[Explanation] According to the official website of the Shaanxi Provincial Health Commission, from 0 to 24:00 on January 3, there were 95 newly confirmed cases of new coronary pneumonia in Xi'an.
At present, the newly confirmed cases in Xi'an have shown a downward trend, and the epidemic has entered the general attack stage.
In an interview with reporters, Chen Zhijun, deputy director of the Xi'an Center for Disease Control and Prevention, said that in order for Xi'an to lift its control measures, it must first achieve "zero social status."
So what is "social reset"?
What effective measures should be taken?
[Concurrent] Chen Zhijun, Deputy Director of Xi'an Center for Disease Control and Prevention
"Social clearance" means that all new confirmed cases we discover later are among the close contacts of our quarantined close contacts or close contacts of close contacts.
There is no more community-wide epidemic spread in the community.
So after we sent the confirmed case to the medical institution for treatment, we found that the close contact had the corresponding sub-category close contact. All of them were concentrated in a single hotel for isolation and medical observation. This is to ensure that our community eliminates all potential A necessary measure for the possible source of infection.
[Explanation] To this end, Chen Zhijun emphasized that the city's unblocking must first realize the complete blockage of community transmission, which is the first condition for gradual unblocking.
Therefore, before "unblocking", we must first achieve "social clearance".
Chen Zhijun said that the recent decline in the number of confirmed cases in Xi'an has something to do with measures such as isolation and control in the early stage.
However, mass transmission is still the biggest risk of the current epidemic.
[Concurrent] Chen Zhijun, Deputy Director of Xi'an Center for Disease Control and Prevention
If this is not strictly controlled, it is difficult to ensure that people are not in contact with each other in urban villages, especially in this relatively densely populated urban village. Because there are shared elevators in the upper floors, it may be passed if the control is not strict. Using elevators together leads to the spread of the virus.
Therefore, during this period of time, in order to strictly ensure that the transmission of this respiratory infectious disease is cut off, people who are at a certain risk of transmission are transferred to the isolation hotel.
By transferring people in close contact to an isolated hotel, individuals can achieve early detection, diagnosis and treatment, and avoid the development of severe illness. For our family, it can avoid transmission between family members.
It can also effectively help the communication within the community.
[Explanation] Chen Zhijun said that "the social aspect is cleared" is to lay a good foundation for resuming work and production in the next step and returning to normal life.
At the same time, the people can get rid of the "imprisonment" and get out of their homes.
Reporter Mei Yitaki Alina Xi'an
Editor in charge: [Lu Yan]