(Fighting against New Coronary Pneumonia) Guangdong emergency response will be adjusted to three levels of production and living order and gradually returned to normal
China News Service, Guangzhou, May 8 (Suo Youwei and Cai Minjie) Deng Hong, Deputy Director of the Information Office of the Guangdong Provincial People's Government, said at a press conference hosted by the Information Office of the Guangdong Provincial People's Government that since 09:00 on May 9, 2020 From now on, the emergency response level for the prevention and control of the new coronary pneumonia epidemic in Guangdong was adjusted from the second-level response to major public health emergencies in the province to the third-level response.
Duan Yufei, director of the Guangdong Provincial Health Commission, said that the emergency response will be adjusted to three levels, the epidemic prevention and control work will be changed from the emergency state to the normal state, and the production and living order will gradually return to normal, but the society must remain highly vigilant.
According to Duan Yufei, from the overall situation of the epidemic, Guangdong has the conditions to lower the response level. As of 24:00 on May 7, the province has reported no domestic confirmed cases for 9 consecutive days. In the past 7 days, a total of 1 imported confirmed cases have been reported. In addition to the six patients currently being treated in hospitals in Guangzhou, Shenzhen and Foshan, 17 cities have been cleared, and there have been no cases in Yunfu. The province's epidemic-related counties (cities, districts) have decreased significantly, and the affected areas have shrunk significantly. All counties (cities, districts) are low-risk areas, and the order of production and life has been restored quickly.
According to Duan Yufei, from the prevention and control situation, the current situation of Guangdong's epidemic is stable and improving. The risk of overseas imports has been reduced, and the epidemic situation in Hong Kong and Macau has slowed down. There have been no newly confirmed cases in Macau since April 9, and there have been sporadic reports of confirmed cases in Hong Kong since April 12. The number of new cases per day is in single digits. The risk of local outbreaks caused by overseas imports has been contained. The high-risk countries that were not under closed-loop management in the previous period have basically found out in Guangdong and are all included in health management. The outbreaks detected in Guangzhou, Foshan and other cities in the previous stage have been disposed of.
Regarding the risk of epidemic outbreaks imported from Guangdong province, since Hubei lifted the control of the exit from Hubei on March 25, Guangdong has conducted a nucleic acid test of 302,000 people from Hubei to Guangdong and found 6 confirmed cases, of which the latest one was reported on April 18 On the second day, no second-generation cases caused by imports from other provinces were found.
Duan Yufei said that due to the current international epidemic, there may be sporadic confirmed cases in Guangdong for a long period of time, and there is still a risk of a clustered epidemic.
Duan Yufei said that level adjustment does not mean zero risk, and society must remain highly vigilant. The municipalities shall take preventive and control measures according to the actual situation and the situation. For example, cities in the Pearl River Delta region with large floating populations and frequent foreign exchanges can adopt stricter prevention and control measures; epidemic prevention and control will focus more on prevention, individuals need to wear masks scientifically, maintain a reasonable social distance, and reduce crowds. , Develop good habits of diligent hand washing and exercise; play the role of sentinel monitoring in hot clinics, retail pharmacies, clinics, etc., and strengthen the normalization of nucleic acid detection and screening; insist on non-discrimination, and do well in the prevention and control of epidemic diseases and health management services for foreigners in Guangdong .
Duan Yufei said that under the premise of implementing prevention and control measures in accordance with relevant technical guidelines, shopping malls, supermarkets, hotels, restaurants and other living places will be fully opened; by taking appointments and limiting current, tourist attractions, sports venues and indoor venues such as libraries and museums will be opened. , As well as various conferences and exhibition activities; arrange students to return to school and resume school in batches, etc., and the order of production and life will gradually return to normal. (Finish)