What does imported cases mean? In which cities have imported cases appeared?

With the outbreak of the epidemic around the world, and the fact that citizens from South Korea, Japan, and Italy have all flown to China, the Chinese people have panicked, fearing that the epidemic will infect other cities in China. After all, the epidemic in China has been gradually brought under control, and many provinces are planning to resume work. At present, imported cases have appeared in many places. If you don't know what imported cases mean, you can take a look at the introduction provided by this site.

What does imported cases mean?

What we know now is that in this epidemic, the infected patients in other areas except Wuhan were all caused by imported new coronavirus.

Let me give you some real-time examples here to let you know about confirmed cases imported from abroad.

①On February 29, Beijing Municipal Center for Disease Control and Prevention reported 2 new confirmed cases of COVID-19, both of whom were confirmed cases of the novel coronavirus entering the country from Iran, and both had close contact with Ding Moumou, a confirmed case in Ningxia on the 26th.

②On March 1, Zhejiang reported one new confirmed imported case from Italy.

③On March 1, Shenzhen reported one new confirmed case, an imported case from the UK via Hong Kong.

The COVID-19 outbreak has begun to appear and spread in many countries. The epidemic prevention and control situation in neighboring South Korea and Japan is not optimistic either.

Although the spread of the epidemic in our country has been initially curbed, the situation of epidemic prevention and control remains very serious. We must not take it lightly and let the efforts of all frontline workers go to waste.

In which cities have imported cases appeared?

1. Zhejiang

According to the Zhejiang Provincial Health Commission, from 0:00 to 24:00 on March 1, 2020, there were no new confirmed cases of novel coronavirus pneumonia in Zhejiang Province, and 23 new cases were discharged from hospital. As of 24:00 on March 1, Zhejiang Province has reported a total of 1,205 confirmed cases of novel coronavirus pneumonia, 10 severe cases (including 4 critical cases), 1 death, and 1,050 discharged. From 0:00 to 24:00 on March 1, 2020, there was 1 new confirmed imported case from abroad (Italy).

2. Beijing Ningxia

On the afternoon of the 29th, at the Beijing New Coronavirus Pneumonia Prevention and Control Work Press Conference, Pang Xinghuo, deputy director of the Beijing Center for Disease Control and Prevention, introduced the relevant situation of two imported cases of new coronavirus pneumonia. On February 29, Beijing reported two confirmed cases of new coronavirus pneumonia entering from Iran. Both were close contacts of Ding Moumou, a confirmed case in Ningxia on February 26, during his stay in Iran.

3. Shenzhen

In the early morning of March 1, the Shenzhen Municipal Health Commission reported a confirmed case of imported COVID-19.

After receiving the report from Zhongda Hospital No. 8, Shenzhen Futian District Center for Disease Control and Prevention immediately carried out epidemiological investigation, sampling of close contacts, terminal disinfection and other work. So far, a total of 93 close contacts have been identified. According to preliminary information, the patient has no history of travel to Hubei, and two colleagues at the workplace in the UK have developed symptoms of cough and fever.

4. Lishui

The patient, Wang, female, 31 years old, is a Chinese overseas in Italy. She returned to China on February 28 and her domestic household registration is in Ounan Street, Qingtian County. On February 16, she developed symptoms such as cough, headache, and diarrhea and took medicine on her own. On the evening of the 26th, she departed from Milan, Italy (SU2415H flight seat number 17C), transferred via Moscow (SU206H flight seat number 22F), and arrived at Shanghai Pudong Airport at 22:00 on the 27th. Then she arrived in Qingtian County at 8:00 am on the 28th by charter car, and was immediately sent directly to the centralized isolation medical observation point in Qingtian County for medical observation. On March 1, the new coronavirus nucleic acid test was positive, and she is currently isolated and treated at Qingtian County People's Hospital.

Some netizens said that all parts of the country should prevent the import of foreign cases, and should not be careless and guard the national borders. Those entering the country should be automatically quarantined at home for 14 days after obtaining a visa, and they must have a health certificate before entering the country, and they must be quarantined for another 14 days after entering the country!

Do foreigners need to be quarantined when they come to China?

Of course you have to be quarantined. Not to mention you are a foreigner, now no matter who you are, as long as you go from one place to another, it is best to quarantine yourself for 14 days. Many provinces and cities have already clearly required that people from other places must be quarantined for 14 days after arriving in the local area. Foreigners coming to China are no exception.

We all know that the incubation period of the new coronavirus is within 14 days, so everyone sets the quarantine period at 14 days. If there are no abnormal symptoms after 14 days of quarantine, it means that you are not infected with the new coronavirus, and you can go out normally after 14 days.

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South Korea's Central Epidemic Prevention Headquarters reported on the 2nd that as of 0:00 on the 2nd, South Korea had 476 new confirmed cases of COVID-19 compared to 4:00 p.m. on the 1st, bringing the total number of confirmed cases to 4,212. After the number of confirmed cases exceeded 3,000 on the 29th of last month, the number of confirmed cases of COVID-19 in South Korea exceeded 4,000 on the 2nd.