Can the virus mutate continuously on May 1st, can you play with it at ease?
Expert authoritative response
◎Reporter Zhang Jiaxing
On April 27, Chongqing reported the discovery of a confirmed case imported from India.
According to reports, the number of confirmed cases in India has exceeded 300,000 in a single day, and double mutant strains of the new coronavirus have appeared. People can't help but worry that the mutant virus will invade our country?
According to reports, since April, my country has added a total of 364 newly imported confirmed cases overseas, with an average daily increase of more than 20% compared with the previous month. The pressure on foreign defense imports and internal defense rebound continues to increase.
With the increasing pressure of external defense input and internal defense rebound, the May Day holiday will usher in the peak of travel.
Can the public travel with confidence?
How to do a good job in normalized prevention and control?
On April 29, the State Council’s Joint Prevention and Control Mechanism held a press conference, inviting the heads of multiple departments to respond to the people’s concerns.
Viruses are constantly mutating, can they "response to all changes with the same"?
At present, the epidemic situation in some Asian countries is rising rapidly, sounding the alarm that "the prevention and control of the new crown epidemic is far from over." However, in the opinion of Wu Zunyou, chief epidemiologist at the Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, although the virus continues to mutate, blocking transmission An effective means of "responding to ever-changing with the same".
"The prevention and control of the new crown epidemic is difficult, complex, repetitive, and long-term." Wu Zunyou said that some cities have also detected Indian mutant strains, but no matter how they are mutated, humans can stop their spread, as long as they can stop it. Stopping the spread of this strain can prevent the spread of mutant strains, and blocking the spread can prevent the occurrence of new mutant strains.
Therefore, the implementation of prevention and control measures is the most critical, not only to stop the epidemic of mutant strains, but also to prevent the occurrence of new mutations.
Wu Zunyou emphasized that the normalized prevention and control strategy is the basic prevention and control strategy that my country has determined since the new crown epidemic, and it has been adhered to until now. This is also the key to maintaining a good new crown epidemic situation in my country.
During the "May 1st" period and after the "May 1st" period, we will continue to implement normalized prevention and control measures.
Recently, the number of imported cases for foreign prevention has been increasing. The reason why it can be controlled well is due to the investment of a large amount of manpower and material resources to strictly guard against death, so that my country has maintained a good overall situation of the epidemic situation.
"Remind everyone, we must always tighten the string of epidemic prevention and control. Each of us must adhere to normalized prevention and control measures. Only by implementing our personal protective measures can we continue to maintain a good situation." Wu Zunyou said .
Tighten the string of prevention and control, how can I play smoothly?
Does it mean that we can't play happily if we keep tightening the string of epidemic prevention and control?
Wu Zunyou gave an example: For example, a healthy person arrived 15 minutes before the place where the asymptomatic infected person arrived. When the asymptomatic infected person arrived, he had already left 15 minutes before, and he did not get another asymptomatic infection in the future. The person has had any time and space contact, like this, there is no need to isolate.
"Scientific prevention and control and precise implementation of policies require specific analysis of specific issues," said Wu Zunyou.
So, how to have fun during the May Day Trip?
Wu Zunyou suggested that reasonable arrangements must be made before traveling, personal protection must be paid attention to, normalized prevention and control measures must be put in place, wear masks in poorly ventilated places, maintain hand hygiene, maintain social distancing, often ventilate, prepare masks, Disinfect paper towels, disposable hand sanitizer.
He especially emphasized not to organize or participate in large-scale gatherings, gatherings and other activities.
Li Jian, the first-level inspector of the Marketing Management Department of the Ministry of Culture and Tourism, also particularly emphasized that for areas with high-risk of the epidemic, all kinds of gatherings of mass cultural activities are still suspended, and for low-risk areas, appropriate adjustments will be made in accordance with local epidemic prevention and control requirements. The number of people should be prepared for emergency response, and activities that do not meet the epidemic prevention and control and safety requirements will not be approved.
In addition, if an abnormality occurs during the trip, you should seek medical attention. If the doctor determines that the abnormality is transient, minor, and does not require special treatment, you can continue to observe.
If the doctor judges that the abnormality is serious and the travel needs to be terminated, he must follow the doctor's opinion and cancel the original travel plan.
If the doctor determines that this abnormal situation may be an infectious disease, including the new crown, in such a case, it must be arranged by medical staff and deal with it in a timely manner.
"Not closing", May 1 can also be vaccinated
As of 24:00 on April 28, a total of 243.905 million doses of the new crown vaccine have been reported nationwide, of which 55% have been vaccinated in the past month.
In other words, in the past month, more than 132 million doses of the new crown vaccine have been vaccinated across the country.
During the "May 1st" holiday, the national vaccination work was kept in files and "not closed".
According to Du Xueping, director of Yuetan Community Health Service Center in Xicheng District, Beijing, during the "May 1st" holiday, primary medical and health service institutions will be vaccinated against new coronary pneumonia, and primary medical and health institutions will scientifically coordinate and rationally arrange vaccination.
She reminded that during the vaccination process, don't get together and chat, wear a mask and line up outside one meter noodle. There will be medical workers on site to answer various vaccination questions and check the ID card information of each vaccination to ensure the safe and orderly vaccination work. At the same time, services such as green channels and appointments have been set up for the elderly, and some vaccination sites will also be equipped with types of drugs for the control of chronic diseases and rescue, so as to provide convenience and safety for the people as much as possible.