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Original title: Influenza Vaccination Increased, Reasonable Response to This Winter Flu Season
September through October of each year is the best time to get a flu shot. The reporter recently learned in Beijing, Gansu, Sichuan, Jilin and other places that due to the impact of the new corona pneumonia epidemic, the demand for influenza vaccination this year has increased compared to the same period in previous years. . Industry experts believe that influenza vaccination can reduce the number of people arriving at the hospital due to influenza, avoid the overlap of influenza and novel coronary pneumonia, and reduce the pressure on prevention and control. All locations should increase production and deployment of influenza vaccines, organize personnel and inoculation sites in advance, and respond reasonably to this year’s influenza season.
I’m more afraid of the flu this year
“I am even more afraid of getting the flu this year.” Liu Yue, a “after 80” woman in Beijing, said that once she catches the flu, she is likely to have symptoms of fever. Not only do you feel nervous if you are infected with a new coronary pneumonia, but going to the fever clinic will also increase your infection probability. So this year the whole family plans to get a flu shot.
Liu Xiaoju, a member of the Standing Committee of the China Association for Respiratory Diseases, said the main symptoms of influenza are fever, sore throat, cough and body muscle aches. Very few cases are associated with gastrointestinal symptoms, and fever and respiratory symptoms are not specifically different from new coronary pneumonia. From these symptoms alone, people cannot directly distinguish influenza from new coronary pneumonia.
Reporters in Beijing, Gansu, Sichuan, Jilin and elsewhere found that the demand for vaccination is generally higher than in previous years. Tian Jingying, a resident of Chengdu Hi-Tech Zone in Sichuan Province, takes her children for a flu shot every year. She said: “In the face of the new corona pneumonia epidemic, even her husband, who has never been vaccinated against the flu, believes that contracting the flu will weaken his resistance and vaccination can prevent him from getting sick. Other diseases.”
The journalist learned from the Gansu Provincial Center for Disease Control and Prevention on August 31 that the 60,000 influenza vaccines scheduled for the first round in Gansu province have already been vaccinated. “At this time, in previous years, the province was only vaccinated with 20,000 influenza vaccines. This year’s vaccination peak came early. The impact of the new corona pneumonia epidemic is an important reason,” said Zhang Xiaoshu, Director of the Immunization Institute of the Gansu Provincial Center for Disease Control and Prevention.
Wu Zunyou, an epidemiology expert at the Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, said that fall and winter are the seasons for common respiratory infectious diseases like influenza and pneumonia. The number of patients will increase, overlapping with the prevention and control of the new corona pneumonia epidemic, and will provide medical personnel with a differential diagnosis. Bringing difficulties, increasing the difficulty of isolation and medical burden, is not conducive to the prevention and control of epidemics. The most effective way is to vaccinate key populations as soon as possible.
Proper flu vaccine
In response to the increased demand for influenza vaccination this year, have all localities responded early and is there sufficient vaccine supply?
Zhang Xiaoshu said that, taking into account the factors of the epidemic, Gansu Province has made advance judgments and actively coordinated with vaccine manufacturers to ensure market supply. Cheng Tao, director of the Immunization Planning Institute of the Jilin Provincial Center for Disease Control and Prevention, said that the Jilin Provincial Center for Disease Control and Prevention has also carried out investigations and trials on vaccine shortages, and made a second supplemental purchase of some recently marketed flu vaccines. At present, all types of influenza vaccines available for purchase in the market have been listed in the procurement platform, and disease control agencies and vaccination units at all levels can make a complete choice.
A few days ago, the reporter saw at the Guixi Community Health Services Center in Chengdu, Sichuan, that the number of vaccinated citizens has reached more than 40. After registering their identity information and receiving the notice of vaccination precautions After a short wait, they all received the split trivalent flu vaccine. Community Health Services Center staff said that with increasing demand for vaccination, the arrival inventory of this year’s influenza vaccine has also been “replenished” to meet the demand for vaccination.
It is understood that in response to flu vaccine shortages in some regions over the past year or two, the state has increased the unified rollout of flu vaccines in 2019. In 2020, many companies will join vaccine production Influenza, and some older vaccine companies have also invested With the development of new varieties of influenza vaccines, the current domestic production capacity of influenza vaccines has increased.
“Sufficient vaccines and venues are also an important part of meeting flu vaccination needs. Research and coordination are required in advance.” Taolina, who once worked on vaccination management at the provincial CDC, said that in some provinces, children and the elderly are free. Vaccination policy, disease control personnel must go to various schools to complete their work during the annual vaccination period, and the workload is very large. Given the possible peak in vaccination this year, vaccination staff should be prepared in advance.
To avoid crowding, various localities have also made some arrangements, including providing more vaccination locations and times, and scheduling vaccination appointments. On the afternoon of September 1, the reporter learned from the Linhe Community Health Services Center of Changchun Economic and Technological Development Zone, Jilin, that in the past it was only available in the morning. Due to the large number of influenza vaccination at present, it was opened especially in the afternoon.
Respond reasonably to the special flu season
The experts recalled that according to the high flu season in various regions, it is recommended that the general public complete the vaccination before October. Liu Shuyu, deputy director of the department of immunization planning at the Gansu Provincial Center for Disease Control and Prevention, said early vaccination can not only prevent them from coming together, but also ensure that vaccinators have enough time to develop antibodies before the flu season.
Leng Jun, director of the Center for Disease Control and Prevention of Meishan City, Sichuan Province, believes that there is no difficulty in mass production of influenza vaccines, the difficulty lies in how to rationally allocate resources for avoid waste. Although the demand for flu vaccines will increase this year, the rate of growth is difficult to predict. It is recommended that relevant departments and vaccine manufacturers conduct a full investigation, collect a certain sample size, estimate the growth rate of vaccine demand, and then make arrangements on the production side.
Yang Xiaoting, deputy director of the Department of Prevention and Control of Acute Infectious Diseases at the Gansu Provincial Center for Disease Control and Prevention, said that the current influenza surveillance in China is annual and full coverage. There are more than 400 networked laboratories and more than 500 “sentinel” hospitals nationwide to carry out local influenza. Activity monitoring tasks should take full advantage of the role of these “sentinels” and provide early warning in time.
Experts suggest that people can reduce the risk of respiratory infections by developing good hygiene habits. Wearing masks, washing hands frequently, ventilating frequently, and maintaining social distance are effective measures to prevent all respiratory infectious diseases. Yang Xiaoting said that since the outbreak of the new corona pneumonia, people have developed many good hygiene habits. The incidence of foot-and-mouth disease that occurs frequently in Gansu each summer is significantly lower than in the same period in previous years. The incidence of respiratory diseases such as rubella and mumps is also generally low. In previous years.
