(Fighting New Coronary Pneumonia) Many places in China deploy in advance to deal with the peak of the epidemic, strengthen medical reserves and improve treatment capabilities
China News Agency, Beijing, December 19th, title: Many places in China deploy in advance to deal with the peak of the epidemic, strengthen medical reserves and improve treatment capabilities
Author Ma Shuisha
Recently, many places in China have predicted that the region will usher in the first peak of the epidemic in January next year.
In the face of the coming peak of the epidemic, how are the localities prepared?
What does the effective response to the peak of the first wave of the epidemic in various places mean for China to gradually get out of the epidemic?
Data map: The picture shows a citizen walking into the cabin fever clinic facility.
Photo by China News Agency reporter Hou Yu
Many places predict the peak of the epidemic in January next year
With the increase in the number of new crown infections, many places have recently made predictions on the peak time of the epidemic in the region.
Combined with the research and judgment of local disease control departments and experts, the first wave of epidemics in Zhejiang Province is expected to peak around mid-January next year; the peak of the next wave of epidemics in Jiangxi Province will arrive at the end of December this year and early January next year, peaking around the Spring Festival; Shandong The peak period of the first wave in the province will be slightly delayed compared to other regions. It is expected that in January next year, the peak period of the epidemic in rural areas will be relatively later.
According to the press conference on the prevention and control of the new crown pneumonia epidemic in Zhejiang Province on the 18th, nearly 80% of the infected people in the province are young and middle-aged people. Although vulnerable groups such as "one old and one young" account for only 7.4%, experts have judged that with the development of the epidemic, It will gradually increase in the future.
In addition, more than 98% of the cases in the infected population were mild and asymptomatic, and there were no severe or critical cases or deaths.
Zhang Yi, deputy director and spokesperson of the Guangzhou Municipal Health and Health Commission, said at a press conference on the 19th that the number of outpatient visits to fever clinics in Guangzhou has continued to rise since December, and has hovered at a high level for the past week.
Experts predict that the epidemic in Guangzhou will reach its peak in early January 2023.
The patients in this area are mainly young adults aged 18 to 59, accounting for 86%, people aged 60 and over account for 8.2%, and people under the age of 18 account for 5.8%.
Experts predict that the epidemic in Guangzhou will reach its peak in early January 2023.
Data map: The staff is sorting and packing medicines.
Photo by China News Agency reporter Zhao Wenyu
Retired medical workers are deployed in advance to deal with the peak of the epidemic
In order to cope with the peak of the first round of the epidemic, all localities have strengthened their medical resource reserves in advance to improve their treatment capabilities.
In order to increase the market supply of key drugs and ease the problem of people’s difficulty in purchasing drugs, Anhui Province whitelisted relevant drug manufacturers and key supporting companies to ensure stable and orderly production and supply, and ensured that medical institutions , Nursing homes and other key places and patient drug supply.
As another example, Zhejiang Province has accelerated the expansion of fever clinics in accordance with the requirements of setting up as much as possible, opening as much as possible, and opening clinics 24 hours a day. As of December 17, Zhejiang Province has opened 390 fever clinics in medical institutions above the second level. There are 1,272 primary-level fever clinics, covering more than 90% of townships (streets).
In addition, the beds and ICU beds of designated hospitals and sub-designated hospitals in Zhejiang Province have exceeded national standards.
Faced with the shortage of medical personnel under the impact of the epidemic, Guangzhou in Guangdong, Fuzhou in Fujian, Anshun in Guizhou and many other places mobilized or rehired retired medical workers to return to the frontline of medical treatment.
Mentioned in many places to lower the infection curve, experts reminded that protection should still be done after recovery
In order to ensure a smooth crossing of the peak, many places such as Zhejiang, Shandong, and Guangdong proposed to flatten the infection curve and push back the peak.
In epidemiology, the concept of slowing the spread of a virus and thereby reducing the number of people who need treatment over a period of time is known as "flattening the curve."
Zhang Wenhong, Director of the Department of Infectious Diseases, Huashan Hospital Affiliated to Fudan University, pointed out that if the first wave of epidemic curve is lowered while ensuring basic social activities, the whole society is expected to successfully cope with the subsequent waves of epidemics on the basis of maintaining certain non-pharmaceutical intervention (NPI) measures. , The whole society will gradually reopen.
He also said that as time goes by, when the mixed immune barrier formed by immunization and natural infection gradually weakens, a new wave of infections will occur, but the number of new waves of infections will not be as high as before, and the case fatality rate will be lower. will be lower.
In addition, Zhang Boli, an academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering, reminded to be alert to multiple subtypes of the Omicron strain.
"After being infected with the new coronavirus, a small number of people may be infected again by the mutated subtype." Zhang Boli said that for those who have recovered from the new crown, the best way during the epidemic is still to implement protective measures, including wearing masks, paying attention to hand hygiene, Maintaining social distance can effectively reduce the risk of re-infection.
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