Original title: How to solve the border epidemic prevention problem in Ruili, Yunnan for more than a year?
(Fighting against New Coronary Pneumonia) How to solve the border epidemic prevention problem in Ruili, Yunnan, which has experienced more than one year?
China News Service, Beijing, July 7 (Ma Shuaisha Li Chun) From July 4 to 6, a total of 21 new confirmed cases of new coronary pneumonia in Yunnan Province, China, were in Ruili City, which borders Myanmar. The Jiegao Guomen Community in Ruili City was adjusted to a high-risk area on the 7th, and this community has become the only high-risk area in China.
There have been many local epidemics in Ruili in the past year. This epidemic is also the second local epidemic in the Jiejiao area since the “March 29” epidemic this year. In September last year, Ruili had a sudden outbreak of imported new crown pneumonia; at the end of March this year, when Ruili City carried out routine nucleic acid testing and sampling of key populations in Jiegao Yucheng, it reported a case of a Myanmar national who tested positive for nucleic acid.
In response to the rebound of the epidemic at the end of March this year, Wu Zunyou, the chief epidemiologist of the Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, said at a press conference of the Joint Prevention and Control Mechanism of the State Council that the pressure of overseas imports has not eased. The Ruili epidemic is more complicated, and it is on the border. This round of the epidemic involves not only Chinese, but also foreign infected persons, especially the epidemiological investigation of foreigners. It is more difficult to ask about the chain of transmission, for prevention and control measures. Increased the difficulty.
The above-mentioned relevant analysis by experts is also applicable to this round of Ruili epidemic. The 3 newly confirmed local cases on the first day were discovered by Ruili City during the normalized full-time nucleic acid test carried out as planned, including 2 cases of Chinese nationality and 1 case of Myanmar nationality. Drawing on previous anti-epidemic experience, Ruili promptly adopted measures such as traffic control, home isolation of residents, and nucleic acid testing and sampling for all employees.
Ruili City’s New Crown Pneumonia Epidemic Prevention and Control Work Headquarters announced on the 5th that it initiated Level III response to public health emergencies, and closed the channel from Ruili and the functions of online clearance from Ruili. The bridge is temporarily closed, and people and vehicles are not allowed to go out. From July 5 to 6, Ruili City carried out nucleic acid testing for all employees in Ruili City and Wanding districts.
From 0:00 on the 7th, the main urban area of Ruili City has been closed for management, and all citizens are isolated at home. During the period, schools and various training institutions were all closed. Except for guaranteed supply supermarkets, farmer’s markets, hospitals, and pharmacies, all other business premises were closed. The catering industry can only provide takeaway delivery services.
Some experts analyzed that Ruili responded quickly to the epidemic and has accumulated sufficient experience in epidemic prevention. At the same time, compared with the end of March, Ruili’s current vaccination rate has increased significantly, and China’s vaccine is against Delta (Delta). The strain is still effective, and the above factors are conducive to the local as soon as possible to contain the spread of the virus.
But on the other hand, the frequency of local epidemics in Ruili within one year still needs attention, and the prevention and control of epidemics in border cities still faces challenges. At present, Ruili City has completed the sequencing of 7 positive samples. The results show that the genome sequence is highly homologous to the Delta mutant strain and highly homologous to the neighboring overseas epidemic strains.
Zeng Guang, a member of the high-level expert group of the National Health Commission and the former chief epidemiology scientist of the Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, said before that Ruili, as a border city, neighboring Myanmar is a country with more severe epidemics, and has to stay on the long and complex border for a long time. Online, strictly guarding against the importation of the epidemic is a very difficult task, and it is understandable that occasional imported cases occur.
Ruili is located on the southwest border of China with a border line of more than 160 kilometers and borders Myanmar on three sides. Jiegao is adjacent to Muji Port, the largest border port in Myanmar, and is only a few hundred meters away from Muse’s city center. Yu Chuanhua, a professor at the School of Public Health of Wuhan University, also said in an interview with the media that the epidemic situation in the surrounding Southeast Asia is relatively serious, and the pressure of foreign defense imports is very high.
Regarding the prevention and control of the epidemic at border ports, Yu Chuanhua suggested that the information statistics of the migrant population and other relevant personnel in the border area should be strengthened, and the prevention and control should be further strengthened. The internal defense rebound and the external defense import cannot be relaxed. He also pointed out that the most effective measures are to control the source of infection, cut off the route of transmission, and protect susceptible people. Residents on the border should wear masks, maintain social distancing, wash hands frequently, strengthen exercise, and enhance immunity.
Ruili City Party Committee Secretary Zhai Yulong also stated at a press conference on epidemic prevention and control on the 7th that all residential communities in the urban area, especially the Jiejiao Guomen community, will be strictly closed to reduce cross-spread and touching. He also pointed out that it will continue to strengthen border control measures, severely crack down on illegal crossing of the country (border), and severely punish stowaways and those who organize, assist, and host them. (Finish)
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