How to prevent and control the epidemic during the Spring Festival？ Come and see the press conference on January 19th!

The State Council joint prevention and control mechanism held a press conference on January 19th to introduce the situation of epidemic prevention and control during the Spring Festival. Let’s look at it together-

At present, the "Deltarjon" mutant has not been detected in China.

Recently, the "Deltarchon" strain was detected in Thailand, which is a recombinant of Omicron mutant BA.4, BA.5 and Delta mutant AY.45, and was named XAY.2 in international classification. The strain was first discovered in South Africa on August 31, 2022, and is currently monitored in 9 countries and regions around the world. Since December 2022, a few countries, mainly Denmark, have shown an upward trend. At present, there are not enough data on the spread, pathogenicity and immune escape ability of the virus.

At present, the mutant of XAY.2 has not been detected in China. We will continue to follow the international trends, further strengthen the monitoring of imported cases and local cases in Covid-19, and carry out analysis and judgment in time.

The provinces have passed the peak of fever clinic, emergency and severe patients.

Generally speaking, the medical treatment of infected people in Covid-19 is smooth and orderly, and the daily diagnosis and treatment services are gradually recovering.

The provinces have passed three peaks, namely, the peak of fever clinic, the peak of emergency treatment and the peak of severe patients. The number of fever outpatients in China reached its peak on December 23rd, 2022, and then continued to decline. By January 17th, it was 94% lower than the peak, and it had dropped to the level before December 7th. The number of emergency patients in China reached a peak on January 2, 2023, and then continued to decline, with a decrease of 44% on January 17. The number of severe positive patients in hospitals in China reached its peak on January 5, and then continued to decline, with a decrease of 44.3% on January 17.

Actively promote the full coverage of all village clinics in rural areas with oxygen meters and oxygen generators.

In view of the outstanding shortage of oxygen meters and oxygen generators in rural areas, many departments actively promote the realization of "two full coverage". The first is the full coverage of oxygen meters in all village clinics in rural areas, and the second is the full coverage of oxygen generators in all township hospitals in rural areas. Recently, nearly 600,000 village clinics in China have been equipped with more than 1.17 million oxygen meters and oxygen generators for free. The first batch of oxygen generators for 832 poverty-stricken county township hospitals has reached 77%, and the second batch of oxygen generators for other township hospitals has been delivered one after another since January 17.

As of January 19th, grass-roots medical and health institutions across the country were equipped with 2.478 million oxygen meters, and grass-roots medical and health institutions across the country, including community health service centers and township hospitals, were equipped with 191,000 oxygen generators.

Every township health center is equipped with at least one ambulance.

In terms of referral preparation, all localities have expanded 120 transport capacity and telephone landline, and each township health center is equipped with at least one ambulance. At the same time, social organizations, units and individuals are also used to set up non-emergency transport teams by strengthening organizational guidance to ensure the transport needs of patients. Medical institutions at all levels have established a green channel for referral to ensure that patients can be transferred to higher-level medical institutions for timely treatment.

At present, it has entered the peak of passenger flow before the Spring Festival

January 19th is the 13th day in Spring Festival travel rush, and it has entered the peak of passenger flow before the Spring Festival. On the whole, the national railways, highways, waterways and civil aviation are running smoothly, with adequate capacity allocation, orderly services and strong emergency support, and the national security situation is generally stable. Coal, grain, medical supplies and other key materials are transported smoothly.

According to the data of the the State Council Joint Prevention and Control Mechanism Spring Festival travel rush Work Class, as of January 18th, the national railways, highways, waterways and civil aviation have sent 480 million passengers, a decrease of 47.3% compared with the same period in 2019 and an increase of 47.1% compared with the same period in 2022.

Open a special area to provide services for drivers and passengers infected with Covid-19 or unwell.

Open a special area in the qualified expressway service area to provide services for drivers and passengers who are infected with Covid-19 or feel unwell. At the same time, strengthen the docking and coordination with neighboring medical institutions, improve the emergency plan, and arrange for drivers and passengers with urgent needs to get medical assistance in time. Here, I appeal to the majority of drivers and friends to do a good job in travel planning and health monitoring before traveling, try to travel at the wrong peak, go to crowded places as little as possible, and don’t travel with illness.

It is suggested that the elderly should try not to participate in large-scale family gathering activities.

For the elderly, especially those with basic diseases, people who have not been infected or vaccinated, we should focus on strengthening protection. First, in the early days of returning home, that is, just after returning home, returnees should wear masks and pay attention to some cough etiquette when they are in contact with middle-aged and elderly people at home. The second is to strengthen health monitoring. While paying attention to their own health monitoring, they should pay close attention to the physical condition of the elderly. If there are symptoms related to COVID-19 infection or positive antigen and nucleic acid test, they should seek medical treatment in time. Third, when eating at home, it is recommended to use public chopsticks and spoons. Fourth, it is suggested that the elderly should try not to participate in large-scale family gathering activities. If the number of people is reduced and the dinner time is shortened, the dining distance should be kept reasonably and the protection should be made. Fifth, it is necessary to minimize trips to crowded places and avoid long-distance travel. If you need to go out, you should wear a mask scientifically and regularly. When wearing a mask, you should pay attention to the tightness of the mask, cover your mouth and nose and fit your face. In addition, you should wear a mask of medical surgery or above when you go to crowded places and places with high risk of infection. In addition, you should change the mask in time and pay attention to hand hygiene and cough etiquette.