On the evening of September 23, the Information Office of the People's Government of the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region held a press conference on epidemic prevention and control.

At the meeting, Hu Zhichun, a member of the Party Group of the Health Committee of Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, answered questions from reporters.

  Since the outbreak of the current round of the epidemic, designated hospitals and Fangcang shelter hospitals in various cities and cities in Xinjiang have immediately activated the treatment mechanism of integrated traditional Chinese and Western medicine after treating patients infected with the new coronary pneumonia virus, and intervened in the treatment of patients infected with the new coronary pneumonia virus as soon as possible.

Establish a working mechanism for resident Chinese medicine experts, set up a provincial-level Chinese medicine expert guidance group, enter the wards of designated hospitals, and station in the designated hospitals to accurately guide the treatment of traditional Chinese medicine, so as to achieve full coverage of resident Chinese medicine experts and full coverage of traditional Chinese medicine treatment in designated hospitals.

On the basis of implementing the "New Coronary Virus Pneumonia Diagnosis and Treatment Plan (Trial Version 9)", combined with the previous treatment experience and relevant data in Xinjiang, and in view of the characteristics of the epidemic that there are many asymptomatic and mild patients, the Chinese medicine, Chinese Integrated western medicine treatment program.

Asymptomatic infections and mild cases are mainly treated with traditional Chinese medicine, while severe and critically ill patients are mainly treated with integrated traditional Chinese and Western medicine.

In this round of the epidemic, the use rate of traditional Chinese medicine in confirmed patients reached 95.6%, and the use rate of traditional Chinese medicine in asymptomatic infections reached 97.8%.

  Overall, traditional Chinese medicine has played an important role in the prevention and control of this epidemic. According to the clinical efficacy observation of designated hospitals, traditional Chinese medicine can effectively relieve symptoms and reduce the development of light and ordinary to severe. The total effective rate of traditional Chinese medicine has reached 90%. %above.

(Zuo Dandan)

Responsible editor: [Peng Dawei]