The joint prevention and control mechanism of the State Council held a press conference at 15:00 on February 23 to introduce the situation of consolidating major achievements in epidemic prevention and control. Follow us!
my country has steadily entered the stage of normalized prevention and control of "Class B and B pipes"
Recently, the epidemic situation in various places has been sporadic and sporadic, and the prevention and control situation is generally improving, and it has entered the normalized prevention and control stage of "Class B and B Control". For more than three years, we have always insisted on optimizing and adjusting prevention and control policies and measures according to the time and situation, and effectively coordinated epidemic prevention and control with economic and social development. the safety and health of the people. Through the concerted efforts of the whole party and the people of all ethnic groups in the country to fight the epidemic, our country has achieved a major and decisive victory in the prevention and control of the epidemic.
At present, the global epidemic is still prevalent, and the virus is still mutating. It is necessary to focus on "health protection and severe disease prevention", consolidate the "quartet responsibility", pay close attention to key links, continue to improve various measures of "Class B and B management", and further enhance the normalized prevention and control and emergency response capabilities.
It is necessary to strengthen epidemic monitoring and normalized early warning, closely track and study the mutation and spread of the virus, and improve the early detection, early disposal and emergency response capabilities of the epidemic. Optimize the hierarchical diagnosis and treatment mechanism and improve the ability of medical treatment. Continue to do a good job in the prevention and control of epidemics in nursing homes, social welfare homes, childcare institutions, schools, etc., and strengthen health services for key populations such as the elderly and children. Accelerate the promotion of new crown vaccination, raise public awareness of disease prevention, and build a solid social defense line for epidemic prevention and control.
What are the signs of coming out of a pandemic?
The concept of a pandemic is an indicator that reflects the intensity of a disease. From a public health perspective, the intensity of a disease epidemic can be divided into four categories, one is sporadic, the second is outbreaks, and the other intensity indicator is epidemics. , that is, the spread of the epidemic is very wide, and the spread across cities and provinces has been achieved. The strongest intensity is the pandemic, with transnational and transcontinental spread. In March 2020, the World Health Organization declared this outbreak a pandemic. At the same time, it was announced at the end of January 2021 that the outbreak of this disease had constituted a public health emergency of international concern, and it is still a public health emergency of international concern so far. From a global perspective, the state of the pandemic still exists, and the disease The hazards still exist. But our country can say that in the prevention and control of the entire new crown virus epidemic, we have achieved a major and decisive victory. As a populous country, we have successfully emerged from the pandemic, and we have created a model.
Talking about the signs of getting out of the pandemic, in fact, there can be different indicators from different perspectives. From the perspective of epidemic prevention and control, especially public health, one indicator is what the infection rate of the disease is, and the other is The cumulative infection rate is the total infection rate within a certain period of time in a region, a country, or a population. Another is the rate of new infections, such as how many people are newly diagnosed every day, and how many people are newly infected in a specific group of people. Another indicator is the level of immunity or immunity rate of the population to it, which is to judge the level of antibodies in the body, that is, the state of the anti-immune barrier and immune protection rate. The third indicator is to look at the pathogen, that is, whether the new coronavirus has undergone qualitative mutations that have public health significance. The fourth is from the perspective of medical and health care providers, daily outpatient visits, hospitalizations, severe cases, deaths, and the ability of the entire medical and health system to respond. Finally, it depends on the overall prevention and control capabilities, from the mechanism to whether the means and capabilities to control the disease are basically in place. These aspects are important indicators for judging how to get out of the pandemic.
When it comes to "decisive victory", in fact, for our country, it means that we have withstood the impact and test of this round of epidemics and established a relatively good population immunity barrier. Judging from the characteristics of the epidemic itself, it can be said that the epidemic has basically ended, but it cannot be said that it is completely over. From the perspective of our country, the current infection is still in a sporadic and localized state.
What are the symptoms of XBB.1.5 infection? Is it possible to trigger a new round of infection peaks?
Since the implementation of the "Class B and B Control" of new crown virus infection on January 8 this year, 7 local-related XBB.1.5 cases caused by imported cases have been discovered through monitoring, and they are core close contacts. After detailed epidemiological investigation, health testing of relevant close contacts and expert research and judgment, no further cases were found. According to the data from the US CDC website, from February 12 to 18, XBB.1.5 accounted for the first (about 80.2%) of the epidemic strains in the United States. , such as Canada (37.8%), the United Kingdom (32.9%), and Germany (25.7%). Although XBB.1.5 has a strong transmissibility, current data show that the symptoms of individuals infected with XBB.1.5 are similar to those of other Omicron strains, and no increase in its pathogenicity has been found.
At present, in the detection of new coronavirus mutant strains in my country, if the first reported (including imported and local) and international epidemic strains of focus are found, infection case investigations, core close contact investigations, and risk research and judgment will be carried out. , New mutant strains with increased pathogenicity or virulence, timely take measures in accordance with relevant plans. At the same time, my country has just experienced a pandemic, and the neutralizing antibodies remaining in the human body will provide immune protection in the short term. Expert research and analysis believe that it is less likely to trigger a new round of large-scale epidemics in the near future.
Recent fever and diarrhea may be acute gastroenteritis
After infection with the new coronavirus, the main symptoms are fever, dry throat, sore throat and cough, and some patients may be accompanied by diarrhea symptoms. When symptoms of fever and diarrhea occur, it is important to consider whether it is an intestinal disease such as acute gastroenteritis, especially in the current season of high incidence of norovirus infection. Recently, the website of the disease control department and the WeChat official account have successively issued health reminders for norovirus infection, and the public can follow the relevant reminders to take precautions.
Covid-19 preventive measures also effective against respiratory infectious diseases
At present, it is the epidemic season of respiratory infectious diseases such as influenza and respiratory syncytial virus infection in my country, and it is necessary to continue to strengthen the monitoring and early warning of respiratory viruses such as influenza; key institutions such as nursery institutions, schools and nursing homes gather personnel and the environment is relatively closed, which is the main cause of respiratory and other infectious diseases High-incidence places need to focus on. Relevant institutions should do a good job in symptom monitoring, and report to the local disease control agency in a timely manner when there are more cases of fever and other symptoms. Local disease control agencies have made corresponding disposals based on the published disposal plans for clustered epidemics of influenza and other related infectious diseases, combined with the scale of the epidemic and the actual situation on the spot.
Annual flu vaccination is the most cost-effective preventive measure for influenza. At present, there are still local outbreaks of new coronavirus infection in China. You should continue to do a good job in personal protection, adhere to good hygiene habits such as washing hands frequently, wearing masks scientifically, ventilating the room frequently, maintaining social distance and coughing etiquette; pay attention to maintaining regular work and rest, eating a reasonable amount, Healthy lifestyles such as exercise.
Preventive measures against new coronavirus infection are also effective for respiratory infectious diseases such as influenza and respiratory syncytial virus infection.
COVID-19 Vaccination Status in the Elderly Population
At present, the number of people over the age of 60 in my country covered by vaccination is 241.688 million, 230.306 million people have been vaccinated in the whole process, and 203.311 million people have completed enhanced immunization. Taking the population of the national special survey of the elderly at the end of 2022 as the base statistics, the number of people covered by vaccination accounts for 96.1% of the elderly population, and full vaccination and enhanced immunization account for 96.6% and 92.4% of the elderly population who meet the vaccination intervals respectively.
How can my country dynamically grasp the infection level and changing trend of the new coronavirus?
In December 2022, in order to dynamically grasp the infection level and changing trend of the new coronavirus, monitor virus mutation and biological characteristics in a timely manner, and assess the load of medical resources, the National Health Commission and the National Bureau of Disease Control, together with relevant departments, will report directly on the infectious disease network On the basis of the monitoring system, further expand the monitoring channels and form multiple monitoring subsystems, including the case report monitoring system, the fever clinic (clinic room) monitoring system of medical institutions, the sentinel hospital monitoring system, the virus mutation monitoring system, the sewage monitoring system, and the key institution gathering Sexual epidemic surveillance system, population nucleic acid and antigen detection system, hospitalized case surveillance system in medical institutions, sentinel surveillance system for community population, network investigation system, etc. A multi-channel monitoring system that takes into account normality and emergency, entry and locality, urban and rural areas, general population and key population has been initially formed.
In the next step, we will further improve the monitoring and early warning system with relevant departments, strengthen the capacity building of epidemic monitoring and normalized early warning, improve the quality of monitoring, strengthen the monitoring and early warning mechanism, and improve the team of cross-field and multidisciplinary experts.
