Chinanews.com client, Beijing, January 9th (Reporter Zhang Ni) On the 8th, there was another digital update on the epidemic situation in Hebei.
As of 24:00 on January 8, there were 137 local confirmed cases in Hebei Province, and the 14 new confirmed cases that day were all reported by Shijiazhuang City.
197 local asymptomatic infections are still under medical observation.
As the first identified high-risk area for this wave of epidemics, Xiaoguozhuang Village, Zengcun Town, Gaocheng District, Shijiazhuang City, reported the first locally confirmed case. Subsequently, a large number of confirmed cases appeared in the village and neighboring villages.
How was this village close to Shijiazhuang Zhengding International Airport captured by the virus?
What warnings does it bring to us?
Map of Zengcun Town (Source: Screenshot from the official website of the People's Government of Gaocheng District, Shijiazhuang)
——Special geographical location and weak protection awareness
On January 2, when the people were still immersed in the joyous atmosphere of the New Year's Day holiday, Hebei Province reported the first confirmed case of this round of the epidemic-a 61-year-old female villager in Xiaoguozhuang Village, Zengcun Town, was infected with new crown pneumonia.
Subsequently, confirmed cases appeared in Xiaoguozhuang Village one after another, and the adjacent Liujiazuo Village, Dongqiao Village, Beiqiao Village, and Nanqiao Village also had confirmed cases.
In addition to Shijiazhuang, there were also infections in Nangong City, Xingtai.
The whole Gaocheng District has become a high-risk area.
At a press conference on the prevention and control of the new crown pneumonia epidemic in Hebei Province on the 8th, Li Qi, director of the Hebei Provincial Center for Disease Control and Prevention, said that it has been found that the epidemic is caused by imported viruses from abroad.
In addition, all the positive cases found so far are linked to an epidemic.
So, how did Xiaoguozhuang Village, where the case was first reported, related to the imported virus abroad?
The map shows that Xiaoguozhuang Village is only a dozen kilometers away from Zhengding International Airport (screenshot)
Observing the geographical location, it can be found that Zengcun Town is close to Shijiazhuang Zhengding International Airport and the high-speed railway Zhengding Airport Station.
Xiaoguozhuang Village is only a dozen kilometers away from Zhengding International Airport, and it takes less than 20 minutes to drive.
This seems to provide a convenient condition for virus input.
Wu Hao, an expert of the National Health Commission’s Disease Prevention and Control Advisory Committee, once analyzed that the majority of rural migrant workers are engaged in the service industry and may also be engaged in cold chain transportation. Once they come into contact with dangerous objects imported from abroad, they may express the virus. Send home in the form of a parcel.
In addition, returning to the village of asymptomatic infected persons may also cause the spread of the virus.
On the other hand, compared to cities, rural residents are mostly elderly and children, and the lack of awareness of personal protection makes villages the weakest link most vulnerable to attack.
Officially released information shows that a 66-year-old male in Xiaoguozhuang Village has been diagnosed with sore throat symptoms since December 23, 2020, but he has not seen a doctor during this period, and the village-wide nucleic acid test was found to be positive on the 3rd. Before that, he also attended a wedding.
On January 5, the 22nd winter month of the Chinese lunar calendar, Xiao Han.
There are few vehicles in Shijiazhuang, Hebei at night, and occasionally pedestrians in winter clothes rush along.
Photo by Li Yang
——A banquet and wedding banquet gathered at the end of the year
The banquets and parties gathered at the beginning of the year and the beginning of the year also allowed the virus to enter.
“During the New Year’s Day and Spring Festival, it is recommended to minimize gathering activities. Enterprises and other units hold gatherings and other activities should control the number of people. Activities with more than 50 people should formulate prevention and control plans and strictly implement relevant prevention and control measures; advocate family private gatherings, dinners, etc. Take personal protection for less than 10 people."
On December 21, 2020, at the press conference of the Joint Prevention and Control Mechanism of the State Council, Wu Zunyou, chief epidemiologist of the Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, gave such a reminder.
Before New Year’s Day, the State Council’s Joint Prevention and Control Mechanism Comprehensive Team issued the “Notice on Doing a Good Job in the Prevention and Control of the New Coronary Pneumonia Epidemic During the New Year’s Day and the Spring Festival in 2021”. The document reiterated that it is advocating that family private gatherings and meals should be controlled under 10 people, A prevention and control plan should be formulated for activities above people.
However, in the announced itinerary of confirmed cases in Shijiazhuang, wedding banquet, full moon wine, drop-in, and rush are all high-frequency words.
Feng Zijian, deputy director of the China Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, said in an interview that winter is a season conducive to the spread of respiratory infectious diseases, and that social activities such as weddings and funerals among villagers in the epidemic areas in Hebei are very intensive, which has aggravated the spread of the epidemic.
According to official information, several weddings were held in Xiaoguozhuang and surrounding villages from December 28, 2020 to January 2, 2021. More than 17 confirmed cases attended the wedding ceremony, which was only held on December 28 at a hotel on Airport Road Seven people were diagnosed at the wedding banquet.
In addition, a 44-year-old female with a confirmed case attended 3 wedding banquets in 4 days.
Some villagers in Xiaoguozhuang Village recalled in an interview with the media recently that at the end of December, at the scene of a relatives wedding banquet, almost no one wore a mask.
After the outbreak, Shijiazhuang issued 10 measures for community prevention and control. Among them, it was mentioned that it is necessary to minimize outing activities, go out at all times, gather less relatives and friends, strictly prohibit gatherings of various forms, such as gatherings, playing cards, and postpone "red events". , "Funny matter" is simplified and reported to the community in advance for record.
On January 8, the third day of nucleic acid testing for all employees in Shijiazhuang.
In the laboratory of the First Hospital of Hebei Medical University, the medical workers closest to the "virus" are working hard.
Photo by China News Agency reporter Zhai Yujia
——The first "sentinel point", no whistle blow
Just last month, the National Health Commission issued the "Notice on Strengthening the Establishment of Fever Clinics in Primary Medical and Health Institutions."
The document requires the establishment of fever clinics in qualified township health centers and community health service centers.
In addition, the above-mentioned document also proposes that primary medical institutions need to conduct nucleic acid testing and routine blood tests on all fever patients. If they do not have the testing capabilities, they need to provide testing services for fever patients through cooperation with other medical institutions or third-party testing agencies.
However, in this wave of epidemics, primary medical institutions as the first "sentinel point" for finding infected persons have repeatedly been absent.
For example, a 52-year-old male in Liujiazuo Village has a confirmed case and has had fever symptoms since December 26, 2020. He went to a clinic in Xiaoguozhuang Village on the 27th, 29th, and 30th, but it was not until January 2nd. In the afternoon, I went to Xinle City People's Hospital for a nucleic acid test, only to find the result was positive.
At 4 am on January 3, the case was transferred by a negative pressure ambulance to a designated hospital in Shijiazhuang for isolation and treatment.
From the onset of symptoms to the final nucleic acid test, the time span of this case was more than one week.
The emergence of this loophole has also directly led to the risk of rapid spread of the epidemic within a small area.
In Xiaoguozhuang Village, some elderly people who have not left the village have also been diagnosed with the infection.
On January 5, the Second Affiliated Hospital of Hebei Medical University has "upgraded" epidemic prevention measures and closed the emergency room.
Photo by China News Agency reporter Zhai Yujia
-There are a large number of people over 60 years of age who are infected
Among the confirmed cases that have been announced in this round of the epidemic, there are also obvious age characteristics. A large proportion of people over 60 years old are diagnosed. An 89-year-old man in Xiaoguozhuang Village has been diagnosed.
With inadequate protection awareness and low resistance, the elderly left behind in the village have become the target of the virus.
This also means that follow-up treatment may face more challenges.
On January 4, a 55-year-old female patient in Liujiazuo Village, Gaocheng District, was diagnosed as a severe case.
As of now, there have been many severe cases in Hebei.
In Wu Hao's view, most of the cases found in the city were asymptomatic and confirmed by regular screening, with mild symptoms. However, many of the confirmed cases of the Hebei epidemic were elderly people over 60 years old.
This means that the pathogenicity rate of the virus may not be reduced. Therefore, it is necessary to implement the "four-early principle" of epidemic prevention in rural areas as soon as possible to cut off the source of transmission.
According to the official announcement, as of the 8th, all 20 villages in Zengcun Township, Gaocheng District, had completed the third round of nucleic acid testing.
As of 12:00 on January 8, a total of 259 positive patients had been detected in Gaocheng District, including 112 confirmed patients and 147 asymptomatic infections. All of them have been transferred to the designated hospital Shijiazhuang Fifth Hospital for treatment.
On the 8th, the Shijiazhuang Epidemic Prevention and Control Headquarters Office announced that after Shijiazhuang City completed the task of nucleic acid testing for all employees, the general public continued to stay at home for 7 days to effectively prevent and control the epidemic. People did not move, gather, or leave communities and villages.
There is only more than a month before the Spring Festival in 2021, and Xiaoguozhuang Village, which was captured by the virus, has undoubtedly sounded the alarm bell for the whole country.
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