China News Service, Beijing, January 7th (Wei Xianghui) Starting from January 8th, my country's new crown virus infection will officially implement the "Class B and B Control" plan.

At present, Beijing, Tianjin, Chongqing and other cities have formulated and issued relevant implementation plans based on local conditions.

In addition, hospitals in major cities have also begun to take measures to concentrate medical resources to protect health and prevent severe diseases.

Medical staff and party member volunteers went to Miaoqian Town to deliver medical treatment and medicine to the villagers.

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The epidemic situation in these places has changed

  On January 3, the Chongqing Municipal Government Information Office held the 161st press conference on the prevention and control of the new crown infection in Chongqing. Li Pan, deputy director of the Chongqing Municipal Health and Health Commission, introduced that according to statistics, fever clinics and primary-level medical institutions in Chongqing have The daily number of patients in the fever clinics of medical institutions reached about 49,000 on December 20, 2022, but currently there are only more than 7,000.

  Li Pan said that when primary medical and health institutions had not yet opened fever clinics, the peak number of fever clinics received by medical institutions above the second level was December 16, with more than 30,000 people a day, and currently there are only more than 3,000 people.

"The infection situation in Chongqing can also be judged intuitively. Our peak period should have passed." He said at the press conference.

  On January 5, the Shenzhen Municipal Health and Health Commission also issued a document on its official account stating that the peak of Shenzhen's "fever" has passed.

According to reports, during the peak period of local infection in Shenzhen, social health institutions all over the community became the "main force" of "watching fever".

  From December 11, 2022 to January 1, 2023, a total of 811 social health institutions in Shenzhen have opened fever clinics, and a total of 1.54 million patients have been treated, accounting for about 65% of the total number of fever clinics (consultations) in the city during the same period.

During this period, the average daily consultation volume of fever clinics in social health institutions increased from less than 4,000 to more than 140,000, peaking on December 21, and has recently fallen back to about 30,000.

  The epidemic situation in Beijing has also undergone new changes.

On January 6, at the 433rd press conference on the prevention and control of the new crown epidemic in Beijing, Beijing Municipal Government spokesman Xu Hejian said that the current epidemic situation in Beijing has slowed down, and the shortage of medicines has eased. The work tasks are still arduous, and there is no room for slack.

The 2023 Spring Festival travel season will begin.

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Take multiple measures to build a defense line for health protection and severe disease prevention

  According to news from Guizhou Daily on January 4, the province will distribute 1.33 million "epidemic prevention health kits", which will be distributed free of charge to key groups of elderly people aged 65 and over starting from December 31, 2022.

It is equipped with anti-epidemic materials such as medicines, medical surgical masks, medical alcohol, and antigen detection reagents.

  Fujian made it clear in the implementation opinions of "Class B and B Management" that the comprehensive ICU of municipal comprehensive tertiary hospitals must be equipped with a set of ECMO equipment.

The number of intensive care beds and convertible intensive care beds in designated municipal hospitals will account for 20% of the total number of beds.

  Guangxi Autonomous Region proposes in the implementation plan of "Class B and B Management" that appropriate independent areas (hospital areas, ward buildings, wards or wards) should be selected to build a batch of convertible intensive care units, which should not be less than the total number of beds actually opened in the hospital. Replace 4% of the high-flow oxygen pipeline, prepare bottled oxygen for backup if necessary, and equip basic critical care equipment such as ventilators and monitors to ensure that intensive care resources increase by 2-4 times within 24 hours when needed.

  Major hospitals in Shanghai, Changsha and other cities have broken the boundaries of specialties and concentrated medical resources to protect health and prevent severe diseases.

According to CCTV news, Huashan Hospital affiliated to Fudan University has also carried out scientific triage for patients with different degrees of illness.

For critically ill patients with acute conditions, the hospital also assigns more professional doctors.

For critically ill patients suffering from viral pneumonia, mixed pneumonia, or themselves with diabetes, stroke, or cancer, the hospital also centrally integrates monitors, ventilators and other equipment for intensive care.

Citizens receive infusions at the Hongqiao Community Health Service Center in Changning District, Shanghai.

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Strengthen grassroots epidemic prevention and facilitate vaccination of the elderly

  Harbin mentioned in the implementation plan that it will focus on epidemic prevention and control in rural areas.

All districts and counties (cities) are required to formulate and release a list of new crown symptomatic treatment drugs for township health centers and village clinics, and give priority to dynamic reserves of antipyretic, cough, analgesic, and antipyretic drugs for township health centers and village clinics according to 30% of the household registration population in the jurisdiction. Viral drugs should be increased as appropriate in areas with dense populations and more returnees.

  Guizhou has focused on health and medical institutions in 88 counties (cities, districts) and townships below the county level in 9 cities and prefectures to provide relevant drug guarantees for grassroots medical institutions.

  In addition, various localities have also introduced various convenient measures to promote the vaccination of the elderly.

Fujian, Chongqing and other places have proposed to provide maximum convenience for the elderly to vaccinate through the establishment of green channels for the elderly, temporary vaccination points, mobile vaccination vehicles and other measures.

For groups such as the disabled and semi-disabled elderly, door-to-door vaccination services should be provided.

  Harbin requires expert evaluation of contraindications. For the elderly with many underlying diseases and difficult evaluation, the district and county (city) evaluation team will go to the village and make door-to-door evaluations.

Optimize the setting of vaccination points according to local conditions, so that the masses can get vaccinated nearby.

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