(Fighting New Crown Pneumonia) Focus, Difficulties and Hot Spots of the Second Half of China's War Epidemic
China News Agency, Beijing, April 2nd: The focus, difficulties and hot spots of the "second half" of China's war epidemic
China News Agency reporter Wang Zumin
According to the National Health and Medical Commission's report, there were no new confirmed and suspected cases in mainland China on April 1, and the number of confirmed cases fell to less than 2000 for the first time in the past two months (1863 cases), and the situation of epidemic prevention and control in China remains Stability for the better.
However, the global epidemic continues to spread, pressure from overseas imports is increasing, and the potential risks of asymptomatic infections continue to increase, bringing new focus, difficulties and hotspots to China's epidemic prevention and control, which has entered the "second half."
Focus: Increasing number of imported cases, "foreign defense" becomes urgent
The latest data shows that on April 1, 35 newly confirmed cases and 20 suspected cases were all imported from the mainland. A total of 841 confirmed imported cases have been reported across the country.
Since the National Health and Medical Commission included overseas imported cases in the epidemic notification on March 5, overseas imported cases have continued to increase, becoming the main body of the recent increase in China's epidemic, and external defense imports have become the top priority of the second half of China's war epidemic.
On March 26, the Civil Aviation Administration of China issued a notice and decided to further reduce the number of international passenger flights. That night, China, referring to the practice of many countries, decided to suspend the entry of foreigners with currently valid visas and residence permits from 00:00 on March 28. The two "decisions" have been checked from the "source", and the growth rate of imported cases outside China has slowed in recent days.
In the country, all departments have joint defense and joint control, and have established three lines of defense from strict customs inspections, entry quarantine, and medical treatment. They have implemented full closed-loop management to curb the spread and spread of imported cases.
Today, two home visits are conducted in many places to investigate overseas returnees and close contacts. Many experts, including Academician Zhong Nanshan, said that under comprehensive and three-dimensional strict precautionary measures, overseas imports would not trigger a second outbreak of the epidemic in China.
Difficult point: Asymptomatic infection increases potential risk
On April 1st, 55 new cases of asymptomatic infections were added to the mainland of China. 9 cases were confirmed on the same day, and 1,075 cases of asymptomatic infections were still under medical observation-monitoring, tracking, isolation and treatment of asymptomatic infections. It has become another important task for China's current epidemic prevention and control.
At present, asymptomatic infection has been confirmed to be contagious, but its "hidden nature" has greatly increased the difficulty of prevention and control. Relevant experts pointed out that the currently notified asymptomatic infections are selected based on active detection, and the patients are already in isolation and their transmission risk is relatively small. However, it is unclear how many more unpublished asymptomatic infections will be the biggest potential risk for the second half of China's war epidemic.
For the prevention and control of asymptomatic infections, the National Health and Medical Commission stated that China has carried out investigations and epidemiological analysis of asymptomatic infections to improve prevention and control measures; targeted screening measures have been expanded to extend the scope of testing to Close contacts, key areas and key populations of cases and asymptomatic infections have been found.
From April 1st, the National Health and Medical Commission announced the reports, outcomes and management of asymptomatic infected persons in the daily epidemic notification, while responding to external concerns, to further enhance the awareness of prevention and control among the entire population.
Hotspot: Strengthen international cooperation to aid global war epidemic
The real-time epidemic data released by Johns Hopkins University in the United States shows that as of 11:30 on April 2, Beijing time, the total number of confirmed cases of new coronary pneumonia in the world has exceeded 930,000, involving about 200 countries and regions.
With the spread of the epidemic globally, while doing a good job in preventing and controlling the epidemic in China, China has strengthened international cooperation and assisted the global fight against epidemics by sharing China's experience, forming foreign aid medical expert groups, and sending relief materials.
According to incomplete statistics, China has provided epidemic assistance to more than 100 countries and international organizations, compiled a set of technical documents such as the latest diagnosis and treatment programs, prevention and control programs, and shared them with nearly 200 countries and regions and more than 10 international countries. And regional organizations, held nearly 20 expert video conferences with multiple international organizations, regional organizations and more than 110 countries.
At the same time, China has sent medical expert groups to Iran, Iraq, Italy, Serbia, Cambodia and other countries. The National Health Commission also guides foreign aid medical teams stationed in 56 countries for a long time to assist developing countries in the prevention and control of epidemic situations. Held more than 200 online and offline training sessions in China.
Deng Boqing, deputy director of the National Agency for International Development Cooperation, said that the foreign aid to the epidemic was an emergency humanitarian operation with the most concentrated time and widest scope since the founding of New China. (Finish)