(Fighting New Coronary Pneumonia) The "alert" of the epidemic in mainland China has not been lifted
China News Service, Beijing, September 2nd, title: 17 consecutive days of zero new cases of local cases in mainland China "alert" has not been lifted
China News Agency reporter Wang Zumin
According to a report from the National Health Commission of China on the 2nd, 8 newly confirmed cases in 31 provinces on September 1 were all imported from abroad. This also means that there have been no new local confirmed cases in mainland China for 17 consecutive days.
On the evening of September 1, the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region Party Committee held a video conference to announce that Xinjiang will fully restore normal production and living order without relaxing normalized epidemic prevention and control measures.
On August 30, Dalian officials stated that as of August 29, all local confirmed cases and asymptomatic infections in the city have achieved "double clearing", and there have been no new community confirmed cases for 28 consecutive days, marking Dalian’s "7·· 22" The epidemic is over.
However, despite the continuous good news, China has not lifted the "alert" of the epidemic-being alert to risks and containing rebounds has become an important task for China's current epidemic prevention and control.
"Replaying the old tune": zero addition does not equal zero risk
In February and March of this year, as China’s epidemic prevention and control situation continued to stabilize and improve, when there were zero new confirmed cases in many places, including Wuhan, Chinese officials and experts repeatedly emphasized that “zero new addition does not equal zero risk. ".
Today, this sentence has been "replayed" again.
The reporter combed and found that the current "risk" of the epidemic in China mainly comes from several aspects:
First, there is still a "hidden corner" for epidemic prevention and control.
From the Shulan epidemic in Jilin in May, to the new epidemic in Beijing in June, to the Xinjiang and Dalian epidemics that began in July, before these local epidemics broke out, there were zero new local cases in mainland China for many consecutive days. Farmer's markets and imported cold-chain foods once became "hidden corners" of epidemic prevention and control.
Although China has further strengthened its prevention and control efforts in all aspects, and comprehensively checked for omissions, many experts believe that the new crown virus is quite "cunning" and that human understanding of it is far from enough, which has greatly increased the complexity of the epidemic And uncertainty, some unpredictable "hidden corners" may be reproduced in prevention and control.
Second, overseas import has become the norm.
Since July and August, the number of imported cases in mainland China has remained high.
The global epidemic is still spreading, with more than 25 million confirmed cases.
As countries resume work and production to varying degrees, international personnel exchanges become more frequent, and the willingness to travel across borders and visit relatives has become stronger, the risks and pressures of overseas imports continue to grow.
The third is that the epidemic still has the possibility of forming an epidemic peak in autumn and winter.
Zeng Guang, the former chief epidemiologist of the Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, said that although people currently do not know enough about the new coronavirus, based on their existing knowledge of respiratory infectious diseases, they generally continue to spread from the end of autumn to the end of spring the following year. New coronary pneumonia, which is a respiratory infectious disease, is more likely to form an epidemic peak in autumn.
At the same time, when other respiratory infectious diseases "invade", the human body faces multiple shocks, and the new crown virus may "invade".
"Old bottle and new wine": How to prevent and control the epidemic in the first season and autumn and winter?
As the situation changes, Chinese officials have repeatedly issued guidelines on epidemic prevention and control under a normalized situation.
In the fall and the beginning of the new semester, China has also updated targeted prevention and control requirements and measures in a timely manner.
In order to scientifically guide the prevention and control of the new crown pneumonia epidemic in autumn and winter in colleges, primary and secondary schools and kindergartens, the National Health Commission organized a number of disease control agencies to revise and update the relevant technical plans formulated in the early stage. A technical plan for the prevention and control of the fall and winter epidemics was issued to provide guidance on preparations for the beginning of school, management after the beginning of school, emergency response and other situations, and put forward the specific technical requirements and details of the comprehensive, multi-scenario, and prevention and control measures that need to be implemented. For the work process, local disease control departments have also successively introduced epidemic prevention and control measures for school admissions in the fall or guidelines for epidemic prevention at school openings.
September 1 is the day when most schools start the new semester, and China also ushered in the largest return of students since the outbreak.
In the CCTV "First Class" program that night, Zhang Wenhong, the leader of the Shanghai New Coronary Pneumonia Treatment Expert Team and the Director of the Infectious Diseases Department of Huashan Hospital, put forward 10 protective suggestions for young students, including "wearing a mask is to protect yourself and others" and "washing hands" You must be as serious as you do your homework," "Use chopsticks for dinner parties, and do not mix tableware", "Eat a good breakfast and eat more protein" and so on.
In response to the public's prevention and control of the epidemic in autumn and winter, experts have proposed two levels.
At the individual level, it is still necessary to "wear a mask, wash hands frequently, and maintain social distancing."
Some experts also recommend that you get the flu vaccine in advance when autumn comes.
On the one hand, winter and spring are the high seasons for influenza, which can be prevented in advance.
On the other hand, the symptoms of influenza are similar to those of new coronary pneumonia, so as to avoid confusion between the two and cause unnecessary panic and treatment "misunderstandings."
At the social level, strictly implement national requirements and measures for the prevention and control of epidemics in autumn and winter.
The Medical Treatment Team of the Joint Prevention and Control Mechanism of the State Council recently issued the "Work Plan for the Medical Treatment of the New Coronary Pneumonia Epidemic in Autumn and Winter", which involves standardized construction and management of fever clinics, nucleic acid testing, material storage, and personnel protection.
The State Council’s Joint Prevention and Control Mechanism and the National Health Commission have also convened multiple meetings to emphasize preparations for prevention and control in autumn and winter and resolutely prevent the epidemic from rebounding.
Although the risk of the epidemic still exists, many experts said that China has established a strong and rigorous prevention and control network to form effective methods and experience to control the epidemic. Even if there is the possibility of an epidemic rebound in autumn and winter, it is unlikely to be like the early Wuhan Such an epidemic.
Wu Zunyou, chief expert of epidemiology at the Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, also said that it is expected that there will be a "new weapon" in the prevention and control of the epidemic in winter, that is, the new coronavirus vaccine. benefit".
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