Mainland China reported 949 new local cases (including confirmed and asymptomatic infections) on the 14th. Typhoon Meihua landed in Shanghai yesterday, and many normal nucleic acid testing sites were closed. A large number of people lined up in heavy rain to do nucleic acid testing, and public grievances were boiling. The official website of the National Health Commission of China announced this morning that from 0:00 to 24:00 on the 14th, 31 provinces (autonomous regions and municipalities) and the Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps reported a total of 1,083 new cases (including confirmed and asymptomatic infections), of which 949 were local. 134 cases were imported from abroad.
Among them, 126 new local confirmed cases, mainly including 84 cases in Sichuan, 9 cases in Tibet, 7 cases in Inner Mongolia, 5 cases in Guangdong, 5 cases each in Guangxi and Guizhou, and 2 cases in Beijing. There were 823 local asymptomatic infections, mainly 302 in Guizhou, 159 in Sichuan, 101 in Tibet, and 55 in Guangxi.
Due to the typhoon “Plum Blossom”, Shanghai yesterday announced the cancellation of flights at Pudong Airport and Hongqiao Airport, the suspension of subway elevated ground lines, and the closure of many other normal nucleic acid testing points.
However, the anti-epidemic clearance is paramount. People in Shanghai need 72 hours of negative certificates to travel. Therefore, a large number of people transferred to a few open testing points and hospitals, waiting in long queues in the rain, detonating public grievances.
A large number of netizens posted on Chinese social media, some people said that Shanghai people braved the heavy rain to make nucleic acid, in order to catch the subway the next day, this scene is too tragic, most nucleic acid points have been closed, and only a few large queues are left. Long dragon.
Some netizens said that many normalized places have stopped testing, and in a few open places, people lined up on the road for several kilometers, facing the typhoon and heavy rain to squeeze each other for their lives. This kind of ignorant and ignorant approach does not know whether it is for the common people or for the official hat.”
In other areas, Chengdu was previously closed for epidemic prevention and control. Due to the easing of the epidemic, it was announced that from 12:00 today, normal production and living order will be gradually and orderly restored.
Beijing added 2 local confirmed cases on the 14th, and the total number of cases has increased to 114, mainly due to cluster infections on campus.
In Hong Kong, 7,579 new cases were announced on the 14th, of which 7,418 were local infections, and 10 new patients died. The Hong Kong Centre for Health Protection said that the number of confirmed cases has stabilized slightly in recent days, but the test only reflects the figures 2 or 3 days ago. It is necessary to observe whether there will be a rebound following the Mid-Autumn Festival holiday.
Macau announced on the 14th that 5 new cases of immigrant asymptomatic infections had entered Hong Kong, bringing the total to 793 confirmed cases and 1,582 asymptomatic infections.
(Editor-in-Chief: Zhuang Yanyu)