Chinanews client, Beijing, July 25th (Reporter Zhang Ni) In recent days, when public opinion focused on floods, the Olympics, typhoons and even the misdeeds of an entertainment star, Nanjing has completed the first round of nucleic acid tests for all employees. And start the second round of testing today.
The epidemic is here again, this time in Nanjing.
According to the data reported by the National Health Commission, on the 24th, there were 5 newly confirmed cases in the local area, including 2 in Jiangsu.
So far, in this epidemic, there have been 37 confirmed cases in Nanjing.
It is worth noting that the epidemic is highly related to Nanjing Lukou International Airport.
People cannot help asking: Why is the airport "broken" again?
Nucleic acid testing was carried out for all employees in Jiangning District, Nanjing.
Photo by Yang Bo
Nanjing, 37 cases!
The Yunnan epidemic has not yet ended, and the successive confirmed cases in Nanjing have once again aroused public concern.
From the 20th to the 24th, in 5 days, the number of confirmed cases in Jiangsu alone reached 37, and they were all concentrated in Nanjing.
What is even more alarming is that the epidemic in Nanjing this time has "spilled" and the transmission chain involved Guangdong, Liaoning, Anhui, and Sichuan provinces.
In addition, in Jiangsu Province, Suqian City added 1 case of asymptomatic infection on the 22nd, who had also been to Nanjing before.
Starting on the 21st, Nanjing will carry out nucleic acid tests for all permanent residents and people who come to Nanjing.
On the evening of the 23rd, the first round of nucleic acid sampling for all employees was basically completed.
Starting at 11 am on the 25th, the second round of nucleic acid testing for all employees started.
On the 23rd, the enclosed area of Lukou Street, Jiangning, Nanjing was adjusted to a high-risk area, and several villages and communities were adjusted to a medium-risk area.
At present, in accordance with the requirements of the Nanjing Municipal Party Committee and Government, all types of personnel must provide a green code of health code and a certificate of negative nucleic acid test within 48 hours before leaving Nanjing.
Nanjing City requires all citizens and passengers to leave Nanjing with a negative nucleic acid certificate within 48 hours.
Photo by Shen Ran
More than half of the confirmed cases are airport cleaning
On the 21st, Nanjing City held a press conference. Fang Zhongyou, director of the Municipal Health Commission, said at the meeting that the source of the epidemic is still under investigation, and the possibility of infections related to overseas cases is relatively high.
However, this epidemic has a key point that has attracted people's attention: the vast majority of cases are related to Nanjing Lukou International Airport.
In the details of the 35 confirmed cases that have been announced, 22 people are working at the airport, of which 20 are engaged in cleaning, many are engaged in cabin cleaning, and another 2 are drivers.
Most of the remaining confirmed cases are family members of the above-mentioned cases or live in Lukou Street.
Outside of Jiangsu, the confirmed cases found in Zhongshan, Guangdong and Mianyang, Sichuan have also been to the airport.
Public information shows that Nanjing Lukou International Airport is one of the member units of the Eastern Airport Group.
According to the airport’s official website, the airport is positioned as an “important hub for the world-class airport cluster in the Yangtze River Delta”.
Currently, the routes reach 78 major domestic cities and 35 international and regional destinations.
In 2017, the airport's annual passenger throughput ranked 11th in the country, and its cargo throughput ranked 10th.
How is the deployment of epidemic prevention work for such an important international airport?
According to the news published on the airport's official website, as of May 12, the total number of people vaccinated by the Eastern Airport Group was 9,251, with an inoculation rate of 90.87%.
Among them, Nanjing Airport organized a total of 29 vaccinations for its employees, with a total of 5,036 people vaccinated, and the vaccination rate reached 90.3%.
On the eve of the "May 1st" holiday this year, the group company held an enlarged meeting of the party committee to strictly implement the requirements of airport epidemic prevention and control, strengthen the health management and self-protection of employees, and accelerate the vaccination work in accordance with the requirements of "should be done".
Even so, dozens of people were infected at the airport under heavy prevention and control.
At present, Feng Jun, party secretary and chairman of the Eastern Airport Group Co., Ltd., has been suspended.
Data map: The cargo apron of Shanghai Pudong International Airport, unloading operations are proceeding in an orderly manner.
Photo by Zhang Hengwei
Why do airports frequently "break defense"?
This is not the first time that a domestic airport has been "broken" by a virus.
On November 9, 2020, a cargo worker at Shanghai Pudong Airport was diagnosed with new coronary pneumonia. In the following 14 days, a total of 8 related cases were confirmed in the west cargo area of Pudong Airport.
In January 2021, an epidemic occurred in Shijiazhuang, Hebei. The first confirmed case lived in close proximity to Shijiazhuang Zhengding International Airport and the high-speed rail Zhengding Airport Station.
In June of this year, Shenzhen Bao’an Airport customs staff and airport restaurant waiters were infected with the Delta variant of the new crown virus...
On the 9th of this month, Han Guangzu, deputy director of the Flight Standards Department of the Civil Aviation Administration, emphasized at a special press conference on the work of civil aviation for six months, the current international epidemic situation is still not optimistic. Some countries are at the peak of the third wave of epidemics, and new mutant strains have spread. To many countries and regions, spreading to many neighboring countries of our country, the import pressure of foreign defense is huge.
Although the new crown vaccination for key populations has been carried out before, vaccination does not mean that you can sit back and relax.
As early as April of this year, in view of the protective effect of the new crown vaccine, Shao Yiming, a member of the expert group of vaccine research and development team of the Joint Prevention and Control Mechanism of the State Council, emphasized that all vaccines are not 100% effective. While preventing infection, vaccines are more important. It can prevent hospitalization, severe illness and death.
It can be seen that in the face of constantly mutating imported viruses from abroad, airports with a high concentration of people and logistics are still one of the most risky places, and comprehensive protective measures and awareness are essential.
According to Nanjing Lukou International Airport, the airport has upgraded its disinfection standards overnight to increase the frequency of daily disinfection of items in close contact with passengers, from once every 3-4 hours to once every 2 hours to increase the proportion of disinfectants. , Reaching the upper limit of the use standard to ensure "full coverage and no dead ends" for disinfection.
At the same time, the airport has set up areas to remove protective equipment for employees engaged in domestic flight protection in the T1 and T2 terminals, and strictly enforce the personal protection standards of employees.
Data map: The customs officer of Chongqing Jiangbei Airport boarded for inspection.
Photo courtesy of Chongqing Jiangbei Airport Customs
How to block the prevention and control "
loopholes
"?
Under the pressure of the epidemic, the key is whether to contain the "loopholes" in prevention and control.
In fact, relevant prevention and control measures have been continuously followed up in response to the risk of virus importation existing in the airport.
For example, China has continuously revised the "Technical Guidelines for the Prevention and Control of Epidemics in Transport Airlines and Airports."
The latest edition of the "Technical Guidelines for the Prevention and Control of Epidemics at Transportation Airports" covers the personal protection recommendations for various airport personnel.
Among them, it is clear that the necessary protective equipment for floor cleaners includes medical surgical masks and disposable medical rubber or nitrile gloves.
In addition, the staff in the entry security area should avoid mixing public facilities with passengers and other personnel at the same time, try to fix work and commuting routes, and avoid mixing with employees who provide services for domestic passengers.
In January of this year, the "Notice on Further Doing a Good Job in the Prevention and Control of the Current New Coronary Pneumonia Epidemic" issued by the Joint Prevention and Control Mechanism of the State Council also proposed to strengthen the prevention of epidemics in rural areas around airports, urban-rural areas, and rural areas where there are more workers returning home. Control, strengthen grid and refined management.
The Civil Aviation Administration said this month that it continues to pay attention to the operation of international scheduled passenger flights and the import of related cases, analyzes and judges the risk of imported epidemics on a shift-by-shift basis, and under the guidance of the Foreign Affairs Team of the Joint Prevention and Control Mechanism of the State Council, according to the changing situation of overseas epidemics and the receiving guarantees in the cities of entry Capacity, dynamically adjust the number of international flights, and moderately reduce flights to China from countries with a higher risk of importing the epidemic.
In addition, recently, the Civil Aviation Administration has instructed all relevant civil aviation units to strengthen the labor protection of production workers under the high temperature environment in summer, including requiring all units to equip frontline employees with personal protective equipment suitable for summer, reasonably adjust the work and rest system of employees, and provide necessary equipment. Ventilation and cooling facilities and materials, etc., to prevent high temperature from seriously affecting employee health, epidemic prevention and control, and production safety.
Of course, when a series of measures are introduced, whether they can be implemented in place is the key.
At present, the cumulative number of new crown vaccines in China has exceeded 1.5 billion doses. The vaccination work is progressing rapidly. However, while building a herd immunity barrier, it is necessary to close potential risk "loopholes."
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