On March 21, Feng Zijian, deputy director of the China Center for Disease Control and Prevention, responded to the question of “can you take off the mask after vaccination?” He said that before the population vaccination reaches a high level of immune protection, the general public still has to maintain the prevention of the new crown. Awareness of infection and transmission, good personal hygiene habits, no matter whether you are vaccinated or not, you still need to continue to wear masks in crowded indoor or closed places, and follow the specific prevention and control requirements of each region.
Feng Zijian responded that there are two aspects that need to be considered. One is that the current global epidemic is still continuing to spread. On the other hand, the vaccination rate in our country is still relatively low, and there is still a long way to go from a higher level of population immunity. .
The entry of people or articles from high-endemic areas still poses the risk of spreading within our country.
At the same time, even if you have been infected in a high-endemic country, or have been vaccinated, this cannot completely avoid infection. Although the risk of disease will be greatly reduced, there is still a risk of reinfection.
Feng Zijian said that in terms of personal prevention and control, before the population vaccination in our country reaches a higher level of immune protection, the general public must still maintain awareness of preventing new crown infection and transmission, and do good personal hygiene habits, regardless of whether they are vaccinated or not. Indoors or closed places still need to continue to wear masks, and follow the requirements of specific prevention and control measures in various places.
(Producing Li Jiali)
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