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East China's Anhui Province announced on Wednesday it was entering
"wartime mode" after one COVID-19 case related to Shanghai was reported
on Tuesday. The province has emphasized prevention measures as well as
epidemiological surveys related to the case. The patient is a close contact of the case reported in Pudong New Area, Shanghai, on Monday. Under
the guidance of provincial and municipal health experts, 15 branch
investigation teams have carried out a comprehensive epidemiological
investigation. Close contacts of the patient, surnamed Lan, were
identified through tracing of the bus related to the case and its
movements. There had been no COVID-19 cases reported in Anhui for
257 days until the case discovered in Yingshang county, Fuyang city.
The province Party chief Li Jinbing rushed to Fuyang to inspect local
prevention measures, Capitalnews, a public WeChat account affiliated to
the Beijing Daily reported on Wednesday. As of 11 am on Tuesday,
34 close contacts had been identified, of whom 17 local contacts had all
been quarantined, with all nucleic acid testing results coming back
negative. Another 17 close contacts are in other locations, and the
local government has sent letters of assistance there. The four
communities related to the confirmed case and his close contacts are now
under closed management and centralized quarantine, and 10 sampling
points have been set up to conduct nucleic acid testing for all
residents. As of 3:30 pm on Tuesday, 3,910 nucleic acid samples had been
collected and sent for examination. Nucleic acid tests have been
carried out at the local People's Hospital on 2,717 medical staff,
inpatients and caregivers on Tuesday night, and the samples have been
sent for examination.
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