Hubei nCoV Cases Increase To 444

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Hubei,  has reported a total of 444 cases of pneumonia caused by new coronavirus infections.

No mention of the hundreds on suspect cases cited yesterday

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Original title: Hubei new pneumonia has been diagnosed in more than 400 cases

Xinhua News Agency, Wuhan, January 23rd. The prevention and control of the new pneumonia epidemic situation has now entered a severe fight. Hubei, the core area of epidemic prevention and control, has reported a total of 444 cases of pneumonia caused by new coronavirus infections. Wuhan, Ezhou, Huanggang and other places in the province have temporarily closed out-of-city passages.

According to the latest notified data of the Hubei Provincial Health and Health Committee, as of 24:00 on the 22nd, Hubei Province has reported a total of 444 cases of pneumonia caused by new coronavirus infection, 28 patients have been discharged from the hospital, and 17 have died. At present, 399 patients are still being treated in the hospital, of which 71 cases are critically ill and 24 cases are critically ill. They are all under isolation treatment at designated medical institutions.

At present, Hubei Province has established the Hubei Provincial New Coronavirus Infectious Pneumonia Epidemic Prevention and Control Headquarters, which is headed by the Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee and the governor, and has established a special class to coordinate and coordinate the work to effectively strengthen relevant epidemic prevention and control work. Beginning on the 23rd, Hubei officially established a routine press conference mechanism for new-type pneumonia epidemic prevention and control work, and held the first regular press conference.

Wuhan City issued a notice in the early morning of the 23rd, deciding to suspend the operation of Wuhan's city buses, subways, ferries, and long-distance passenger transportation from 10:00 on the same day. Since then, Ezhou, Huanggang, and other places next to Wuhan have also issued announcements to clarify that the city's railway station corridors are temporarily closed, and urban buses, long-distance passenger transport and other traffic are temporarily suspended.

 

Affected by the epidemic, Wuhan Tianhe Airport has cancelled more than 280 flights throughout the day, 13 passenger terminals in the city have been closed, and about 4,000 flights have been cancelled. Wuhan urban rail transit stations have closed all entrances and exits and ceased operations, and most of the bus services in the city have been cancelled. To this end, Wuhan's transportation department specially organizes freight vehicles to ensure the transportation of urban materials; establishes emergency convoys to meet the needs of one-way passenger evacuation.

At present, Wuhan's business and agricultural departments have jointly arranged 1.55 million kilograms of eggs, 5 million kilograms of vegetables, 1 million kilograms of fresh fish, 200 tons of halal beef and 6,000 pigs, and carried out the market through more than 300 "spring supply" supply outlets in the city. Orderly release to ensure that the main necessities of life are kept in stock during the Spring Festival and not out of stock.

On the basis of increasing the number of beds for epidemic prevention and control through 7 large general hospitals and hosting 7 small and medium-sized hospitals in the early stage, Wuhan has designated the first batch of 10 institutions to carry out the detection of pathogenic nucleic acids for the diagnosis of new pneumonia and urgently dispatch a large number of kits. It is expected that the maximum detectable sample per day will be increased from 200 to 2000, and 7 hospitals will be recruited at the same time, and all of its outpatients will be centralized as hot fever clinics, in order to cope with the current increasing trend of patients with fever.

In response to the current large demand for medical institutions such as goggles, N95 masks, surgical masks, protective clothing, medical equipment, reagents, drugs and other materials, Wuhan New Pneumonia Prevention and Control Headquarters issued a notice, which is clearly under the responsibility of Wuhan Charity Federation When accepting donations and general supplies, the Wuhan Red Cross is responsible for receiving special supplies such as medical consumables and protective supplies. Several hospitals have also issued announcements of accepting donations.

In addition, various industries such as transportation, public security, and electric power in Hubei Province have fully invested in the fight against the new pneumonia epidemic. State Grid Hubei Provincial Electric Power Co., Ltd. has tens of thousands of power supply employees to adhere to the front line of Baodian. Fang Min, the leader of the inspection team at the Customer Service Center of the State Grid Wuhan Huanghua District Power Supply Company, led the team members every day to conduct a 24-hour uninterrupted inspection of the power supply of the two hospitals in the jurisdiction. He said that in the face of epidemic prevention and control, we cannot retreat. "We must stand on the job, be united, and go all out to participate in this epidemic prevention and control campaign."