The Ministry of Education held a press conference today (27th) to introduce the epidemic prevention and control work for the beginning of the fall semester of 2021, and require school-by-school evaluation of the conditions for opening and returning to school. Schools cannot be opened if the requirements are not met.
At the press conference, the relevant person in charge of the Ministry of Education introduced that in the next step, the Ministry of Education will address the actual prevention and control requirements at each time period before, during and after the beginning of school, to make up for shortcomings, plug loopholes, and implement it strictly and strictly. Various prevention and control measures have made every effort to ensure the physical and mental health of teachers and students and campus safety.
Teachers and students of colleges and universities need to hold a certificate of negative nucleic acid test within 48 hours when entering the school
To implement back-to-school requirements.
Supervise all localities and schools to strictly implement the fall start and return to school standards in accordance with the changes in the epidemic situation and the distribution of schools, teachers and students, and evaluate the conditions for the start and return of school on a school-by-school basis. Schools cannot be opened if the requirements are not met.
Localities and schools should effectively strengthen the health monitoring of the personnel before returning to school, and accurately grasp the health status and travel trajectory of teachers and students for 14 consecutive days before returning to school. Teachers and students will not return to school without notice from the school.
Teachers, students and staff of universities are required to carry out nucleic acid testing strictly. They must hold a certificate of negative nucleic acid test within 48 hours when entering school, take personal protective measures on the way back to school, and do necessary nucleic acid testing after entering school.
Schools are required to strengthen school gate management, make full use of information technology, strictly control school gates, strictly prevent the input of epidemics outside the school, and strictly manage large-scale activities for teachers and students inside and outside the school to ensure safety.
Make overall arrangements for necessary emergency isolation places and supplies
It is necessary to promote the local party committee and government to coordinate the emergency response of schools after the outbreak of the epidemic, coordinate the arrangements for the necessary emergency isolation sites and materials, and make adequate preparations in advance for the large-scale emergency isolation of teachers and students, personnel transfers, and emergency treatment after the outbreak of the campus epidemic.
Improve emergency plan
Educational departments and schools in all regions should effectively implement the fourth edition of the school’s epidemic prevention and control technical plan, carefully formulate, optimize and improve the local emergency response plan of the school, and establish a rapid response, complete process, and strong guarantee for the epidemic emergency response mechanism.
Educational departments and schools in various regions should coordinate with health, disease control and other departments and medical institutions to carry out emergency drills to enhance the actual ability to initiate emergency plans in a timely manner and decisively deal with emergencies.
(CCTV reporter Pan Hongxu and He Xueguo)