups. Currently, there are 13 positive cases of new coronavirus infection in Baiyin City, and three cases were found among people who returned to Baiyin City from Lanzhou. , and 10 cases were detected among personnel under centralized control.

Experts say that this epidemic involves three transmission chains. The first transmission chain is the first confirmed case, and now lives in the Jiuzhou area of ??Lanzhou City. The first infected person returned from Lanzhou to a village in Huining County on July 8, 2022, causing a cluster of infections. The infected people all belonged to their relatives. The first infected person infected Yang who was eating at the same table during this process, and Yang further infected his relatives living together. The second chain of transmission in Baiyin City is Zhang, who now lives in Chengguan District of Lanzhou City.

Zhang returned to a community in Huining County from Lanzhou on July 8, 2012. In the process, he infected 5 relatives who lived and dined with him. The third chain of transmission in Baiyin City is Ye, who currently works in a restaurant in Lanzhou City and returned to a community in Baiyin City on July 12, 2022. Most of the current epidemics are cluster infections caused by people returning from Lanzhou. The movement of people is inevitable, but epidemic prevention and control work still cannot be neglected and we must be more vigilant.

The epidemic has brought a lot of inconvenience to people's lives. Many people have chosen to lie down, but they cannot cause trouble to others because of their personal behavior. When eating, people should try to keep a certain distance from others and not be careless. It will be discovered that one of the infected persons is a restaurant worker. There are many challenges and uncertainties in the fight against the epidemic in Baiyin City, Gansu Province. Although people will travel more or less for work reasons, for epidemic prevention and control, people must put safety first.