On February 28, two confirmed patients with COVID-19 and one asymptomatic infection have been cured and discharged from hospital. They were isolated for treatment at Yancheng’s designated hospital on February 1, February 10 and February 14 respectively. With professional diagnosis and meticulous treatment, they got better free from symptoms like fever or discomfort and their nucleic acid tests were negative twice in a row. Based on these, the medical experts assessed they could be released from quarantine and hospital according to the standard provided by National Health Commission.

As of now, all 27 confirmed cases in Yancheng, and 8 asymptomatic infections are cured and discharged from hospital, after which they will continue to receive 14 days of medical observation. The health facilities used to treat or hospitalize the positive cases will be disinfected and sterilized. Frontline healthcare workers start to take shifts, together with fully-prepared designated medical institutions, getting ready for the following task. 

Currently, a growing number of workers return to Yancheng for the work resumption, resulting in certain risk of the epidemic resurgence. Thus all the citizens need to stay alert and keep self-protection in place.

Yancheng Leading Team for the Prevention and Control of COVID-19

February 28, 2020