
Shanghai Huating Hotel
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Authoritative release! The city announced the traceability results of recent local confirmed cases
( 2022-03-11)
The Office of the Municipal Leading Group for the Prevention and Control of the New Coronary Pneumonia Epidemic issued a message: According to the epidemiological investigation, gene sequencing comparison and the comprehensive analysis of the expert group: the recent epidemic situation in Songjiang, Jiading, Minhang, Huangpu, Xuhui, Baoshan, Pudong New Area and other districts in our city There is a clear epidemiological correlation between the two cases, and the virus gene sequencing shows a high degree of homology. The source of infection is focused on: the virus carried by imported cases from abroad contaminates the environment, and the management omission causes local infection and leads to transmission.
Source: Published in Shanghai
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Shanghai release: Huating Hotel management omissions led to a widespread outbreak of the epidemic
Qu Yixian 2022-03-11 19:10
Economic Observer.com reporter Qu Yixian and Ding Wenting on March 11, in response to the recent large-scale outbreak of new coronary pneumonia in Shanghai, Shanghai released an official account saying: There are management omissions at No. 1200 Caoxi North Road (Huating Hotel) in the medium-risk area.
The current round of the epidemic in Shanghai began on March 1 and gradually spread. As of 24:00 on March 10, Shanghai had 34 local confirmed cases in hospital, and 548 asymptomatic infections were still under medical observation.
On March 11, Shanghai announced the traceability results of recent local confirmed cases. According to epidemiological investigation, gene sequencing comparison and comprehensive analysis by the expert group, there are clear epidemiological associations in the recent epidemics in Songjiang, Jiading, Minhang, Huangpu, Xuhui, Baoshan, Pudong New Area and other districts in Shanghai. It shows a high degree of homology, and the source of infection is focused on: the virus carried by imported cases from abroad contaminates the environment, and local infection and transmission are caused due to management omissions.
The Economic Observation Network combed the information released by Shanghai. From March 6th to 10th, there were more than 10 local confirmed cases and local asymptomatic infections living at No. 1200 Caoxi North Road (Huating Hotel).
Previously, it was reported on the Internet that inbound personnel were quarantined in Huating Hotel, and the internal ventilation system of Huating Hotel had a ventilation channel throughout the building, and asymptomatic infected people spread the virus through the ventilation channel.
According to the Economic Observation Network, on February 9 this year, Shanghai Huating Hotel issued a "Closing Announcement", announcing that it will officially close on February 16 and start a renovation plan. Just one day after the renovation started, Huating Hotel was requisitioned as a quarantine hotel.
A senior hotel practitioner told the Economic Observer.com that there are three types of hotel air conditioners: large-scale central air conditioners, sub-floor centralized air conditioners, and individual guest room air conditioners. Budget and mid-end hotels mostly use the latter two categories, large full-service hotels use the first category, and Huating Hotel also has a large central air conditioner.
A person close to Huating Hotel told Economic Observer that the air conditioner of Huating Hotel opened a big cycle.
An employee who was once requisitioned as a new crown isolation hotel told the Economic Observation Network that the situation of Huating Hotel was just right for use as an isolation hotel, because it was just about to be renovated, it was closed, and some employees were dismissed. In addition, the Shanghai government has clear requirements for quarantine hotels, which must be checked in advance.
The employee also said that regardless of whether the hotel is isolated or not, whether it is related to the flow adjustment trajectory, the relevant departments will now randomly check the sample environment of the hotel, especially in areas where the epidemic is tense, and the air-conditioning environment samples are within the sampling range.
On the afternoon of March 11, Shanghai also issued a notice of suspension of classes: starting from March 12, all primary and secondary schools in Shanghai will be adjusted to online teaching, kindergartens and nurseries will stop entering kindergartens, and various training institutions and nursery institutions will not be allowed to conduct offline teaching. Training and childcare services. Subsequent arrangements will vary depending on the situation of the epidemic.
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Shanghai identifies the source of this round of epidemic: imported cases from abroad, management omissions in Huating Hotel
2022-03-11 20:02
Many communities, office buildings, schools, hospitals, etc. have been temporarily closed. From the 12th, online classes in Shanghai will not be closed.
Text | Caijing reporter Wang Jingyi and Li Xiyin
After dozens of new infections were added for several consecutive days, the source of the current round of epidemic in Shanghai was clarified.
On March 11, the Office of the Leading Group for the Prevention and Control of the New Coronary Pneumonia Epidemic in Shanghai announced that there was a clear epidemiological correlation between the epidemics in multiple districts. The virus gene sequencing showed a high degree of homology, and the source of infection focused on: virus contamination carried by imported cases abroad. environment, due to management omissions causing indigenous infection and leading to transmission.
The Shanghai announcement further clarified that it was caused by management omissions at No. 1200 Caoxi North Road (Huating Hotel) in the medium-risk area.
Huating Hotel is an old-fashioned five-star hotel located in Xuhui District, Shanghai. It was originally announced that it will officially close on February 16, 2022 and start a renovation plan. It will be used for the isolation of overseas arrivals.
As one of China's largest foreign ports, Shanghai has undertaken about 40% of the country's inbound international and Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan flights during the COVID-19 outbreak. The data provided by the flight steward to Caijing reporters shows that in 2021, Shanghai will undertake a total of 14,137 international flights, Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan flights, and the total number of inbound flights nationwide will be 39,676, with Shanghai alone accounting for 35.6%.
As the local epidemic spread in many districts in Shanghai, many communities, office buildings, schools, hospitals, etc. were temporarily closed.
"In the morning and evening, there are fewer people on the subway." Mr. Zhao, who lives in Pudong New Area and travels to and from Jing'an District, told Caijing reporters that he did not know if it was because many companies worked from home, and the flow of people during commuting time felt much less. Even got a seat. On the subway, if someone coughs, he will cover his mouth and nose, and others will turn slightly sideways.
After Shanghai released the traceability results of local confirmed cases, Ms. Bi, who works in Yangpu, told Caijing reporters that considering so many international inbound passengers and inbound goods every day, Shanghai has performed very well.
Nearly 80% of overseas imports come from Hong Kong
According to the official website of the Shanghai Municipal Health Commission, as of 24:00 on March 10, 2022, a total of 612 imported confirmed cases were being treated in hospitals, of which 481 were from Hong Kong, China, accounting for nearly 80%.
The epidemic in Hong Kong, China has been fierce in the past two months. During the peak period from March 2 to 4, there were about 50,000 new positive nucleic acid test cases every day, and then dropped slightly, with 31,000 new cases added on March 10 - Hong Kong's population is about 7.5 million.
Ou Jiarong, chief doctor of the Infectious Diseases Division of the Hong Kong Center for Health Protection, said that the daily number of new cases dropped from 50,000 at the peak to 25,000 to 30,000. From the curve of new cases, the epidemic seems to have peaked and gradually declined. .
Shanghai and Hong Kong have always been closely linked by air routes.
According to the data provided by the flight manager to Caijing reporters, in the past week (March 4 to March 10), Shanghai accepted a total of 207 Hong Kong, Macau, Taiwan and international flights, of which 39 were from Hong Kong, China and 31 were from Macau, China. , 67 flights from Taiwan, China - 39 flights a week, which means that on average more than 5 flights from Hong Kong, China enter Shanghai every day.
Mind you, this has been reduced. On March 10, Shanghai issued a statement in response to citizens' concerns that flight information showed that flights from Shanghai and Hong Kong to Shanghai have been greatly reduced recently.
According to flight steward statistics, since February 2022, there have been 208 flights from Hong Kong International Airport to Shanghai Pudong Airport, with nearly 60,000 seats.
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Shanghai has established an investigation team and is conducting a special investigation on the centralized isolation point of Huating Hotel
( 2022-03-15)
At the press conference on the city's epidemic prevention and control work held this afternoon ( March 15 ), Gu Honghui, deputy secretary-general of the municipal government and director of the Office of the Municipal Leading Group for Epidemic Prevention and Control, introduced when answering a reporter's question that the management omission of the isolation point caused local problems. Infected and led to spread, the impact is huge, and the lessons are profound. We should be reminded that we must earnestly learn lessons, draw inferences from one case to another, and strictly implement the closed-loop management of staff in high-risk positions such as isolation points.
For those who fail to do their jobs, we will seriously hold them accountable in accordance with laws and regulations. At present, our city has established an investigation team and is conducting a special investigation on the centralized isolation point of Huating Hotel. We will announce the progress of the investigation in due course.
Source: Published by Shanghai
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