[Commentary] On August 24, Beijing held a press conference on the prevention and control of the new crown pneumonia epidemic.
Pang Xinghuo, deputy director of the Beijing Municipal Center for Disease Control and Prevention, reported the latest situation of the epidemic.
[Concurrent] Pang Xinghuo, Deputy Director of Beijing Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
From 0:00 to 24:00 on August 23, there were no new local confirmed cases, suspected cases and asymptomatic infections in this city.
As of 24:00 on August 23, all 21 closed and controlled communities in Chaoyang, Haidian, Changping, and Fangshan districts had been unblocked.
Longyueyuan Second District, Longzeyuan Street, Changping District, and Lehuojiayuan Community, Yancun Town, Fangshan District, were reduced from a medium-risk area to a low-risk area.
Currently, the whole city is a low-risk area.
[Explanation] Pang Xinghuo said that the related epidemic situation outside Beijing has been fully controlled, but unblocking does not mean removing prevention.
She reminded the public to continue to take good personal protection.
[Concurrent] Pang Xinghuo, Deputy Director of Beijing Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Do not leave the country unless necessary, not to leave Beijing unless necessary, and not to travel or travel to medium- and high-risk areas.
Persons entering (returning) to Beijing should take personal protection on their way, consciously cooperate with road checkpoints, high-speed railways, airports and other public transportation inspections, and promptly report their itineraries to the communities, units and hotels where they are located.
Strictly implement comprehensive prevention and control measures such as temperature measurement, verification, code verification, registration, current limitation, wearing masks, maintaining social distance, and daily ventilation and disinfection in public places.
When the weather is hot, you should also insist on wearing masks scientifically, reduce dinner parties, and reduce long-term stay in confined spaces where people gather.
Parents should do a good job of personal protection and health monitoring of students before the start of school, and make all preparations for the new semester.
Citizen friends who meet the vaccination requirements but have not yet been vaccinated should be vaccinated as soon as possible, and teenagers between the ages of 12 and 17 should actively cooperate with the vaccination in accordance with the notification of relevant departments such as education.
[Explanation] Currently, overseas epidemics continue to occur at a high rate, and the prevention and control situation is still severe and complex.
In order to further strengthen the prevention and control measures for hospital infection, Peking University Third Hospital has fully optimized the diagnosis and treatment prevention and control process, insisted on all non-emergency appointments by time, and set up special clinics for epidemic prevention and control, and implemented fully enclosed management of emergency observation and rescue areas.
[Concurrent] Fu Wei, Vice President of Peking University Third Hospital
The hospital will increase medical facilities and adjust and reduce office space for nucleic acid screening clinics.
In order to meet the recent requirements for nucleic acid testing, it is equipped with rapid nucleic acid testing equipment to achieve results within 1 hour, ensuring the rescue of critically ill patients and nucleic acid screening for high-risk groups.
Implement measures such as time-based admission and exit, and online admission and settlement services to reduce the flow of personnel in the hospital and reduce the risk of hospital feeling.
Reporting from Beijing by reporter Lang Jiahui
Editor in charge: [Ji Xiang]