[Commentary] On August 9, Beijing held a press conference on the prevention and control of the new crown pneumonia epidemic to inform the latest situation of the epidemic.
[Concurrent] Xu Hejian, Spokesperson of Beijing Municipal Government
From 0:00 on August 8th to 15:00 on 9th, there were no new locally confirmed cases, suspected cases and asymptomatic infections in Beijing; 3 newly imported confirmed cases and 11 asymptomatic infections were newly added, and there were no new suspected cases; 3 cases were cured and discharged.
[Explanation] Since the discovery of confirmed cases of new coronary pneumonia related to Beijing, in order to strengthen the prevention and control of pharmacies, the Beijing Municipal Drug Administration has required all retail pharmacies in the city to strictly implement temperature measurement and scan codes, ventilate business premises, wear masks, and strengthen staff Health management and other requirements, and require pharmacy personnel to assist in conducting epidemiological investigations.
[Concurrent] Wang Fuyi, Deputy Director of the Party Leadership Group of Beijing Municipal Drug Administration
Inquire about the epidemiological history of drug purchasers, and immediately register reports for situations such as those who have lived in high-risk areas, have fever, and have contact with close contacts.
The real-name registration system will be implemented for the purchase of four types of epidemic prevention and control drugs for the treatment of cough, fever, dry throat, sore throat and anti-infection.
Since August, retail pharmacies in the city have registered and reported 32,000 pieces of relevant sales information per day on average, and closed-loop management of people with a body temperature of over 37.3 degrees Celsius is carried out by the epidemic prevention and control departments in each district.
[Explanation] In addition, in accordance with the principle of "consistent online and offline", the Beijing Municipal Drug Administration monitors online drug transactions and organizes regional market supervision bureaus to monitor online drug sales for epidemic prevention and control.
[Concurrent] Wang Fuyi, Deputy Director of the Party Leadership Group of Beijing Municipal Drug Administration
Establish online drug retail enterprise accounts, focusing on monitoring the real-name information registration of personnel purchasing epidemic prevention and control drugs, including whether the sales platform has the ability to register and collect information, as well as the name, contact number, address, ID number, name of the drug purchased, and Whether the registration of information such as quantity is complete.
Strictly supervise and rectify violations of epidemic prevention and control requirements.
[Explanation] At the meeting, Wang Fuyi also responded to the current supply of masks in pharmacies in Beijing.
[Concurrent] Wang Fuyi, Deputy Director of the Party Leadership Group of Beijing Municipal Drug Administration
Yesterday (August 8th), the city’s drugstores purchased 316,000 masks and sold 276,000 masks. The current inventory is 7.25 million masks.
From the analysis of the purchase, sales and inventory data in this paragraph, the supply and demand of masks in pharmacies in this city is basically stable, and the inventory is sufficient. Please rest assured.
Reporting from Beijing by reporter Lang Jiahui
Editor in charge: [Wang Kai]