The current global epidemic of new coronary pneumonia is still very serious, and the World Health Organization has declared that the pandemic continues to constitute a public health event of international concern. In the face of emerging new coronavirus variants, what should we pay attention to in prevention and control? Experts from the Joint Prevention and Control Mechanism of the State Council provided authoritative answers.

Recently, the national epidemic situation has gradually stabilized, but the impact of cross-input between regions is obvious, and the task of dynamic clearing in some places is very arduous. The epidemic situation in Jilin City, Jilin Province continued to improve, and the epidemic situation in Changchun City showed a downward trend. The prevention and control situation in Shanghai is still severe, and the task of prevention and control is still very arduous and urgent.

The Omicron variant spreads quickly and is highly concealed, bringing new “examination questions” for epidemic prevention and control. Wu Zunyou, chief expert of epidemiology at the Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, said that “dynamic clearing” is the best choice for my country’s prevention and control strategy. For the epidemic that has occurred, it is necessary to find and eliminate it together, so as not to let the new virus spread in the place where the epidemic occurred. , and also prevent the spread of the virus to other areas.

In response to the constantly mutating new coronavirus, Wu Zunyou said that on the one hand, it is necessary to closely track the changes and progress of the new mutated strains in terms of spread, infectivity, and pathogenicity around the world. On the other hand, it is necessary to adhere to normalized prevention and control measures, including the “four early” measures of early detection, early reporting, early isolation, and early treatment.

Wu Zunyou said that “early detection” is the key to effectively and successfully controlling the epidemic. For “foreign import prevention”, it is necessary to isolate and observe the inbound personnel so that imported cases can be detected in time; at the same time, daily monitoring of personnel involved in overseas cold chain or cargo transportation is required to detect “human-to-human transmission” and subsequent “human-to-human transmission” in a timely manner. “.

For the mutant strains that have been introduced into China, three main measures are taken. First, it is necessary to strengthen the control of the movement of people in the areas affected by the epidemic to prevent the outflow of infected people; the second is to strengthen the monitoring of outpatient visits, and to test patients with fever, cough and other suspected covid or colds, so as to detect early cases in time; third, for individuals , If you have symptoms such as throat swelling, pain, cough, etc., you can use the antigen screening method to test yourself. If you find positive, you should report it to the local epidemic prevention department in time.

Coordinating the promotion of epidemic prevention and control and economic and social development requires more precise epidemic prevention and control. Mao Dezhi, deputy director of the Rural Cooperative Economic Guidance Department of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, said that he will continue to maintain the order of agricultural production and the circulation of personnel and materials, and strictly implement differentiated prevention and control measures. , implement precise prevention and control by classification, strictly prevent “one size fits all”, “simplification” and “layers of coding”, and it is strictly forbidden to set up cards to intercept and block villages at will.

Doing a good job in vaccination and insisting on the implementation of personal protective measures is still a “sharp weapon” to deal with the epidemic. Wang Huaqing, chief expert of the immunization program of the Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, suggested that eligible elderly people get vaccinated against the covid as soon as possible and complete the booster immunization in time.