After the "B class B tube", Wuhan CDC reminded these protection points!

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As the Spring Festival approaches, the country is also about to usher in the homecoming tide, what is the domestic epidemic prevention and control situation in the end? Can we still go home for the Spring Festival? “The company’s main business is the development of a new product, a new product that will be available in the market.

1, “Class B B tube” under the epidemic prevention and control, what will be adjusted?

Yang Xiaobing: At present, there are 40 kinds of infectious diseases in China, including 2 kinds of Class A infectious diseases, 27 kinds of Class B infectious diseases and 11 kinds of Class C infectious diseases. Category A infectious diseases include plague, cholera. After the occurrence of Class A infectious diseases, the time limit for reporting the epidemic, the isolation of patients and pathogen carriers, the way of treatment, and the treatment of epidemic sites and areas are mandatory. Category B infectious diseases, including the new crown, SARS, AIDS, viral hepatitis, etc., require strict control measures. Category C infectious diseases are monitored and managed infectious diseases, including influenza, mumps, etc.

From “A” to “B”, the specific changes include

Isolation measures are no longer implemented

Close contacts are no longer determined

No more high and low risk zones

The testing strategy has been adjusted to “test as much as you want”, and no more nucleic acid testing for the whole staff.

These changes further optimize the prevention and control work and are a concrete manifestation of scientific and precise prevention and control.

2, after the policy adjustment, this year’s Spring Festival can still go home for the New Year?

Yang Xiaobing: It is currently the winter cold season, is also the season of respiratory infectious disease epidemic, related prevention and control work can not yet relax. After the adjustment, due to the absence of isolation measures for infectious sources and close contacts, the short term will cause an upward trend in the rate of infection of new coronavirus. The increase of neo-coronavirus infection in a short period of time will also increase the demand for outpatient visits, consultations and hospitalization. At the same time, some members of the public will experience anxiety about the health risks associated with neo-coronavirus infection. In addition, rural areas, with a wider geographical area and larger population, how to deal with the prevention and control of the vast rural areas is also one of the important tasks at present.

3、In this case, how do we respond? For the elderly, children, maternity, these vulnerable groups, how to protect them?

Yang Xiaobing: First, the public, especially the elderly, patients with serious underlying diseases, pregnant women, children and other vulnerable groups should first do a good job of self-protection, wash their hands, standardize the wearing of masks, avoid going to the crowd gathering, poorly ventilated places, such as must go, to the whole standard wearing masks. The living room should be ventilated frequently, pay attention to maintaining home environmental hygiene, and receive personal protection and moderate appearance disinfection for items such as express delivery.

Second, if you meet the vaccination requirements, you should complete the full vaccination and booster vaccination as early as possible. Especially for people over 60 years of age and those at high risk of serious illnesses such as underlying diseases, it is extremely important to protect their health by receiving as many vaccinations as possible and as early as possible.

Third, we should minimize the chance of infection for vulnerable groups such as the elderly, pregnant women, patients with serious underlying diseases and children. If there are infected people living with the family, they can be placed in a separate room during home treatment to avoid contact with related people.

Fourth, the community and family members should care for the mental health of vulnerable groups, so that they can maintain a happy mood, exercise in moderation and strengthen their immunity.

Fifth, the elderly, pregnant women and other vulnerable groups should pay attention to changes in their health status and seek medical consultation in a timely manner when necessary.

4、Will the new strain of XBB.1.5 usher in a new round of infection?

Yang Xiaobing: At present, XBB.1.5 and BQ.1 strains still belong to the Omicron variant, so there will still be good cross-protection for people who have been infected with other strains of Omicron for three months. This means that the likelihood of re-infection and causing a spike in infection in the general population within a short period of time is very low.

Is there any XBB.1.5 and BQ.1 variant strains detected in Wuhan?

Yang Xiaobing: Wuhan CDC continues to carry out whole genome sequencing of the new coronavirus for outpatients and inpatients at sentinel hospitals in accordance with the national, provincial and municipal surveillance programs to grasp the trend of virus strain mutation in real time. Surveillance data show that XBB.1.5 and BQ.1 variant strains have not been detected in Wuhan since December 1, 2022!

6、Does the movement of people during the Spring Festival increase the risk of re-infection?

Yang Xiaobing: During the Spring Festival, the flow of people returning home to visit relatives increases, and it is inevitable that there will be infected people with prevalent strains from overseas returning to Wuhan, so people are worried about whether they will be re-infected after contact. In fact, the immune function of the population in a short period of time and then infected with other Omicron variant strains is less likely. This is because, after we have been infected with the new coronavirus, there is a certain amount of resistance to the new coronavirus in the body in people with normal immune function. Therefore, people in good health and with normal immune function do not need to worry too much about re-infection due to the movement of people during the Spring Festival.

7, for the XBB.1.5 and BQ.1 variant strains, what needs to be done to prepare for the upcoming Spring Festival holiday?

Yang Xiaobing: Although Omicron XBB.1.5 and BQ.1 strains have not yet been detected in Wuhan, we still need to stay alert and it is important to do a good job of personal protection. The general public need not worry too much, vaccination against the new coronavirus is still an important tool, especially for the elderly who need to be vaccinated early, throughout the vaccination and booster vaccination to get protection as early as possible. At the same time, it is important to continue to maintain healthy and civilized habits such as wearing masks, one meter lines and washing hands regularly.

In the upcoming Spring Festival holiday, Wuhan CDC calls on the general public to be the first responsible for their own health, adhere to regular work and rest, keep the living room tidy, frequently open windows and ventilation, exercise scientifically, protect a healthy diet, and improve the immunity of the body. Do a good job of self-health monitoring, appropriate stockpile of home medication, focusing on protecting the elderly and people at high risk of serious illnesses such as serious underlying diseases.