Prevention of virus infection and influenza … The latest tips of Xi ‘an disease control.
March is in the early spring, the weather is changeable, sometimes cold and sometimes warm, and the temperature difference between day and night is large. All kinds of respiratory infectious diseases are still in the high-risk season. After the Spring Festival, all kinds of schools have started school one after another, with frequent personnel flow and contact, and at the same time, the temperature has risen, the number of people going out for an outing and traveling has gradually increased, and the chances of infection of various infectious diseases have increased. Xi ‘an CDC reminds the general public to take precautions against Covid-19 infection, influenza and other respiratory infectious diseases and norovirus-infected diarrhea, and to do personal protection when going out for an outing and traveling, so as to travel safely and healthily.
Prevention of novel coronavirus infection
At present, COVID-19 infection in Xi ‘an is still at a low epidemic level. As a popular tourist city, Xi ‘an has a large number of foreign tourists, and the gathering of people provides favorable conditions for the spread of the virus. The general public should be the first person responsible for their own health, maintain good personal hygiene habits and prepare necessary protective equipment.
Health tips
1. Do a good job of personal protection. Wear a mask scientifically, keep a social distance, and wash your hands frequently, often ventilate and gather less. Open windows regularly at home and workplace for ventilation, and do a good job in daily hygiene of the room. When taking public transportation such as airplanes, high-speed trains, trains and air-conditioned buses, you should wear masks and keep your hands clean.
2. Daily health monitoring. Pay close attention to your family and your own health every day. When you have symptoms of Covid-19 infection, such as fever, cough, fatigue, sore throat and decreased sense of smell and taste, try to reduce your outdoor activities as much as possible, avoid going to school or work with illness, and go to a fever clinic in a nearby hospital as appropriate.
3. Actively vaccinate. XBB mutant in Covid-19 is currently the main epidemic strain in China. It is suggested that the elderly aged 60 and above or the key population aged 18-59 with serious basic diseases, people with low immune function and people with high risk of infection should be vaccinated with Covid-19 vaccine according to conditions, and COVID-19 vaccine containing antigen components of XBB mutant should be given priority.
4. Enhance your own immunity. Improving one’s own immunity is an important means to prevent various diseases. Please keep regular work and rest, exercise properly, eat properly, maintain a good attitude and adhere to a healthy and civilized lifestyle.
Prevent influenza
Influenza is an acute respiratory infectious disease caused by influenza virus, which has the characteristics of short incubation period, strong infectivity and rapid spread. It is mainly spread through droplets in the air, and may also spread through close contact between people. Clinically, it is mainly manifested as high fever, headache, limb pain, fatigue and upper respiratory symptoms accompanied by runny nose and cough. People are generally susceptible and have certain immunity after illness. March is still in the flu season, so the general public should pay attention to protection and avoid infection.
Health tips
1. Develop good personal hygiene habits. When coughing or sneezing, cover your mouth and nose with paper towels and towels. Wash your hands before and after meals and after touching dirty things, and try to avoid dirty hands touching your mouth, eyes and nose.
2. Open the window regularly and ventilate several times every day to keep the indoor air fresh. During the peak epidemic period, people should avoid going to crowded places. If there are related symptoms, they should seek medical advice in time, stay at home as much as possible, and go to work without illness to reduce the spread of the disease.
3. Vaccination against influenza is one of the most economical and effective prevention and control measures to prevent influenza and reduce the burden of influenza disease. Anyone over 6 months old who is willing to vaccinate and has no contraindications can voluntarily vaccinate against influenza at his own expense.
Prevention of other respiratory infectious diseases in spring
Respiratory infectious diseases are infectious diseases caused by viruses, bacteria, mycoplasma and other pathogens, which are mainly transmitted through the respiratory tract. The weather in spring is changeable, the temperature difference between morning and evening is large, and the immunity of human body is relatively low, which is particularly vulnerable to the invasion of pathogenic microorganisms and causes respiratory diseases. Besides COVID-19 and influenza, common respiratory infectious diseases in spring include mumps, chickenpox, measles, rubella and scarlet fever. Different respiratory infectious diseases have different clinical manifestations, mainly including fever, sore throat, headache, cough, expectoration, rash and fatigue. Collective units such as kindergartens, schools and nursing homes are at greater risk of cluster cases, which need to be paid attention to.
Health tips
Although the clinical manifestations are different, the modes of transmission of respiratory infectious diseases are mainly through air and contact, so the methods to prevent various respiratory infectious diseases are also common, including the following measures:
1. Maintain good personal and environmental hygiene, wash your hands frequently and pay attention to indoor ventilation and cleanliness. Drink more boiled water, strengthen outdoor physical exercise and improve your immunity.
2. During the peak epidemic period, people should avoid going to crowded places, and wear masks in public places such as hospitals, subways, buses and shopping malls to avoid excessive fatigue and catching cold. When coughing or sneezing, you should cover your mouth and nose with handkerchiefs and paper towels to avoid the spread of droplets. If you have related symptoms, you should seek medical attention in time, reduce contact with others and try to rest at home.
3. Schools and kindergartens should focus on preventing respiratory cluster cases or outbreaks, and strictly implement prevention and control measures such as morning and afternoon check-up, missing classes due to illness, ventilation and disinfection, etc. Once a cluster epidemic occurs, it should be reported to the health and education departments in a timely manner.
4. Vaccination is a very effective protective means to prevent all kinds of respiratory infectious diseases. For infectious diseases with vaccine prevention, such as measles, chickenpox and mumps, children, the elderly and other susceptible groups should be vaccinated in time and in the whole process according to the relevant vaccination requirements.
Prevention of Norovirus Infectious Diarrhea
Norovirus is a common pathogen that causes cluster diarrhea/acute gastroenteritis in schools and kindergartens. The main symptoms are vomiting in children and diarrhea in adults. Norovirus spreads in various ways, mainly through ingestion of food or water contaminated by feces or vomit, contact with patients’ feces or vomit, inhalation of aerosol generated during vomiting, and indirect contact with articles and environment contaminated by feces or vomit. At the beginning of the school season, norovirus infection has entered a period of high incidence, so schools and kindergartens should focus on it and take protective measures.
Health tips
1. Maintaining good hand hygiene is the most important and effective measure to prevent norovirus infection and control the spread of norovirus. Wash your hands carefully with soap and running water for at least 30 seconds before and after meals. It should be noted that sterilized paper towels and washless hand sanitizers cannot replace hand washing.
2. Pay attention to the hygiene of drinking water and maintain good eating habits. Wash fruits and vegetables carefully, cook food correctly, and avoid eating cold and unclean food, especially those with high risk of norovirus infection such as shellfish and seafood, which should be thoroughly cooked. Do not drink raw water, drinking utensils should be disinfected regularly to ensure drinking water hygiene.
3. Patients with norovirus gastroenteritis should be isolated at home until 2 days after the symptoms completely disappear, so as to avoid infecting others. If family members are infected with norovirus, patients should use their own utensils and daily necessities, try not to have close contact with their families, and pay special attention not to make food or take care of the elderly and infants.
4. In case of Norovirus clustering epidemic, emergency response should be done well, focusing on standardized disposal of patients’ feces and vomit, and strict disinfection should be carried out on the surfaces of environmental objects, daily necessities, food processing tools and drinking water contaminated by patients’ vomit, feces and other pollutants.
5. Nursery institutions, schools and other collective units should strengthen the safety management of food and drinking water, and those who suffer from gastrointestinal discomfort such as diarrhea and vomiting in food practitioners should temporarily leave their posts. Do a good job in class morning and afternoon check-up and registration of absence due to illness. Once children and students are found to have symptoms such as vomiting and diarrhea, they should be sent to the hospital for treatment and report to the local health and education departments in time.
Pay attention to safety when traveling in spring
In March, the temperature rose, spring blossomed, everything recovered, and it was the right time to travel. The general public should pay attention to personal protection when going out to play, to prevent allergic rhinitis, asthma and food poisoning caused by pollen allergy, and to prevent accidental injuries.
Health tips
1. Before going out, you should know the weather and road information in advance, change clothes in time according to climate change, avoid going out in bad weather, improve personal safety awareness, pay attention to traffic safety and prevent accidental injuries.
2. Don’t pick, buy, process and eat wild vegetables, wild fruits and fungi that are unfamiliar or of unknown origin when going out for an outing.
3. Pay attention to food safety, do not eat incompletely cooked food, and do not drink unclean raw water. When eating out, you must pay attention to choosing a regular restaurant or restaurant with good sanitary conditions.
4. People with allergic history should go to places with lush flowers and trees as little as possible, and don’t touch wild flowers and plants casually. When going out for an outing, it is best to bring anti-allergic drugs, wear hats, masks and long-sleeved clothes, try to avoid direct contact with pollen, and seek medical advice in time if you feel unwell.
Spring is the season of high incidence of respiratory infectious diseases.
It’s the turn of winter and spring.
Repeated climate change
In addition, there are more population movements.
In places where people are relatively concentrated
It is easy to cause the spread of respiratory infectious diseases
Remind family and friends to take precautions.
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