30 children under 10 years old in Putian tested positive for nucleic acid. How severe is the local epidemic situation?

From the 6 positive cases announced on the evening of September 10, there have now been more than 100 cases, involving three provinces and cities, Putian, Xiamen, and Quanzhou. The spread range is very wide, the transmission speed is very fast, and the incubation period is very long.

As the source of the epidemic, Xianyou Fengting in Fujian Province returned home from Singapore and was quarantined in Xiamen. At the same time, nine nucleic acid tests and one serum test were negative. We all don’t want the epidemic to happen, and we don’t want to see such a phenomenon happen while complying with the regulations.

Xianyou Fengting, Fujian Province has a large population, a large number of factories, high population density, and strong population mobility. We have also seen that the three regions involved in this epidemic all started from the cases in Putian. They have recently entered the school season, with a wide range of population movements and a lot of contact between people.

Besides, in rural areas, everyone’s awareness of epidemic prevention and control has become loose, and people basically don’t wear masks when going out. According to the cases in the past few days, most of the cases were transmitted through schools and factories with a large number of employees. In a fixed environment, the contact surface is wider and the possibilities are enhanced.

And the situation of 30 children under the age of 10 who are nucleic acid positive is also very serious, because children under the age of 12 have not been vaccinated against the new coronavirus, making it possible for the virus to spread on a large scale, and the children's resistance is also weak. There are also many interactions in schools, and we cannot control the development of the entire transmission chain.

Now we don’t know the overall situation of the epidemic, so don’t panic. All parts of Fujian Province are doing their best to curb the spread of the epidemic. We must start to pay attention to it and make epidemic prevention a routine in our daily lives, so that this awareness can be deeply rooted in the hearts of the people. The medical staff and all those who work silently have worked hard. Because the weather in Putian is still very hot at this time, it must be difficult for everyone to wear protective clothing; villagers in each village are also actively cooperating in nucleic acid testing and other tasks. I hope this epidemic will end soon and everyone will be well.