China News Agency, Beijing, January 8 (Reporter Li Chun) Chinese officials recently announced the tenth edition of the new coronavirus infection diagnosis and treatment plan and prevention and control plan.
China's National Health Commission recently organized experts in related fields to authoritatively interpret the background, main changes and significance of the new version of the diagnosis and treatment plan and prevention and control plan.
On January 6, the "Diagnosis and Treatment Plan for Novel Coronavirus Infection (Trial Version 10)" was officially released.
Talking about the changes in the new version of the diagnosis and treatment plan, Wang Guiqiang, director of the Infectious Diseases Department of Peking University First Hospital, first mentioned the name change.
"Officially naming it as a new coronavirus infection is a big concept, including asymptomatic infected people, as well as symptomatic mild, moderate, severe and critical types, and it is basically in line with international standards."
The new version of the diagnosis and treatment plan includes those over 65 years old, especially those who have not been fully vaccinated against the new coronavirus, as severe and critical high-risk groups.
Wang Guiqiang pointed out that the reason for the increase from 60 to 65 is that the data show that people over 65 are more at high risk of severe illness.
The expert said that judging from the current domestic and foreign data, vaccination is an important factor in reducing the risk of severe illness and death.
Although the current peak of the epidemic is slowing down and the fatality rate is also declining, it is still possible to face new mutant strain infections in the future, and people at high risk of severe illness will continue to exist.
"In each round of the epidemic, these people belong to the high-risk group for severe illness and death, so we must focus on and protect them."
The new version of the diagnosis and treatment plan also uses a positive test for the new coronavirus antigen as a diagnostic criterion.
Wang Guiqiang called on the public, especially the elderly and those at high risk of severe illness, to confirm the diagnosis through antigen detection or nucleic acid detection once symptoms such as fever and cough occur, and to provide early intervention in a timely manner, so as to truly "move the barrier forward" and minimize the risk of infection. Risk of severe illness and death.
The new version of the diagnosis and treatment plan also adjusted the discharge standards, and no longer required the nucleic acid test results of infected patients when they were discharged from the hospital. Instead, clinicians made comprehensive judgments.
"There is no need to check nucleic acid or antigen. As long as the symptoms improve and the condition is stable, you can be discharged from the hospital." Wang Guiqiang said, "This will save medical resources to the greatest extent, so that the saved beds and other medical resources can effectively treat those with severe and critical illnesses. High-risk groups for severe illness."
Regarding the participation of traditional Chinese medicine in the treatment of new crowns, a major change in the tenth edition of the diagnosis and treatment plan is that the treatment of severe and critical illnesses is more detailed.
Liu Qingquan, President of Beijing Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine Affiliated to Capital Medical University, said: "Over the years, in the process of coordinating the treatment of severe and critical illnesses with Chinese and Western medicine, we have a clearer understanding of severe and critical illnesses, and we also know that Chinese medicine intervenes in certain links. , which has a very good effect on reducing the fatality rate.”
For example, he said that when severe high fever occurs, the coordinated treatment of Chinese and Western medicine can shorten the duration of fever.
When circulatory failure occurs, while western medicine adopts volume resuscitation and vasoactive drugs, Chinese medicine can also use Chinese medicine to replenish qi and strengthen the body, and carry out coordinated treatment of Chinese and Western medicine, which can also shorten the time to correct shock.
"In the treatment of severe and critical illnesses, our experience has been enriched, and the points have been identified more accurately. This is also an important content that is enriched in the tenth edition of the diagnosis and treatment plan." Liu Qingquan pointed out.
Following the announcement of the new version of the diagnosis and treatment plan, Chinese officials announced the "New Coronavirus Infection Prevention and Control Plan (Tenth Edition)" on January 7.
Wang Liping, a researcher at the Department of Communication and Prevention of the Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, said that the tenth edition of the prevention and control plan is a prevention and control plan issued after China decided to implement "Class B and B control" for new coronavirus infections. Disease regulations are enacted under this legal framework.
The expert pointed out that compared with the ninth edition, the tenth edition of the prevention and control plan highlights the importance of monitoring and early warning.
Key populations, key institutions and industries, key regions, and large venues are the focus of prevention and control after the implementation of "Class B and Control".
For this "three important and one big", the new version of the prevention and control plan puts forward specific measures and requirements in terms of normalized prevention and control and emergency response during the epidemic.
In addition, the tenth edition of the prevention and control plan also proposes that during the epidemic period, various localities can adopt different measures to alleviate the epidemic and peak pressure based on the overall analysis and judgment of the local epidemic intensity, medical resource load, and social operation conditions. Alternatives.
For example, non-essential large-scale activities are suspended, and indoor public places such as museums and art galleries adopt flow-limiting measures, etc.
Wang Liping said that the work goal of the new version of the prevention and control plan has been changed from "infection prevention" in the ninth version of the prevention and control plan to "health protection and severe disease prevention". All key tasks are adjusted around such a goal, forming the current The overall content of prevention and control work.
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