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The rapid increase in imported cases from abroad and the increased risk of local transmission. The National Health Commission recalls that local conglomerates can occur in winter
National Health Commission: Sporadic epidemic situation will occur in winter
Cases imported abroad increase the risk of local transmission; China has full coverage of overseas nucleic acid testing for entry personnel and strengthened inspection and quarantine of imported cold chain food
On November 12, the joint prevention and control mechanism of the State Council held a press conference on strengthening the prevention and control of the winter epidemic. Li Bin, deputy director of the National Health Commission, said experts have judged that under the current situation of accelerating the spread of the global epidemic, China will be in a state of sporadic epidemics in winter, and clusters of epidemics may occur in some areas.
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How is the epidemic situation in China this winter?
The winter epidemic will be sporadic and local conglomerates may occur
Li Bin presented that the National Health Commission has repeatedly organized experts to study and judge the situation of the winter epidemic. Experts believe that in the current situation of accelerating the spread of the global epidemic, China faces an increased risk of local transmission due to imported cases. The epidemic will be sporadic in winter and clusters of epidemics may occur in some areas. At the same time, other respiratory infectious diseases have entered a period of high incidence in winter, and China’s epidemic prevention and control work cannot relax for a moment.
Li Bin said that in the next step, the National Health Commission will strengthen departmental policy coordination and information exchange; It will strengthen monitoring and early warning, accelerate the development of nucleic acid testing capabilities, and continue to do well in close contacts and 8 other categories of people based on inspections. Perform nucleic acid testing for key populations such as fever cases, cold chain imported food workers, quarantine workers and imported produce workers, as well as medical institutions, farmers markets and food-related environments in the cold chain. cold.
At the same time, improve external defense entry measures. The National Health Commission will strictly implement remote control and prevention measures together with relevant departments, fully cover overseas nucleic acid testing for entry staff, increase inspection and quarantine of imported cold chain food , will carry out active preventive and comprehensive disinfection work and improve isolation medical observation. And other measures to strengthen the self-protection of workers in isolated places.
For schools, social assistance institutions and other service institutions for the elderly and disabled, farmers markets, medical institutions and other key places, implement relevant systems and measures for the prevention and control of epidemics to strictly prevent the emergence of cluster epidemics.
Prepare for emergency response, strengthen monitoring and early warning of high incidence respiratory infectious diseases such as influenza and unexplained pneumonia in winter, strengthen differential diagnosis, identify patients with new coronary pneumonia as early as possible, and reduce risk of influenza and other infectious respiratory diseases overlapping with new coronary pneumonia.
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What is the status of the global epidemic?
The second wave of the epidemic is fierce, minimizing unnecessary and non-urgent cross-border travel
According to Luo Zhaohui, Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs, the second wave of the global epidemic is currently fierce, with a cumulative number of more than 52 million cases. Recently, the number of new cases in a single day worldwide surpassed 600,000, six times the peak of the first wave (spring). “The second wave of the epidemic and its threat is a very serious reality.” Luo Zhaohui said that so far, the total number of imported cases outside of China has reached more than 3,600. In particular, the number of imported cases has increased rapidly since October, with an average of 16.6 imported cases per day, compared to September. An increase of 45%. In the first ten days of November, 260 cases were admitted. The pressure on the entrance of the external defense and the rebound of the internal defense continued unabated.
In this regard, Yin Chengji, deputy director of the National Immigration Office, solemnly reminded and recommended to Chinese citizens to minimize non-essential and non-urgent cross-border travel.
He analyzed that some countries continue to adopt measures such as strict restrictions on entry or isolation and quarantine for foreigners who travel and do tourism. Previously, many travelers were forcibly quarantined or even prevented from entering the destination country, causing unnecessary losses. Furthermore, once the infection is inadvertently out of the country, as a foreigner, it is difficult to seek medical treatment locally and the cost is high, making it difficult to obtain timely and effective treatment locally. Not only that, after the trip, due to the limited roundtrip flights, several uncertain factors increase, which can result in the inability to return home as planned.
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How to prevent the import risk of the cold chain imported food epidemic?
Since the beginning of this year, customs and localities have repeatedly detected positive for the nucleic acid of the new coronavirus in imported food from the cold chain or in its packaging.
Bi Kexin, Director of the Office of Import and Export Food Safety of the General Administration of Customs, presented that to prevent the risk of the new corona pneumonia epidemic through imported food from the cold chain, the General Administration Customs has communicated and negotiated with the competent authorities of the 109 countries that export food from the cold chain to China. . The General Administration of Customs has cumulatively inspected 140 imported cold chain food production companies in 50 countries and has taken steps such as suspending or canceling registration requirements for 22 troubled companies.
The export of their products to China will be suspended for companies that have been infected by the employee cluster. As of November 11, the General Administration of Customs has reportedly taken steps to suspend imports of products from 99 manufacturing companies in 20 countries where employees have contracted new corona pneumonia. Among them, 82 companies have voluntarily suspended exports to China after the outbreak. .
The General Administration of Customs implements new coronavirus nucleic acid sampling tests on imported cold chain foods, focusing on increasing sampling and testing of imported seafood and other cold chain foods. As of November 11, customs across the country sampled and analyzed a total of 873,475 samples, of which 13 were positive for nucleic acid and the other 873,462 samples were all negative.
Bi Kexin introduced that in response to the detection of new positive coronavirus nucleic acids in imported food from the cold chain or in its packaging, emergency preventive measures will be implemented to suspend their import declarations for 1 to 4 weeks for manufacturers of foreign foods that have tested positive. As of November 11, the General Administration of Customs has implemented emergency preventive measures in 8 foreign food production companies and 6 fishing boats.
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The winter epidemic will be sporadic, how can the public protect it?
Li Bin said that as the weather gets colder, the public spends more time indoors than outdoors, which can easily cause crowds and poor ventilation indoors, and increase the risk of infectious diseases.
Li Bin suggested that all families should pay attention to indoor cleanliness and ventilation, and make adequate stocks of materials necessary for epidemic prevention. The public has developed a good habit of wearing masks. The elderly, children, pregnant women and other key groups should minimize exits, wear masks scientifically and avoid crowds, especially places with poor ventilation.
In addition, public places should focus on strengthening the cleaning and disinfection of the surfaces of high-frequency contact objects such as elevators, stairs, and door handles. It is necessary to strengthen sanitary management and control of the health of vendors, cleaners, food workers and service personnel of passenger stations who work in closed public places.
Recently, many places in South Korea have reported deaths after influenza vaccination, which has caused controversy in public opinion. However, the South Korean government has stated on many occasions that no deaths have been found significantly related to vaccination and will continue to promote vaccination throughout the country.
In this regard, Li Bin said that since the release of information on deaths from influenza vaccination in South Korea, the National Health Commission has been very concerned and has been organizing experts to follow up and make judgments.
In response to the recent increase in public demand for influenza vaccines, the National Health Commission has increased the deployment of influenza vaccines and has taken steps such as increasing flu vaccination points, timeshare vaccination, and increasing hours of service. At present, influenza vaccination in China is progressing in an orderly manner from north to south. As of November 9, about 25 million doses of influenza vaccination had been inoculated nationwide, which is close to last year’s vaccination volume.
Beijing News reporter Xu Wen
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