On the afternoon of Nov 28, Guangzhou held a COVID-19 prevention and control press conference to brief the latest epidemic situation in the city.

On Nov 27, Guangzhou reported 7,365 locally acquired COVID-19 cases, among which 94 were found in communities. Meanwhile, 5,351 people were discharged from makeshift hospitals, bringing the total number of people discharged to 23,398 since the recent outbreak began.  

Zhang Yi, deputy director general and spokesperson of the Guangzhou Health Commission, stated that Haizhu district reported 6,920 new infections, and Jinzili Area has become another high transmission risk area. Haizhu district is still facing a challenging and complex situation.

Residents of Junjing Garden in Tianhe undergo nucleic acid tests on Nov 26. [Photo/Guangzhou Daily]

Huang Kaixuan, member of the Standing Committee of the CPC Tianhe District Committee and executive deputy head of Tianhe district, announced that the epidemic situation in Tianhe district is severe and complex due to infections both in community clusters and in multiple individual places. At present, Tianhe district is pooling resources to tackle the cluster outbreaks in two key areas -- Yuancun subdistrict and Changxing subdistrict, and firmly curbing the epidemic in Zhuji subdistrict and Tangxia subdistrict. Tianhe district is moving fast to discover risk areas and arrange a task team for each case.

Currently, local government is performing infection tracing, personnel management, PCR tests, and epidemiological investigation in order to effectively eliminate individual cases in Chebei subdistrict and Tianyuan subdistrict.

Huang also stated that Tianhe district guarantees supply of daily essentials through multiple channels, with a total of 2,746.8 metric tons of goods in stock. The price of meat and vegetables in the district remains stable with sufficient stock. Online teaching has been organized in a well-paced manner for 175,000 primary and secondary school students, and closed-off management is implemented on campus for over 4,000 senior high school students, with an aim to guarantee learning despite suspension of classes. A 24-hour medical service hotline was opened and has successfully handled all of its 3,909 epidemic related work orders.