(Fighting against New Coronary Pneumonia) Disease Control Expert: Maintaining good sanitary habits is the best protection during the normalized epidemic prevention and control stage
China News Service, Chongqing, July 2 (Reporter Han Lu) As the new coronary pneumonia epidemic enters the stage of normalized epidemic prevention and control, what level of protection is needed in daily life? Wear a mask or not? They are all issues of public concern. On the 2nd, the Chongqing Municipal Health Commission invited Huang Wenxiang, an expert from the National Health and Health Commission's New Coronary Pneumonia Prevention and Control Supervision Group, and Chongqing City's New Coronary Pneumonia Treatment Expert Advisory Group, to explain the personal protection of the "Chongqing Civic Health Convention."
"The hygienic habits of washing hands, cleaning and ventilating, wearing masks, and maintaining social distance are not only the most effective method for preventing new coronavirus infections, but also the common method for preventing common respiratory and digestive tract infections." Huang Wenxiang said that many Common infectious diseases, such as infectious diarrhea (dysentery, amoeba, typhoid fever, norovirus), acute respiratory infections, intestinal parasitic diseases, skin infections, trachoma and other diseases can be transmitted by hand. Washing hands can halve the mortality rate of diarrhea and acute respiratory infection by one third.
"We are talking about hand washing instead of simply flushing with tap water, but using cleaning products such as soap, soap, hand sanitizer, and hand washing time of not less than 20 seconds." Huang Wenxiang said, before eating, after going to the toilet, contact You should wash your hands after coins and public objects, and when you go home.
Huang Wenxiang specifically mentioned that anti-bacterial wipes can't replace the washing with running water. "No matter how many times the wet wipes wipe the hands, the bacteria on the surface of the skin can't be removed. Products such as'no-wash hand sanitizer' contain chemicals. So there are conditions. Under the circumstances, it is best to wash hands with running water."
"Wearing a mask has a preventive effect on respiratory infections such as new pneumonia, flu, measles, and tuberculosis. It protects itself and benefits public health." Huang Wenxiang said that he is in a crowded place, such as office, shopping, restaurant, conference room, Face masks should be worn in workshops, or in van elevators and public transportation. In the medium and low-risk areas, it is recommended that disposable disposable medical masks or medical surgical masks should be kept with you, and wear masks when in close contact with other people (less than or equal to 1 meter). In high-risk areas, it is recommended to wear disposable medical masks.
"In fact, the better the mask is, the shorter it is to wear, not the longer it is now believed. Because good filters are very filterable, the wearing time should be shortened." Huang Wenxiang said, after the mask is wet or dirty, It needs to be replaced in time. Even if there is no dirt, disposable masks need to be replaced with new ones after 4 to 6 hours of cumulative use.
Huang Wenxiang said that during the normal epidemic prevention and control phase, personal protection should also pay attention to clean and ventilated, keep the room clean, develop good personal hygiene habits, maintain social distance, and avoid gathering.