Time: November 29

  Event: Press Conference of the Joint Prevention and Control Mechanism of the State Council

  Topic: Introduce the detailed implementation of prevention and control measures, effectively handle the situation related to the epidemic situation, and answer questions from the media

1. Situation and Policy

What is the effect of adhering to the ninth edition and implementing the twenty articles on the current epidemic situation?

  Answer: The 20 optimization measures, each of which has sufficient scientific basis and evidence support, should adhere to the ninth edition and implement the 20 measures. For some possible risk links, the comprehensive team of the joint prevention and control mechanism has specially formulated nucleic acid testing. Four documents, namely, the delineation and control of risk areas, home isolation medical observation, and home health monitoring, put forward preventive and countermeasures. As long as all localities strictly implement them, we can effectively reduce the risk of epidemics.

Will the epidemic response policy be reconsidered?

  A: Since the outbreak of the epidemic, the Chinese government has been conducting prevention and control, research, summary, and adjustment based on the characteristics of virus mutation and the practical understanding of clinical treatment.

In view of the characteristics of the transmission and pathogenicity of the Omicron mutant strain, as well as the severe disease rate and mortality rate, including paying close attention to changes in the international epidemic situation, we have been studying and constantly adjusting the prevention and control measures , protect the interests of the people to the greatest extent, and minimize the impact of the epidemic on economic and social development.

What is the current epidemic situation?

  Answer: The current national epidemic situation is developing rapidly in general, and the epidemic has spread to a wide range of areas. There is a risk of a large-scale rebound of the epidemic in some places. Some places are facing the most complicated and severe situation in the three years since the fight against the epidemic.

What is the virulence of the new crown Omicron variant?

  Answer: International and domestic monitoring data have confirmed that the pathogenicity and virulence of Omicron variants and their evolutionary branches BA.1, BA.2, and BA.5 series, including BF.7, BQ.1, and recombinant XBB Compared with the original strain and the mutant strains such as Delta, the force was obviously weakened.

  Foreign studies have shown that the proportion of severe illness and death caused by the Omicron mutant strain is significantly lower than that of the original strain and the concerned mutant strain. Treatment and other factors are related. my country's new crown severe disease and its related deaths are at a relatively low level, which is related to our active prevention strategy and overall planning of high-quality treatment forces.

Chinese medicine also played a positive role.

  People with underlying diseases, advanced age, and those who have not been vaccinated may still experience a certain proportion of severe illnesses if they are infected with the Omicron variant.

However, the existing vaccines still have a good effect on reducing the severe disease and death caused by the infection of the omecroron variant strain.

How is the vaccination status of the new crown virus vaccine in my country?

  Answer: The current situation of epidemic prevention and control is severe and complicated. Vaccination still has a good effect in preventing severe illness and death. Vulnerable groups such as the elderly are prone to develop severe illness, critical illness or even death after being infected with the new crown virus. benefit is the greatest.

  As of November 28, 2022, a total of 3,443,451,000 doses of the new coronavirus vaccine have been reported nationwide, of which 48,400 doses of the inhaled adenovirus vector vaccine have been administered.

The total number of people vaccinated reached 1,304,631,000, and 1,272,830,000 people have completed the full vaccination.

  The Comprehensive Group of the Joint Prevention and Control Mechanism of the State Council issued a work plan to strengthen the vaccination of the elderly against the new crown virus.

I hope that elderly friends, especially those over 80 years old, will take the initiative to get vaccinated.

2. Major recent issues

Why are there layers of overweight in many places?

  Answer: At present, the situation of domestic epidemic prevention and control is very severe and complicated, and the pressure of local prevention and control is great. In order to control the epidemic as soon as possible, some measures have been taken, and some places have stepped up their efforts.

  We learned from the national "Nine Prohibitions" message boards and public opinion that the main problems reported by the masses include the following aspects:

  First, the prevention and control measures adopted in some places are inaccurate, have a relatively large impact on the production and life of the masses, and are inconsistent with national policies;

  The second is that individual grassroots staff have single working methods, blunt attitudes, lack of patience, poor communication with the masses, and tend to intensify conflicts;

  The third is that the release of epidemic-related information in a few places is not timely and sufficient, which is likely to cause some misunderstandings by the masses.

  To increase the level of rectification, local party committees and governments must implement territorial responsibilities and strictly implement the national unified prevention and control policies. For random closures of schools, suspension of work and production, and unauthorized blocking of traffic, random adoption of "silent" management, For all kinds of behaviors such as random sealing and control, long-term unblocking, random suspension of clinics, etc., it is necessary to increase the intensity of notification and public exposure, and those who cause serious consequences must be strictly held accountable in accordance with laws and regulations.

Some netizens reported that they have been banned more frequently than before, what do you think?

  Answer: The problems reported by the masses recently are not mainly aimed at the prevention and control of the epidemic itself, but focus on the simplification of prevention and control measures, the increase of layers, "one size fits all", and the neglect of the demands of the masses. One letter was closed, and some places were not unsealed for a long time after being sealed, and some places were "silent" without approval.

  At present, special classes for rectification work have been established in various places, and the comprehensive team of the joint defense and joint control mechanism is dispatching every day to actively and effectively respond to various problems reported by netizens and the people in various places, and transfer them to relevant places. Push to resolve.

How to coordinate the evacuation of stranded personnel and effectively prevent the spread of the epidemic?

How to prevent increased control over returnees?

  Answer: Among the 20 optimization measures, one is to require localities to sort and orderly do a good job in evacuating the stranded personnel.

When there are many people stranded in the place where the epidemic occurs, the place of occurrence should formulate a special evacuation plan, strengthen information communication and cooperation with the destination, and arrange the evacuation of people safely under the premise of effectively preventing the epidemic from spilling over.

Destinations should enhance their awareness of the overall situation, and must not refuse to accept the return of stranded personnel, and implement the prevention and control measures for returning personnel in accordance with the requirements. It is necessary to avoid the spread of the epidemic, and must not increase the control.

  We have also noticed that recently some provinces have continued to find infected people among the returnees, which shows that some provinces with outbreaks still have weak links in preventing the spread of the epidemic and have failed to effectively control the risk of cross-regional spread of the epidemic.

  In this regard, the comprehensive team of the joint defense and joint control mechanism has specially deployed, emphasizing that "land inspections" must be carried out for cross-provincial migrants, and regulations such as taking transportation and staying in hotels with valid nucleic acid test negative certificates, and at the same time strengthening the management and control of risky personnel in various places. Clear requirements:

  First, for places where the current epidemic has not been effectively controlled, we must earnestly assume the primary responsibility for preventing the spread of the epidemic, timely and accurately delineate risk areas, and investigate and control risk personnel and risk points as soon as possible.

For non-isolated and non-controlled personnel, the health code and nucleic acid test information must be strictly checked before leaving the place of departure to prevent illegal operation of vehicles carrying passengers across provinces.

At the same time, strengthen information communication and cooperation with the destination, and timely push the relevant information of overflowing risk personnel.

  The second is to move the checkpoint forward for areas where there is currently no epidemic situation but the risk of spillover is high, and "arrival inspection" services must be provided for inflow personnel.

Returnees from counties and districts where the epidemic is located must take the initiative to report to the local area, and the community must actively carry out screening and registration, and strictly implement the measures of nucleic acid testing twice in 3 days with an interval of more than 24 hours.

  Localities can also take corresponding management and control measures for inflowing high-risk personnel in accordance with relevant requirements based on the results of research and judgment on the risk of imported epidemics.

  At the same time, we call on all localities to strengthen care and care for returnees from high-risk areas, and provide necessary help and support so that they can feel the warmth of home.

How to effectively avoid the risk of infection during nucleic acid testing?

  Answer: Nucleic acid sampling is an important link in the nucleic acid detection process, so the organizational management and standardized operation of sampling are very important, not only to ensure the quality of sampling, but also to avoid the risk of cross-infection.

First of all, in terms of on-site organization and management of sampling points, it is necessary to set up clear signs and plan the routes of entry and exit. All sampling personnel can ensure one-way flow. At the same time, the sampling process and precautions must be clarified, and the maintenance of sampling order must be strengthened. , to guide the public to do a good job in personal protection during the sampling process.

Secondly, individuals should wear masks properly during nucleic acid testing and sampling, do not gather together, keep a distance of more than one meter from people in front and behind, and consciously obey the guidance of on-site staff.

During the sampling process, it is necessary to wait for the person in front to leave and the sampler to complete hand disinfection before stepping forward.

At the same time, when sampling, the sampled personnel should not touch any items on the sampling platform, and should wear masks as soon as possible after sampling, and leave the sampling site quickly.

Some nucleic acid testing institutions have been severely dealt with for fraudulent behavior, how to further supervise?

  Answer: For nucleic acid testing, we have always strictly controlled the access and quality control of testing qualifications, continuously optimized technical specifications, and focused on strengthening the supervision of testing agencies, including third-party testing agencies.

  Since the beginning of this year, health administrative departments in Beijing, Hefei, Anhui, Shijiazhuang, Hebei, Xuchang, Henan, Inner Mongolia and other places have all found some violations of laws and regulations in the inspection institutions during the supervision of the inspection institutions, and have severely punished them.

Some illegal institutions and individuals have also been investigated for criminal responsibility.

  In the next step, we will continue to increase supervision, and strictly deal with serious illegal acts of issuing false test reports in accordance with laws and regulations.

The long-term blockade in some places has had a great impact on the masses. How to avoid it?

  Answer: The long-term lockdown not only greatly affects the normal production and living order of the people, but also easily causes anxiety and life difficulties. This situation must be corrected and avoided.

  To this end, all localities should further strengthen the training on the standards for the division of high- and low-risk areas, and organize the delineation and management of risk areas. In principle, high-risk areas are generally demarcated by units and buildings, and should not be expanded arbitrarily.

  When the risk of epidemic transmission is unclear or there is widespread community transmission, the delineation of high-risk areas can be appropriately expanded, but nucleic acid screening and epidemic research and judgment must be passed in a timely manner, and the closure and release should be fast.

  The judgment of risk personnel should be based on the on-site flow adjustment, and the scope should not be expanded through time and space, causing large-scale "accidental injuries", and minimizing the inconvenience caused to the masses due to the epidemic.

  It is necessary to strictly control high-risk areas so as to "stay at home", but also to do a good job in service guarantees to meet the basic needs of the people and medical treatment.

  At the same time, do a good job in the guidance of the quarantined personnel, increase care and assistance for special groups such as the elderly, the weak, the sick, the disabled, and pregnant women, and solve the practical difficulties of the people.

3. A few common-sense issues

What is the basis for distinguishing between high-risk and low-risk areas?

Under what conditions can high-risk areas be unblocked in time?

  Answer: According to the requirements of the 20 optimization measures, in principle, areas such as places where infected persons live and where activities are frequent and where the risk of epidemic transmission is high are classified as high-risk areas. High-risk areas are generally divided into units and buildings. Demarcated for the unit, shall not arbitrarily expand the scope.

The rest of the counties (cities, districts, banners) where the high-risk areas are located are designated as low-risk areas.

  There are no new infections in the high-risk area for five consecutive days, and all personnel in the risk area have completed a nucleic acid test on the fifth day. After the test results are all negative, they will be reduced to a low-risk area. High-risk areas that meet the unblocking conditions must be released in a timely manner. seal up.

If a high-risk spillover person is positive during home isolation, how to deal with it quickly?

  Answer: According to the provisions of the 20 optimization measures, the spillover personnel in high-risk areas will be quarantined at home for 7 days.

On the 1st, 3rd, 5th, and 7th days of home isolation, a nucleic acid test should be carried out.

Relevant personnel must strictly implement the relevant requirements of home isolation management during the home isolation period. Once a positive test is detected, it must be reported in time and transferred to a designated medical institution or a shelter hospital for isolation observation and treatment within 2 hours. Carry out nucleic acid testing, carry out risk research and judgment, and track and manage relevant risk personnel.

Which groups of people are at greater risk of severe illness after being infected with the new crown?

  Answer: Judging from the practice of clinical medical treatment of COVID-19, those prone to severe illness include the following groups:

  First, the elderly.

Elderly people over 60 years old are at risk of severe illness after being infected with the new coronavirus.

Elderly people over the age of 80 are the high-risk group for severe illness.

Therefore, families and elderly care institutions with elderly people should guard against the risk of infection.

  Second, patients with underlying diseases.

In clinical practice, people with basic diseases, especially those with cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases, respiratory diseases, tumors, chronic renal insufficiency and other basic diseases, are at higher risk of severe illness after being infected with the new coronavirus.

  Third, the unvaccinated population.

Vaccination can effectively reduce the risk of severe illness and death. It is recommended that those who have no contraindications and meet the vaccination requirements, especially the elderly, should receive the new crown vaccine as soon as possible.

  The next step is to strengthen the construction of designated hospitals, especially to improve the comprehensive treatment capacity and multidisciplinary diagnosis and treatment level, and improve the ability to treat severe cases.

During the period of home isolation of close contacts, how should their co-residents manage?

  Answer: The co-residents or accompanying personnel of people in home isolation must also abide by the management requirements for home isolation medical observation.

  One is to strictly avoid going out during the home isolation period and refuse all visits; for those who really need to go out for medical treatment, etc., they must apply to the community, and after approval, arrange a special car, take personal protection throughout the process, and implement closed-loop management.

  The second is to try not to enter the room of people in home isolation, and avoid sharing bathrooms or daily necessities.

If there is any direct contact or when handling pollutants, self-protection should be done, and hands should be cleaned and disinfected in time.

  The third is that people with underlying diseases and the elderly who are at risk of severe illness should not be used as escorts for people in home isolation.

How to deal with some contaminated items and environments that cannot be disinfected?

  Answer: Those items or environments that are clearly contaminated but cannot be treated with existing disinfection methods can be disposed of in a harmless way such as airtight storage and standing. These harmless methods have already been adopted in our country's new It is clearly listed in the Coronavirus Pneumonia Prevention and Control Plan (Ninth Edition).

  For the time of airtight storage and standing, it is necessary to conduct comprehensive professional judgment and evaluation based on the risk of pollution, as well as the characteristics of the object or environment.

Is the practice of self-collecting nucleic acid by individuals worth promoting?

  Answer: We have noticed that some places try to carry out self-collection of nucleic acids in different forms, but special attention must be paid to the standardization, effectiveness and safety of self-collection of nucleic acids, a comprehensive implementation plan must be formulated, and at the same time, organization and implementation must be done well , Strengthen technical guidance.

Because the quality standardization and safety of sampling are very important, even if the nucleic acid is self-collected, the quality of sampling must be guaranteed.

4. The focus of the next step

How to provide better vaccination services for the elderly?

  Answer: A considerable number of elderly people in China are disabled or semi-disabled. In order to make it easier for them to get vaccinated, in the work plan to strengthen the vaccination of the elderly against the new crown virus, the optimization of vaccination services, detailed Arrangements have been made for various service measures, including the continuation of various convenience measures that have been effective in the previous period, the continued establishment of green channels for the elderly, temporary vaccination points, and the use of mobile vaccination vehicles to provide maximum convenience for the elderly.

  At the same time, it is proposed that all localities can select medical personnel with rich experience in diagnosis, treatment and vaccination to form vaccination teams to provide door-to-door vaccination services for the disabled and semi-disabled elderly, carefully explain to the elderly, and patiently answer the inquiries of the elderly , pay attention to the physical condition of the elderly, etc.

  Source: China News Network integrated from China Net Records