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Original title: Ministry of Foreign Affairs: extend the work of prevention of epidemics abroad, double detection and strengthen prevention and remote control
Today (November 12) the Joint Prevention and Control Mechanism of the State Council held a press conference. Vice Foreign Minister Luo Zhaohui presented the strengthening of the prevention and control of the winter epidemic and the in-depth development of the patriotic health campaign, and answered questions from reporters.
Luo Zhaohui said that we have expanded our epidemic prevention work abroad. Since the implementation of remote nucleic acid testing in July, some 400,000 nucleic acid test reports registered by Chinese and foreign passengers have been tested, and 30,000 cases of troublesome people have been found, namely us. Through this measure abroad, it was found that about 30,000 people were blocked from the 400,000 report, which means that almost 13% of them had problems, the effect is obvious. Even so, there are still more than 3,600 cases that have become confirmed cases after entering China. This shows that nucleic acid testing or any method is not 100% accurate. Through repeated studies with the competent department of the Health Commission and experts, we propose to add serum antibodies. Detection. After double insurance, the success of the foreign defense contribution will be better achieved.
Based on thorough research and argumentation, the dual test requirements will be taken into consideration of the actual conditions in each country, and there is no one-size-fits-all. You may have noticed that our embassy in New Zealand has issued a notice that if the serum antibody test is temporarily unavailable, an additional nucleic acid test will be used instead of the serum antibody test to strengthen double insurance. This is also true in other countries where conditions are not mature enough. As required, this is also in keeping with the spirit of strengthening remote prevention and control and improving detection accuracy.
Since October, more than half of imported cases have been passengers in transit, with confirmed cases appearing after entry, which is why double tests have been implemented in transit areas. It not only considers the reality of external defense information, but also remembers and protects passengers in transit. At the same time, make some specific arrangements according to the situation of all parties and carry out dual inspections at hub airports that have dual inspection conditions, some transits do not meet this condition, so what should be done? The 12308 hotline of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the consular protection hotline of embassies and consulates abroad are open 24 hours a day. The staff of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs is on duty 24 hours a day to attend to these emergencies. Passengers, compatriots abroad and foreign guests, if they encounter emergencies and special difficulties Contact the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the embassies and consulates abroad to report the situation at any time and work together to find solutions to alleviate the needs urgent.
(CCTV reporter Shi Yingchun and Yang Yi)
