4 CNPC employees test positive for nucleic acid! 111 people attended the event together with those diagnosed in Jilin!

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4 CNPC employees test positive for nucleic acid! 111 people attended the same meetings as the confirmed cases reported by Jilin! On November 11, Beijing held a press conference during which it was announced that there were 6 new locally transmitted confirmed cases and 1 asymptomatic carrier. The FuLi Taoyuan C District in Xisanqi Subdistrict, Haidian District, has been reclassified as a medium-risk area. Including 1 confirmed case in Jilin Province, a total of 4 employees at China National Petroleum Corporation tested positive for nucleic acid; among them, one employee had family members who were diagnosed with the disease. The report indicates that this cluster of cases occurred within a family of five; the couple and their in-laws were diagnosed, while their daughter was an asymptomatic carrier. Pang Xinghuo, deputy director of the Beijing Center for Disease Control and Prevention and a member of the national expert group on COVID-19, reported that from 23:00 on November 10 to 11:00 on November 11, the city saw 6 new locally transmitted cases of COVID-19 and 1 asymptomatic infection case. Confirmed Case 1: Currently resides in Huamao City, Laiguangying Township, Chaoyang District; is an employee of China Kunlun Engineering Co., Ltd.; stayed at the Beijing Shengli Hotel and Tarim Hotel for accommodation and meetings from October 28 to November 10. Cough symptoms appeared on November 8. On November 10, a nucleic acid test was conducted as part of the screening for close contacts of confirmed cases reported in Jilin Province, and the result was positive. The patient was transferred to a designated hospital for isolation and treatment. Based on the patient’s epidemiological history, clinical manifestations, laboratory test results, and imaging findings, a confirmed case was diagnosed on the same day, with a clinical classification of mild type. Confirmed Case 2: An employee of Dalian Petrochemical Branch of China National Petroleum Corporation, who came to Beijing on October 28 for a meeting. From October 28 to November 10, he stayed at the Shengli Hotel and Tarim Hotel in Beijing while attending meetings. Symptoms such as dry eyes appeared on November 4. On November 10, a nucleic acid test was conducted as part of the screening for close contacts of confirmed cases reported in Jilin Province, and the result was positive. The patient was transferred to a designated hospital for isolation and treatment. Based on the patient’s epidemiological history, clinical symptoms, laboratory test results, and imaging findings, a confirmed case was diagnosed on the same day, with a clinical classification of mild type. Confirmed Case 3: Currently resides in Area C of Fortune Garden, Xisanqi Sub-district, Haidian District. He is an employee of Sinopec Lubricants Company (Taiyanggong) and is a close contact of a confirmed case reported in Jilin Province; he had work-related interactions with that person as well as shared meals with them. Symptoms such as fever appeared on November 5; a nucleic acid test was conducted on November 10 as a close contact, and the result was positive. The patient was transferred to a designated hospital for isolation and treatment. Based on the epidemiological history, clinical manifestations, laboratory tests, and imaging results, the patient was diagnosed as a confirmed case on November 11, with a clinical classification of mild type. Confirmed Case 4: Currently resides in Area C of Fortune Garden, Xisanqi Sub-district, Haidian District; he is the husband of Confirmed Case 3. Symptoms such as sore throat appeared on November 4, and the nucleic acid test came back positive on November 10; the patient was then transferred to a designated hospital for isolation and treatment. Based on the patient’s epidemiological history, clinical manifestations, laboratory test results, and imaging findings, a confirmed case was diagnosed on November 11, with the clinical classification being mild type. Confirmed Case 5: Currently resides in Area C of Fortune Garden, Xisanqi Sub-district, Haidian District; she is the mother-in-law of Confirmed Case 3. The nucleic acid test result on November 10 was positive, and the patient was transferred to a designated hospital for isolation and treatment. Based on the epidemiological history, clinical manifestations, laboratory tests, and imaging results, the patient was diagnosed as a confirmed case on November 11, with a clinical classification of mild type. Confirmed Case 6: Currently resides in Area C of Fortune Garden, Xisanqi Sub-district, Haidian District; he is the father-in-law of Confirmed Case 3. The nucleic acid test result on November 10 was positive, and the patient was transferred to a designated hospital for isolation and treatment. Based on the epidemiological history, clinical manifestations, laboratory tests, and imaging results, the patient was diagnosed as a confirmed case on November 11, with a clinical classification of mild type. Asymptomatic carrier: Currently residing in Area C of Fortune Garden, Xisanqi Sub-district, Haidian District; she is the daughter of the confirmed case No. 3. The nucleic acid test result on November 10 was positive, and the patient was transferred to a designated hospital for isolation and treatment. Based on the epidemiological history, clinical symptoms, laboratory tests, and imaging findings, the patient was diagnosed as an asymptomatic carrier on November 11. Another point that needs to be clarified is that at 23:45 on November 10, two confirmed cases diagnosed by experts from Ditan Hospital were recorded in the **Direct Reporting Network System for Infectious Diseases at 00:06 on November 11; in accordance with the **rules for reporting and statistics on infectious diseases, they were counted as confirmed cases for November 11. Pang Xinghuo reported that between 0:00 and 11:00 on November 11, 2021, 4 new locally transmitted confirmed cases were recorded in Area C of Fortune Garden, Xisanqi Sub-district in Haidian District; a total of 4 locally transmitted confirmed cases have been reported in the past 14 days. Based on the assessment by the Municipal Center for Disease Control and Prevention, and in accordance with the \"Beijing COVID-19 Epidemic Risk Classification Standards,\" District C of Fuli Taoyuan in Xisanqi Sub-district, Haidian District, has been designated as a medium-risk area effective immediately. To date, there are 3 medium-risk areas in Beijing: Hongfuyuan Community in Beiqijia Town, Changping District; Tian Tongbei Yuan Second Community in Tiantongyuan North Sub-district, Changping District; and Area C of Fortune Garden in Xisanqi Sub-district, Haidian District. All other areas in the city are low-risk areas. At the press conference, Liu Shengyao, deputy director of the Comprehensive Management Department of China National Petroleum Corporation, explained that on November 10, Jilin reported that the confirmed case had undergone two nucleic acid tests while in Beijing, on October 26 and November 6 respectively, with both test results coming back negative. Liu Shengyao, deputy director of the Comprehensive Management Department of China National Petroleum Corporation, reported that at 9 a.m. on November 10, the company received news that a employee from the Jilin branch of Kunlun Engineering Company had tested positive for COVID-19 on the 9th. This case was in close contact with three people located on floors 7 and 8 of Building B of CNPC; those three individuals were immediately transferred for isolation. The company activated its emergency plan for the building, identified key personnel, and conducted environmental sampling at 11 o’clock at 129 different locations. Disinfection of the environment was carried out after the sampling at 11:30. At 2 p.m., a nucleic acid test was performed on all employees in the Petroleum Building. At 6:45 p.m., it was reported that one of the three close contacts tested positive; as a result, the company immediately imposed a full lockdown on the office areas of the building, as well as on other offices such as those of the lubricant company. To date, including 1 confirmed case reported by Jilin, a total of 4 employees have tested positive for nucleic acid; among them, 1 employee and 4 family members living with them have been diagnosed. On November 10, Jilin reported that the confirmed case arrived in Beijing on October 20 and attended a QHSE audit meeting for the Refining and Chemicals Branch from November 2 to 5. Upon investigation, a total of 111 people attended the three meetings with them. During their stay in Beijing, the confirmed case underwent two nucleic acid tests on October 26 and November 6, with both tests yielding negative results ； On the 7th, the patient returned to Jilin by high-speed train (train G3649, car 4, seat 13F). A nucleic acid test was conducted before returning to work on the 9th, and the diagnosis was confirmed on the 10th. Upon receiving the report, CNPC immediately activated its emergency response plan and identified key personnel; environmental samples were collected at 129 locations at 11:00 ； Disinfection of the environment is carried out after sampling at 11:30 ； 14:00 Comprehensive nucleic acid testing for all staff at the Petroleum Building ； At 18:45, we received a notification from the Beijing Center for Disease Control and Prevention stating that one of the 3 close contacts tested positive for the virus. The company immediately sealed off the office areas in the building, as well as the offices of the lubricant company, the fuel oil company, and the Beijing branch of the lubricant company. At the same time, relevant personnel from the Beijing Municipal Health Commission and the disease control centers in Chaoyang District, Dongcheng District, and Haidian District arrived at various hotels and offices to provide guidance on carrying out prevention and control measures. To date, this includes 1 confirmed case in Jilin, 4 employees who tested positive for nucleic acid, and 4 family members living with one of those employees who have been diagnosed. At present, CNPC has established a pandemic prevention and control command center, ordering employees in Xiamen to work as usual while those outside Xiamen are required to work from home, in order to ensure normal production and operations as well as a steady supply of oil and gas. Individuals deemed high-risk are being identified. Employees remaining in the building are required to work on-site, while those who leave the building must undergo 7 days of home quarantine. All building employees and their cohabiting family members must report to their local community authorities and undergo nucleic acid testing for three consecutive days. In addition, full-staff nucleic acid testing at the office is organized on a frequency basis. The results of the full-scale nucleic acid testing conducted on the 10th were all negative, and the second round of nucleic acid testing within the building was completed on the morning of the 11th. At the same time, an immediate investigation should be launched into those who visited the Petroleum Building and related offices in Beijing since November 2; such individuals should be promptly informed to take preventive measures at home and report to the community immediately. At the 258th press conference on the prevention and control of the COVID-19 epidemic in Beijing, Liu Shengyao, deputy director of the General Management Department of China National Petroleum Corporation, stated that in the next step, controls over units based in Beijing will be strengthened. In principle, it is required that personnel from entities based in Beijing not leave the city, and that those from outside Beijing not enter it ； Suspend meetings in Beijing; in principle, stop holding large-scale meetings and offline training there ； The units based in Beijing immediately carried out nucleic acid testing for all employees to ensure that everyone who needed to be tested was tested. Closely cooperate with disease control authorities to coordinate efforts in epidemiological investigations, isolation, environmental testing and disinfection, as well as the collection of data on key individuals. Assign dedicated personnel to maintain close contact and coordination with Beijing’s big data task force, and continue to ensure the administration of vaccine booster shots.