Guangzhou Daily News (all media reporter He Xuehua correspondent Guangdong CDC) Recently, heavy rains in many places in Guangdong have caused floods and waterlogging. The flood control situation is extremely severe and complicated. The Guangdong Provincial Department of Water Resources decided to upgrade the water conservancy flood control level II emergency response to Level I emergency response.
On the evening of June 22, the Guangdong Provincial Center for Disease Control and Prevention urgently reminded that in the event of a flood disaster, the first priority is to ensure personal safety; avoiding a disaster does not mean that there are no health risks. , After the rainstorm, the public must do the following eight things to prevent "sickness from the mouth".
In addition, if you have symptoms such as diarrhea, abdominal pain, nausea, vomiting, and fever after eating, you should go to a medical institution as soon as possible.
Do eight things to prevent "disease from the mouth"
●Do not eat contaminated food: Do not eat fresh food that has been flooded, but discard it; do not eat canned food, Tetra Pak packaging (aluminum foil packaging) and other food that is damaged, corroded, or swollen.
●Do not eat poultry and livestock whose cause of death is unknown: Do not eat chicken, duck, pig, cattle and other livestock and poultry meat with unknown cause of death and unknown source, and aquatic products that have died due to floods.
●Do not eat spoiled food: do not eat expired food, sour food and moldy rice noodles.
●Prevent the growth of bacteria: meat, eggs and aquatic products must be thoroughly heated before eating; tableware and tools that directly contact food and its raw materials should be sterilized before use.
●The storage time should be controlled: after the refrigerator is powered off, the refrigerated food for more than 4 hours and the frozen food for more than 24 hours may have deteriorated, and it is not recommended to continue eating.
●As much as possible to clean the food on the same day: try to finish the food prepared on the same day, keep the leftovers refrigerated, and reheat thoroughly before eating the next meal.
●Storage of food should be reasonable: long-term storage can easily lead to food spoilage, avoid purchasing a large amount of ingredients at one time; store the purchased food, pay attention to low temperature, dust-proof, fly-proof, rodent-proof, water-proof and moisture-proof.
● Pay attention to drinking water hygiene: drink boiled water or bottled water that meets hygienic standards, bottled water, and do not directly drink surface water, rainwater, flood and raw water that have not been effectively treated.