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The National Health Commission reported 17 new confirmed cases of the new corona pneumonia epidemic on December 14, including 3 local cases.
Original title: There have been local epidemics in 7 places in December. Can I travel with peace of mind during New Year’s Day and the Spring Festival?
Just over the middle of December, China has reported local cases and asymptomatic infections in 7 locations. New Years Day and the Spring Festival are approaching, can we still travel with confidence?
This year’s New Year’s Day will be closed from January 1-3, 2021, for a total of 3 days. The Spring Festival will be closed from February 11 to 17 for a total of 7 days. He works on February 7 (Sunday) and February 20 (Saturday).
On November 25, after the General Office of the State Council issued an advisory on some vacation arrangements for 2021, the search and booking popularity of major tourism platforms skyrocketed.
According to the information published by the travel platform Ctrip, from the night to the day after the publication of the holiday notice, the popularity of the platform’s domestic group travel booking during the Spring Festival increased by 150% compared to with the previous period, and the popularity of free travel products on New Year’s Day increased by 120%. Bookings increased 160%. On November 26, Shanghai, Beijing and Shenzhen were the first to occupy the high ground of the Spring Festival tourist outlet. Going south to avoid the cold and north to ski continues to lead the Spring Festival tourist trend. Sanya, Harbin, and Lijiang have become the three most popular destinations for Chinese New Year tourism.
According to data published by Tongcheng Airlines, from the perspective of tourist attention, the popularity of private groups and self-guided tours was the one that skyrocketed the most during the Spring Festival, increasing by 130% and 120% respectively. since the previous day.
Han Guangzu, deputy director of the Flight Standards Department of the Civil Aviation Administration of China, also stated at a press conference of the Joint Defense Council of the State Council on December 3 that it is initially forecast on New Year’s Day. and the Spring Festival holiday, civil aviation passenger traffic will be close to the same period before the epidemic and will be concentrated in domestic transportation.
In contrast to the enthusiasm for traveling, local epidemics have emerged one after another: as of December 16, in addition to imported cases, there have been 7 local epidemics in China. The latest epidemic situation in various places is as follows:
Dalian, Liaoning: On December 15, 4 new cases of asymptomatic local infections were reported in Dalian, Liaoning province, all of them dock workers engaged in cold chain cargo handling.
Chengdu, Sichuan: On December 14, there were 6 new confirmed cases of new coronary pneumonia in Sichuan, 1 case was a local case, and 5 cases were imported from abroad. The confirmed case was an international cargo pilot for Sichuan Airlines.
There are currently 5 medium risk areas in Sichuan Province, all in Chengdu, namely: Pidu District (4): Taiping Town, Pitong Street, Pidu District, Group 8, Yongan Town, Tangchang Town, District from Pidu and Pitong District, Pidu District Piña Community of the Subdistrict, China Orville Railway Phase II and Phase III, and Group II of the Xichi Community, Xipu Street, Pidu District. Chenghua District (1): Huadu Yunjingtai Community, Cuijiadian, Chenghua District. Other places in the province are low-risk areas.
Dongning and Suifenhe, Heilongjiang: As of 12pm on December 15, there are currently 11 confirmed cases in Heilongjiang Province, including 2 local cases in Dongning City, 8 local cases in Suifenhe City, and 1 imported case in Tahe County. There are 3 cases of asymptomatic infection, all in the city of Suifenhe.
Jiaozhou, Shandong: On November 30, during a routine nucleic acid test on staff at an aquatic products company in Jiaozhou, a porter was found to be positive and then a co-resident tested positive for nucleic acid.
As of 7:00 AM on December 15, Jiaozhou had detected 645 close contacts, 541 close contacts of close contacts, 231 general contacts, and 1104 other relevant control personnel (communities). Nucleic acid test results were all negative. Among them, the close contacts and the close contacts of close contacts have completed the seventh round of nucleic acid testing and the fourth round of serum antibody testing, and the results are all negative, and all have been released from medical observation of centralized quarantine.
Manzhouli, Inner Mongolia: As of 07:00 on December 16, 21 confirmed local cases and 2 asymptomatic infections in Inner Mongolia have been isolated and treated at designated hospitals in Manzhouli. There were 20 close contacts who were released from centralized quarantine medical observation that day, and 126 are currently in centralized quarantine medical observation.
Turpan, Xinjiang: At 9:00 AM on December 14, the Gaochang District of Turpan City has completed free nucleic acid testing for all employees. Except for the 4 cases of asymptomatic infection reported on day 12, the rest were negative. After the antibody test in 4 people, the antibodies of 4 people were negative for IGM and IGG, which can be preliminarily inferred as an early infection, indicating that the epidemic was detected earlier and there is no spreading trend of the epidemic. As of 6:00 p.m. on December 14, there are currently 0 confirmed cases and 4 asymptomatic infections in Turpan, all of which were reported in Gaochang district.
Can I still go out and play? Many experts give research and judgment
The recurrence of the winter epidemic has caused many people to worry about whether they can travel safely on New Year’s Day and the Spring Festival. On this basis, many authoritative experts have made their judgments.
Zhang Wenhong: You can go anywhere except high-risk areas of China
On November 28, at the Shanghai Scientific Forum, Zhang Wenhong, director of the Department of Infectious Diseases at Huashan Hospital, responded to the hot spots of the epidemic. For New Year’s Day trips, Zhang Wenhong suggested wearing a mask, washing your hands frequently, and keeping your distance. These three methods are still the best. Good means. “China has already undergone a stress test during National Day and the risk of importing in winter will be even higher, so self-protection remains the most important.” A member of the audience asked, can we go out and play? Zhang Wenhong said that except for some medium and high risk areas in China, it can go anywhere.
Wu Zunyou: Where there has been an epidemic, the probability of recurrence in winter is high
Wu Zunyou, an epidemiology expert at the Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, said in an interview on “News 1 + 1” on December 14 that, generally speaking, places where an epidemic has occurred are more likely to be repeated in winter than elsewhere. . But this does not mean that an epidemic will not occur in other places, since they can occur in all places where people and foreign objects enter. He stressed that since winter, the number of new corona pneumonia epidemics in most overseas countries has increased dramatically and the number of infected people and contaminated items is increasing. With regard to internal anti-import, anti-personnel and anti-material aspects, the pressure has increased. In such a global context, China has seen many sporadic cases, which is a normal phenomenon in standardized prevention and control.
Zeng Guang: It’s okay to come home for the New Year, but visits are not recommended.
Regarding the risk of spreading the epidemic during New Year’s Day and the Spring Festival, Zeng Guang, a member of the high-level expert group of the National Health Commission and former chief epidemiology scientist of the Centers for the China Disease Control and Prevention, analyzed that during this year’s National Day, there was also a large-scale movement of people. I did a stress test and the facts showed that as long as the prevention and control measures are adequate, the risk is completely controllable. The scale of the population movement during the Spring Festival travel period is much larger than during the National Day holiday. Also, the lower the temperature in winter, the longer the virus can survive. Also, people visit family and friends during the festival, and larger gatherings indoors will also increase the spread of the new corona epidemic. Therefore, the risk of epidemic prevention and control during the Spring Festival will definitely increase.
Zeng Guang believes that although there is a large flow of people during the Spring Festival, as long as there is no infected person in the population, there will not be a major epidemic with a wide spread. From this perspective, it is no problem for everyone to come home for the New Year during the Spring Festival. However, this year’s Spring Festival is definitely not encouraged to visit or large-scale indoor gatherings.
Avoid risk areas while on vacation and wear personal protection
For personal protection during travel, Han Guangzu, deputy director of the Flight Standards Department of the Civil Aviation Administration of China, reminds passengers to pay attention to the following points: pay attention to the flight information in advance, carry personal protection during the trip, wear masks throughout the trip and do not remove masks unless necessary; Try using the mobile app for self check-in and scanning the boarding code to reduce contact; clean and disinfect hands. Cleaning and hand sanitizing products are provided in many places, such as public areas of the airport and the boarding gates. Use them together; if you feel fever, dry cough, fatigue and other symptoms at the airport or on the flight, contact the airport staff or The flight attendant asks for help; When using the onboard toilet to flush, pay attention to close the toilet lid first and then flush to reduce the corresponding risks.
In addition, winter is also a period of high incidence of influenza and pneumonia. Zeng Guang suggested that the influenza vaccine and the pneumococcal vaccine should be vaccinated first. Because once you become infected with influenza or pneumonia, your body’s resistance will drop, which does not lead to resistance to new coronary pneumonia. If the new corona pneumonia vaccine is available before Spring Festival, everyone can also get the new corona pneumonia vaccine. For people over 65 years old and suffering from basic chronic diseases, Zeng Guang does not recommend long-distance and exhausted travel during the Spring Festival. It is also a good option to stay there during the New Year. Because once this population is infected with the new coronavirus, it will be more difficult to treat.
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