A medical worker of the CQHCWC collects a nucleic acid sample from a patient. [Photo/CQHCWC]

In response to the recent COVID-19 outbreak in Southwest China's Chongqing, the Chongqing Health Center for Women and Children (CQHCWC) organized urgent nucleic acid tests on Nov 5 for all staff members, inpatients and their companions at the center whose former test results were invalid.

According to the center, medical workers performed nucleic acid testing on 2,000 people within four hours, and issued all test results within six hours.

To guarantee people's health and safety, the CQHCWC has attached heavy importance to pandemic prevention and control, formulating more than 10 prevention and control measures, establishing a multi-department joint linkage mechanism, and implementing homogeneous management of the two branches in Ranjiaba and Qixinggang.

Medical workers check the health codes of patients at the CQHCWC. [Photo/CQHCWC]

The center immediately released a notice on COVID-19 pandemic prevention and control on its official website and WeChat account, arranged for staff members to guide patients to the center, purchased pandemic prevention supplies that can support the full-load operation of the whole center for three months, and adjusted the layout of the obstetrics emergency department.

It also checked health codes and travel codes of all staff members every day, postponed all offline meetings, and organized training sessions for nucleic acid sampling, how to wear protective equipment, and pandemic prevention and control emergency plans.

Medical workers test nucleic acid samples. [Photo/CQHCWC]

In addition, the center arranged for medical workers to collect nucleic acid samples for patients in their wards. It also strengthened entry management to reduce the risk of transmission.

Party members of the CQHCWC also set up two nucleic acid testing teams for mass nucleic acid testing.