(Fighting against New Coronary Pneumonia) Global war epidemic: Australia's epidemic control is good: experts are right
China News Agency, Sydney, April 27th, Question: Australia's Outbreak Control Experts: Time and place are right
China News Agency reporter Tao Shelan
Starting on the 27th, Western Australia will relax restrictions related to the outbreak, such as indoor and outdoor non-working parties will be relaxed to a maximum of 10 people; people can leave home for a wider range of reasons, including non-contact outdoor activities such as camping, Fishing, outdoor personal training, etc. Queensland will also relax restrictions appropriately from May 2.
On April 26 local time, the Australian government officially launched a mobile phone application that helps prevent epidemics. This program can exchange data through Bluetooth, quickly track close contacts of confirmed cases, and help the health department to have a higher effect New crown epidemic.
Jian Le, a visiting professor and an epidemiology expert at Curtin University in Western Australia, told China News Agency that the current Australian anti-epidemic effectiveness is attributed to "time, geographical conditions, and harmony."
"Among these three factors, I think the human factor plays a decisive role." Jian Le said. She further analyzed that in times of crisis, the government abandons partisan disputes and unites and cooperates in risk assessment management and decision-making. A series of gradual tightening of emergency decisions, including requirements for social distance and the number of people gathered, interstate travel ban, suspension of entertainment, fitness and beauty, and other public places operations, postponement of elective surgery, deployment of emergency medical resources, etc., are important for controlling the development of the epidemic. The role. In addition, Australia ’s epidemiological retrospective work is quite good, which is of great significance for controlling the spread of community epidemics. At the same time, a series of economic subsidy policies have also played a good role in stabilizing people's hearts, guaranteeing the supply of necessities of life, and stabilizing social security.
Talking about the government's performance in responding to the epidemic, Australian media person Marcus Reubenstein believes that this is also one of the things that impressed him in Australia's anti-epidemic. He said that the implementation of the border blockade in the early stage of the virus spread made the spread of the central, western and northern areas very little. At the same time, this measure also makes it easier for viruses to track, detect and reduce infections in large cities such as Sydney and Melbourne.
Jian Le said that when it comes to "harmony", the role of the people must be emphasized. Most Australians can maintain social distance and reduce unnecessary travel. There are of course exceptions. Well, those who violate the ban will be severely punished. For example, NSW will impose a fine of 1,000 Australian dollars on those who do not comply with the restrictions. The most serious disregard for the ban is to be punished by going to jail. In particular, the Chinese have contributed to the epidemic control. They took the lead in isolation at home, carried out online shopping, actively sent masks to purchase life necessities for high-risk groups in the community, and provided protective supplies and shopping channels for first-line medical staff.
At this point, Marcus has the same view. He said: "Like other Western countries, we have encountered many challenges in restricting all groups of people, but it is clear that most Australians understand that self-isolation and maintaining social distance will reduce the spread of the virus."
As Jian Le said, as a country with a vast population and a sparse population in the southern hemisphere, Australia has a unique "time" and "geographic advantage" in curbing the spread of the virus. She said that Australia ’s relatively isolated geographical location, surrounded by water, makes it easy to isolate input from outside when the global travel ban is implemented. At the same time, at the beginning of the outbreak, the northern hemisphere was in a season of high incidence of respiratory diseases including influenza, and Australia was in summer, with high and dry temperatures. These special natural conditions are used reasonably and fully, which is conducive to controlling the epidemic.
"Australia is 'lucky' in fighting the virus because we are an island and there are no land borders, so the probability of people entering the virus is low. At present, we have successfully restricted the spread of the virus in the community." Marcus Say. (Finish)