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Chinese Vice Premier Sun Chunlan Sunday urged resolute measures to stem the spread of cluster cases of COVID-19 in Beijing. Sun made the remarks at a meeting of the State Council joint prevention and control mechanism against COVID-19. Noting that the new cluster cases in Beijing were all related to
Xinfadi, a wholesale farm produce market where a large number of people
gather and visit, Sun warned of the high risk of virus spreading and
asked for resolute response measures. Sun called for the "strictest epidemiological investigations" at and
around the market and "thorough source tracing" to identify and control
the source of infection. She stressed boosting nucleic acid testing capacity in Beijing to
cover all key areas and key population groups and expanding the scope of
testing to promptly discover infections and asymptomatic cases. Sun called on communities to strictly carry out epidemic prevention
and control measures, screen for confirmed cases, suspected cases,
febrile patients who might be carriers, and close contacts, and put them
under quarantine at designated facilities. More efforts should be made to establish and renovate fever clinics
at all medical institutions, she said, adding that disinfection and
sterilization will be carried out in farm produce markets, restaurants
and distribution places across the country. Noting that the task of regular prevention and control is still
arduous, Sun called for unremitting efforts to guard against imported
cases from abroad and prevent a resurgence of the outbreak at home.
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