(Fighting against New Coronary Pneumonia) What does it mean for Beijing to raise its emergency response level?

  China News Agency, Beijing, June 17 Question: What does it mean for Beijing to raise the emergency response level?

  Author Zhang Su Guo Chao Kai Ma Haiyan

  Xiaojing, a Shanxi Yuncheng worker who worked in Beijing, gritted his teeth and returned the train ticket. June 25-27 is the Dragon Boat Festival holiday, she originally planned to return home to accompany her father who recovered from illness.

On June 17, Beijing residents traveled by subway line S1. On the evening of June 16, Beijing's emergency response level was adjusted from level 3 to level 2. China News Agency reporter Zhang Xinglong photo

  Xiaojing was uneasy two or three days ago. Her community is located at the junction of Fengtai District and Xicheng District, driving south for more than ten minutes all the way to Beijing Xinfadi Agricultural Products Wholesale Market. On June 13, the new market was temporarily closed due to successive confirmed cases of new coronary pneumonia. Immediately afterwards, someone at the Guangwai Tiantao Honglian Vegetable Market, less than 400 meters away from Xiaojing's residence, was "struck", and the nucleic acid test results were positive at individual sites. From the early morning of the 16th, seven communities around the market implemented closed management measures. Xiaojing consulted with the community staff, and the other party replied, "Please do not leave the community unless necessary." On the same day, Beijing announced that the emergency response level of public health emergencies will be adjusted from three to two, and the prevention and control strategy will be adjusted accordingly, which clearly states that "relevant personnel in the middle and high-risk streets and new development markets are prohibited from leaving Beijing."

  One background for Beijing’s raising the emergency response level is that since June 11, the city has reported a total of 137 confirmed cases, and the epidemic has spread to 9 districts in the city and caused related cases in 4 provinces. According to the official report, Beijing is currently facing a serious situation in preventing overseas imports and the risk of Beijing and domestic proliferation. Restore the closed management of the community, adjust the proportion of public traffic restrictions, insist on non-necessary not going out of Beijing, non-essential non-dinners, parties, gatherings... These prevention and control measures for every citizen make people nervous again.

  In this regard, public health experts believe that the current situation should be viewed rationally. "Because Beijing takes strict prevention and control measures, it cannot be considered that things have not been done well." Zeng Guang, the former chief researcher of epidemiology at the Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, told reporters from China News Service.

  According to the "General Emergency Response Plan for National Public Emergencies" issued by the State Council of China, the second-level emergency response is also called "major emergency response" and is second only to the first-level (especially significant) in the four-level classification. Since the outbreak of the New Coronary Pneumonia epidemic, Beijing has initiated a first-level emergency response on January 24, until it was downgraded from a first-level emergency response to a second-level emergency response on April 30. The reporter noticed that although Beijing was downgraded from second-level emergency response to third-level emergency response on June 6, after multiple consecutive confirmed cases, the official announced on the 15th that it would enhance community prevention and control measures, "All communities (village ) All adopt three-level emergency response, two-level prevention and control measures, and one-level working status".

  Wang Liming, a professor at the Life Science Research Institute of Zhejiang University, wrote that the epidemic in Beijing cannot be the same as that of sporadic imported cases in various cities. Therefore, it is very reasonable to carry out rapid response and improve the level of prevention and control. He also believes that, considering the base and strong concealment of the spread of the new coronavirus, humans will coexist with the new coronavirus for a long time. Even if we maintain social distance for a long time, small outbreaks of the epidemic are still inevitable. It now provides an opportunity for "exercises": how to use local rapid control measures to quell the epidemic while maintaining the general normal operation of social and economic life.

  In the opinion of experts, while dynamically adjusting the emergency response level according to changes in the epidemic situation, it is necessary to make a judgment on the overall trend of the epidemic situation. "Our ability to control the virus is increasing. This is a fact. Compared with the early stage of the war in Wuhan, it was much stronger." Zeng Guang said.

  Such as detection capabilities. On June 14 alone, Beijing completed 76,499 nucleic acid tests. Wang Jiayi, a researcher at the Institute of Biophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, told the media that the detection efficiency has been greatly improved. At least four or five hours before the results can be produced, it is now shortened to less than 40 minutes. The positive accuracy rate of the test has reached 70% to 80%.

On June 17, in a closed management community in Xicheng, Beijing, staff conducted nucleic acid testing for the residents of the community. China News Service reporter Du Yangshe

  Another example is the ability to treat. Taking Beijing Ditan Hospital affiliated to Capital Medical University as an example, the new hospital's vice president Wu Guoan introduced that the hospital has expanded and expanded a 300-bed emergency ward this year. After the cluster epidemic occurred, Ditan Hospital temporarily opened 4 wards, and a team of 24 doctors has been formed, and the number of nurses in the wards of patients with new coronary pneumonia has increased from 20 to 64. On the 16th, medical teams from Peking University Cancer Hospital, Beijing Shijitan Hospital affiliated to Capital Medical University, and Xuanwu Hospital of Capital Medical University began to support Ditan Hospital.

  Wang Guiqiang, director of the Department of Infectious Diseases of Peking University First Hospital, said in a recent interview with a reporter from China News Service that as the understanding of the virus gradually deepens and effective prevention and control measures continue to be taken, we can effectively control the epidemic and the public should maintain a Kind of ordinary mind.

  The experts interviewed above also focused on other provinces while paying attention to Beijing. So far, Liaoning, Hebei, Sichuan and Zhejiang have all had cases diagnosed in Beijing. Among them, a family of four was infected in Baoding City, Hebei Province, adjacent to Beijing, and the city released news that it was "in a state of war."

  Zeng Guang said that Hebei is closer to the Xinfa market, and many employees in the market are from Hebei, so "the situation may be more serious." He pointed out that whether it is Beijing or other provinces should wait in line, but whether to increase the level of emergency response should be determined according to their own circumstances. He also reminded the public to stick to good habits, especially wearing masks in crowded spaces.

  The outside world noticed that at the press conference on the prevention and control of the new coronary pneumonia epidemic in Beijing held on the 17th, the relevant spokespersons have all put on masks again. Xiaojing has also prepared anti-epidemic materials such as masks and disinfectants. After refunding the train ticket, she said in a video call with her family: "I can't eat rice dumplings together. I'm waiting to eat moon cakes together." (End)