On December 28, the National Health Commission held a press conference on the prevention and treatment of respiratory diseases in winter.
Mi Feng, spokesman of the National Health Commission, said that this week, the number of outpatient and emergency respiratory disease diagnosis and treatment in medical institutions across the country has increased compared with last week, and the current respiratory diseases are mainly influenza, Mycoplasma pneumoniae infection has declined, and the new coronavirus infection is at a low incidence level. Medical services in various regions tend to be the same season in previous years.
With the New Year's Day holiday approaching, the flow of people has increased, visiting relatives and friends, traveling, gatherings and dinners, etc., and the risk of respiratory disease transmission has increased. It is necessary to strengthen monitoring, early warning and risk assessment, timely grasp the epidemiological characteristics of different pathogens and changes in the pathogen spectrum, and dynamically issue health risk warnings. Do a good job in food safety risk monitoring and foodborne disease surveillance. It is necessary to increase the overall planning of medical resources, enrich the medical forces of outpatient and emergency, pediatrics, respiratory, and critical diseases, and strengthen the preparation of commonly used drugs, testing reagents, medical equipment, and admission beds in medical institutions. Fever clinics in hospitals at or above the second level and fever clinics in primary medical and health institutions should be set up and opened as much as possible. It is necessary to be strictly on duty, complete and strong forces, and strengthen the medical emergency rescue and handling work in extreme disasters such as low temperature, rain, snow, and freezing. Patients with cardiovascular and cerebrovascular and respiratory diseases should enhance their awareness of self-protection, pay attention to cold protection and warmth, regular work and rest, seek medical attention in time when they feel unwell, and prevent the adverse effects of cold weather on health. Key venues such as schools, elderly care, childcare, and social welfare institutions, as well as places with confined spaces, should do a good job of personnel health monitoring, personal protection, ventilation and disinfection, and access management.
It is necessary to further do a good job in the management of health services for key populations such as the elderly, children, pregnant women, and patients with chronic underlying diseases, do a good job of daily health monitoring, and identify and intervene early when risks occur. During the festival, we should continue to adhere to good hygiene habits such as wearing masks scientifically, washing hands frequently, ventilating frequently, and maintaining social distancing, and advocate a healthy and civilized lifestyle such as reasonable diet, moderate exercise, quitting smoking and limiting alcohol, and combining work and rest.
Editor-in-charge: Tao Jiyan |Review: Li Zhen |Supervisor: Wan Junwei.