How to "protect health and prevent severe illness" in rural areas? Find answers in this manual

Epidemic Prevention Hot Questions｜How to "Protect Health and Prevent Severe Illness" in Rural Areas?

Find answers in this manual

　　Xinhua News Agency, Beijing, February 1.

　　Xinhua News Agency reporter Li Heng

　　Rural areas are still the top priority for the current epidemic prevention and control.

How to "protect health and prevent severe illness" in rural areas?

Can people who have been living in the countryside be infected with the new crown virus?

Why do we need to improve the environmental sanitation in the village?

The recently released "Health Education Manual on the Prevention and Control of New Coronavirus Infection for Rural Residents" provides professional answers to the above questions.

　　The handbook was compiled by the Department of Grassroots Health and Publicity of the National Health Commission and the Publicity Department of the National Health Commission, and compiled by the China Health Education Center.

1. Question: How to "protect health and prevent severe illness" in rural areas?

　　Answer: my country's rural areas have a large area, a large population, and relatively insufficient medical resources per capita.

In order to minimize the impact of the new crown virus infection and better protect the health of rural residents, all localities focus on the goal of "health protection and severe disease prevention", highlight the management of key populations, and achieve "moving forward" for medical treatment. The core is " Early detection, early recognition, early intervention, early referral".

　　"Early detection" is mainly to provide one-on-one contact with key groups such as the elderly over 65 years old, pregnant women, children, and the disabled. The contact service is not less than twice a week, so that problems can be found in time and dealt with in a timely manner.

　　"Early identification" is to strengthen the health monitoring of these key populations. For some situations that may arise, such as complications of some underlying diseases, signs of severe risk of new coronary pneumonia, and tendentious symptoms, timely identification must be provided, and timely guidance and advice should be given. referral.

　　"Early intervention" means that the grassroots should be equipped with necessary oxygen therapy equipment, such as oxygen bags, oxygen cylinders, and oxygen concentrators, as well as portable oximeters to monitor blood oxygen. , At the same time combined with the actual timely referral.

　　"Early referral" means that patients who need to be referred are found, and they should be transferred to a higher-level hospital for treatment in a timely manner.

2. Question: Will people who have been living in the countryside be infected with the new crown virus?

　　Answer: The population is generally susceptible to the new coronavirus.

The Omicron mutant strain has strong transmission ability and fast transmission speed.

During the New Year, during and around the holidays, the flow of people increases, and the number of people returning home increases. There will also be many tourists coming and going, coupled with festivals and entertainment, dinner parties, visiting relatives and friends and other interpersonal communication activities, all of which have increased the infection rate of rural residents. Risk of Coronavirus.

　3. Question: What are the precautions when going to the market, farmer's market or supermarket?

　　Answer: When going to the market or going to the farmer's market or supermarket, you should wear a mask all the time. When coughing or sneezing, you should avoid others and should not take off the mask. Do not spit anywhere.

When picking products or queuing to check out, keep a social distance of more than 1 meter from others.

Pay attention to hand hygiene and minimize contact with public facilities and objects.

Wash your hands or use hand disinfectants in time, and do not touch your mouth, eyes, or nose with unclean hands.

Advocate the combination of online and offline procurement, and encourage convenient services such as online procurement, door-to-door delivery, and contactless transactions.

4. Question: Why do we need to improve the environmental sanitation in the village?

How do you wash your hands without running water at home?

How can folks help each other?

　　Answer: Environmental sanitation in the village is closely related to health.

Littering, dumping of sewage, random piles of firewood, and free-range breeding of poultry and livestock not only affect the appearance of the village, but also create conditions for the breeding and prevalence of various infectious diseases, burying hidden dangers for the health of villagers.

Environmental improvement should be done well, domestic garbage should be classified and placed, daily production and daily cleaning, garbage and sewage should be treated in a centralized manner; drinking water sources should be protected, sewage canals and stinky ponds should be treated; poultry and livestock should be kept in captivity, and each household should do it in the courtyard and surrounding areas. The environment is clean and tidy.

　　If there is no tap water or other clean flowing water sources at home, you can ask others to hold water in a basin, ladle, kettle, etc., and pour it on your hands to form running water to rinse.

　　On the premise of doing a good job in personal protection, take the initiative to care for, visit and visit neighbors, provide assistance to villagers in need, such as buying daily necessities on behalf of others, sending emergency medical treatment, etc., and sharing surplus therapeutic drugs, masks, disinfection supplies, etc. with urgently needed ones folks.

5. Question: Do weddings and funerals need to be simplified?

What should be paid attention to when visiting relatives and friends?

　　Answer: Weddings and funerals should be kept as simple as possible, and the scale should be properly controlled to avoid grandiose arrangements.

When the epidemic is severe, it is necessary to reduce gathering activities in accordance with local regulations and requirements for epidemic prevention and control.

　　Try not to hold large-scale family gatherings, reduce the scale and number of family and friends gatherings, and shorten the gathering time.

Advocate telephone and network greetings.

　　When visiting relatives and friends, you must take personal protection, wear a mask, pay attention to hand hygiene, and maintain social distance.