Disease control: Beijing cluster outbreak virus isolation and culture success

BEIJING, June 18 (Reporter Li Yanan) China's Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced on the 18th that recently received a cluster of cases of respiratory disease in Beijing's Xinfa wholesale market respiratory specimens, the virus isolation culture. Nucleic acid test results indicate that the virus is expanding rapidly and in large numbers, proving the success of virus isolation and culture. At present, the virus is in the continuous transmission and amplification.
news pointed out that the success of virus isolation and culture in new cases is of great significance to the sequence characteristics, replication characteristics, vaccine evaluation and drug screening of the strains of the new crown pneumonia epidemic in Beijing.
Reported that the Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention of Viral Disease Prevention and Control on June 11 and 13 received two batches of respiratory samples from the Beijing Center for Disease Control and Prevention collected new cases, and the first time inoculated to respiratory organs HAE cells and Vero cells, virus isolation culture. On 15 June, significant cell lesions were observed in both respiratory organs and Vero cells, and nucleic acid test results suggested that the virus was expanding rapidly and substantially, proving the success of virus isolation and culture. At present, the virus is in the continuous transmission and amplification.
11, a cluster outbreak occurred at the wholesale market in Xinfa district, Beijing. On June 16, Beijing's emergency response level was raised from three to two. As of 24 hours on June 17, Beijing had reported a total of 158 confirmed cases of neo-crown pneumonia, and 15 cases of asymptomatic infections still under observation.