Original Title: Expert: Xi’an Epidemic Situation Improves and Large-scale Rebound Risks Are Basically Controlled
China News Service, Xi’an, January 6 (Reporter Alina) “With the unremitting efforts during this period, the effects of various prevention and control measures are constantly showing.” The Shaanxi Working Group of the Joint Prevention and Control Mechanism of the State Council is tracing the source. Group expert Li Qun, director of the Health Emergency Center of the China Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, said that since the New Year of 2022, the number of daily reported cases in Xi’an is gradually decreasing, and the epidemic situation continues to improve. Although cases may still occur in the future, the risk of a large-scale rebound of the epidemic has been basically controlled, and the prevention and control work has achieved initial results.
Li Qun said that although the current work has achieved initial results, the work during this period is still very important. The hard-won situation must be consolidated and stabilized until the epidemic is finally completely controlled, so everyone must be patient. Based on the characteristics of the epidemic situation in various regions, Xi’an will gradually unblock the areas that have not had an epidemic for a while and various risks have been effectively controlled, and restore social production order, until the entire Xi’an city is unblocked.
The picture shows Xi’an Datang Everbright City Pedestrian Street has been closed during the epidemic. (Data Map) Photo by Zhang Yichen
After the outbreak, especially since strict control measures were adopted in the city on December 23, 2021, Xi’an City has adopted multiple rounds of large-scale nucleic acid screening, and regular large-scale nucleic acid screening has been adopted in closed and controlled areas. check.
Li Qun said that carrying out large-scale nucleic acid screening, especially multiple rounds of screening in risky areas, has three effects on epidemic prevention and control. The first is conducive to the early rapid detection and control of the source of infection. Delta mutant strains are highly contagious. Early symptoms are not obvious and atypical, and it is difficult to self-discover from the infected person. If you wait until the infected person develops symptoms and go to the hospital to see a doctor, it will be delayed for a while, then during this time, It may also cause transmission. Finding the source of infection as early as possible, quickly and accurately, and carrying out nucleic acid screening are the most effective measures to implement the “four early”.
Second, it is conducive to the implementation of precise prevention and control and nucleic acid screening, which can detect the number of cases and their changes in different regions as soon as possible, which is conducive to studying and judging the epidemic situation, including the effect of studying and judging the implementation of measures, and can dynamically adjust prevention and control measures in a targeted manner.
Third, carrying out nucleic acid screening can allow citizens to understand the health status of themselves and their loved ones as soon as possible, avoid blind worries and tension, and also help them actively participate in prevention and control work. (Finish)
[Edit: Huang Yuhan]
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