China News Service, Beijing, November 22 (Wei Xianghui) At present, the domestic epidemic situation in my country is still severe and complicated. The spread of the epidemic in some areas is accelerating, and the difficulty of prevention and control is increasing.

On the 22nd, the Joint Prevention and Control Mechanism of the State Council held a press conference to introduce the implementation of optimized measures for epidemic prevention and control and the situation related to the current epidemic situation.

Data map: The staff is delivering daily necessities to the residents in the jurisdiction.

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An average of 22,200 cases were reported every day in the past week

　　At the press conference, Hu Xiang, the second-level inspector of the Department of Communication and Prevention of the National Bureau of Disease Control and Prevention, introduced that the recent epidemic has three characteristics: the number of newly infected people continues to increase, the epidemic has a wide range of spread, the transmission chain is complex, and densely populated cities have become the mainstay of epidemic prevention and control. key areas.

　　Since November 1, a total of 253,000 cases of infection have been reported across the country, and an average of 22,200 cases have been reported every day in the past week, which has doubled from the previous week.

Epidemics continue to occur in most provinces, and the spread of the epidemic in many provinces is wide and there are many transmission chains. Some provinces are facing the most severe and complicated situation in three years.

Like Guangzhou and Chongqing, due to the large population size, strong mobility of personnel, the concentration of key places such as universities, and the large number of personnel gathering activities, the risk of epidemic spread and the difficulty of prevention and control have been exacerbated.

　　As for the relatively high proportion of cases in society recently, Hu Xiang said that it is mainly related to the characteristics of the virus and the response speed to the epidemic.

　　On the one hand, the new coronavirus continues to evolve, and the Omicron variant has been spreading for more than a year, and has also evolved many sub-branches, which are more concealed and spread faster.

If the normalized monitoring and early warning measures are not implemented in place, the epidemic is often discovered late, and widespread community transmission has already occurred when it is discovered, and there are many infected people in the society.

　　On the other hand, in the early stage of the epidemic discovery, timely detection and control of infected persons in society, accurate identification and control of close contacts, and timely and accurate delineation and announcement of risk areas are the keys to seize the opportunity for epidemic prevention and control.

If you hesitate and miss the critical period of epidemic prevention and control, the number of infected people in the society will increase rapidly in a short period of time, and the difficulty of epidemic prevention and control will also increase greatly.

Data map: Citizens line up to do nucleic acid.

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Medical institutions cannot be shut down or closed on the grounds of epidemic prevention and control

　　Guo Yanhong, director of the Medical Emergency Department of the National Health and Health Commission, said that hospitals above the second level are required to set up fever clinics, so that they can be set up and opened as much as possible, and information such as the address and phone number of fever clinics should be released to the public.

　　Guo Yanhong mentioned that medical institutions at risk of outbreaks cannot be shut down or closed on the grounds of epidemic prevention and control.

Important treatment departments such as emergency departments, dialysis rooms, operating rooms, delivery rooms, and intensive care units in medical institutions must be "not closed unless necessary" to ensure the treatment of patients.

　　In addition, certain departments of medical institutions that need to temporarily suspend clinics for epidemic prevention and control must be announced to the public in a timely manner.

For medical institutions and related departments that really need to be sealed and controlled if there is a risk, the emergency response mechanism will be strengthened to eliminate the risk of infection as quickly as possible, and it can be quickly sealed and released.

Data map: nucleic acid sampling points.

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People in low-risk areas must hold a 48-hour nucleic acid certificate when leaving their city

　　Twenty optimization measures propose that medium-risk areas will be canceled, and high-risk areas will be reduced to low-risk areas if no new infections are found for 5 consecutive days.

　　At the press conference, Wang Liping, a researcher at the Communication and Defense Department of the Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, introduced that the counties (cities, districts, and banners) where the high-risk areas are located except for the high-risk areas are designated as low-risk areas.

The low-risk areas implement the prevention and control measures of "personal protection and avoid gathering".

　　People in low-risk areas should reduce going out, not gather, take good protection when going out, and actively cooperate with regional risk personnel screening, nucleic acid testing and other epidemic prevention work.

After symptoms such as fever and dry cough occur, go to a medical institution in time to check for virus infection.

　　At the same time, it is recommended that people in low-risk areas do not leave the area unless necessary. If they really need to leave, they must hold a 48-hour negative nucleic acid test certificate to leave the city.

Data map: The staff carry out "point-to-point" delivery of materials.

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All localities are vigorously promoting the implementation of twenty optimization measures

　　Hu Xiang said that recently, the comprehensive team of the joint defense and joint control mechanism of the State Council has deployed and dispatched various regions to promote the implementation of the 20 optimization measures as soon as possible through various methods such as video conferences, scheduling, and training.

At present, various places are vigorously promoting the implementation.

　　On the 19th, the Comprehensive Group of the Joint Prevention and Control Mechanism of the State Council issued four technical documents, including "Implementation Measures for Nucleic Acid Detection of New Coronary Pneumonia Epidemic Prevention and Control", "Risk Zone Delineation and Control Plan", "Guidelines for Home Isolation Medical Observation", and "Guidelines for Home Health Monitoring" 》, to facilitate the relevant staff at the grassroots level to better understand and implement the 20 optimization measures.

　　In the next step, special training will be given to these documents, and at the same time, we will continue to guide the special classes for rectification at all levels, and urge all localities to implement the epidemic prevention and control measures in an impartial manner, so that they can neither be overweighted nor arbitrarily Downsize.

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