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On May 31, 2021, Guangzhou Tianhe District carried out large-scale nucleic acid detection work in key areas. Source: Visual China
At the same time, large-scale COVID-19 vaccination is also accelerating, with the highest number of vaccinations in a single day exceeding 20 million doses.
The Dragon Boat Festival holiday is approaching, what is the local epidemic situation? How to protect yourself while traveling during the holidays? How will vaccination continue after June? The Joint Prevention and Control Mechanism of the State Council held a press conference on May 31. Relevant departments and authoritative experts responded to hot topics.
The Joint Prevention and Control Mechanism of the State Council has sent a working group to Guangdong
National Health Commission spokesperson Mi Feng said that since the beginning of May, a total of 50 new locally confirmed cases have been reported across the country, and new locally confirmed cases have been reported for 18 consecutive days. Or asymptomatic infections involving multiple provinces. The epidemic shows the characteristics of rapid spread and strong transmissibility of virus strains.
"We must take the most resolute, decisive, and strict measures to control gathering activities and movement of people in medium- and high-risk areas to block the spread of the epidemic; specify and implement community prevention and control requirements, and effectively manage and monitor the health of people quarantined at home. , material support and other work; strengthen various measures for 'foreign import prevention' and strengthen health monitoring of key groups." Mi Feng said that the Joint Prevention and Control Mechanism of the State Council has sent a working group to Guangdong to guide the handling of the epidemic.
The epidemic in many places in the country has also prompted more people to get vaccinated against the new crown virus. According to data from the National Health Commission, as of May 30, a total of 639.172 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines have been reported across the country. Vaccination is accelerating on a large scale. Since May, an average of 12.47 million doses have been vaccinated every day, which is 2.58 times that in April. The maximum number of daily vaccinations exceeds 20 million.
my country's inactivated vaccine has better broad-spectrum protection
The global new coronavirus mutation frequency is accelerating, and mutant strains imported from abroad have also been discovered in China. In this regard, Zhang Yuntao, Vice President of Sinopharm China Biotech, said that the company has carried out serum cross-neutralization experiments using epidemic strains found in South Africa, the United Kingdom, and different regions in China. “As of now, these sera are still able to interact well with these viruses. neutralization reaction , it should be said that the vaccine is still very protective."
" The mutation of the virus is eternal and it occurs naturally. From the current point of view, as long as the mutation of the virus is controllable, the vaccine should still be able to last Protection." Zhang Yuntao said, "During the entire vaccine development process, our inactivated vaccine contains more viral antigen components. Relatively speaking, it has better broad-spectrum protection and better tolerance to mutations. ."
Zhang Yuntao said that in response to sudden major mutations, Chinese companies are ready to develop new vaccines. "We can quickly develop a vaccine against mutant strains. The mutant strain vaccine can be used in conjunction with the existing vaccine, or the developed mutant strain vaccine can be injected with the existing vaccine as a multi-linked multivalent vaccine."
6 will be Focus on the second dose of vaccination
Recently, some places have issued announcements stating that the first dose of the new crown vaccine should be completed before June 9. In this regard, Cui Gang, a second-level inspector of the National Health Commission's Bureau of Disease Control and Prevention, said that in order to ensure that the public can complete the full course of vaccination on time and obtain better protection, overall arrangements have been made for the recent vaccination work in accordance with the technical plan. From June 10 to June 30, the second dose of vaccination will be carried out mainly for those who have already received the first dose.
For people with special needs, such as traveling abroad, epidemic prevention and control, etc., they can also receive the first dose of vaccine. After July, we will continue to promote the first and second doses of vaccination in a comprehensive and orderly manner.
Cui Gang introduced that the National Health Commission requires all localities to further refine vaccination plans, accurately measure the demand for different doses, and leave sufficient turnover within a distribution cycle to ensure the demand for the second dose of vaccination.
"The organizational work of some localities is not refined and precise enough, and there is a phenomenon of simplistic 'one size fits all' management. In the early stage, the National Health and Medical Commission has repeatedly emphasized that all localities should promptly discover and correct problems with symptoms and tendencies." Cui Gang He said that the next step will be to continue to strengthen guidance to various localities and insist on paying equal attention to the quantity and quality of vaccination.
Personal protection cannot be relaxed
Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention researcher Shao Yiming reminded that the public must complete the full course of vaccination and not give up halfway. "Based on the practical experience of COVID-19 prevention and control in various countries, we cannot relax other public health prevention and control measures before the herd immunity barrier is reached."
Feng Zijian, a researcher at the Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, said that recently, cases of local infection and transmission have appeared in some places. It shows that the current epidemic prevention and control situation is still severe, and it is necessary to continue to implement various prevention and control measures in accordance with normalized prevention and control requirements.
"We must always tighten the string of epidemic prevention and control, and we cannot be careless just because there have been no local cases in the country for a while." Feng Zijian suggested that the Dragon Boat Festival is approaching, and it is similar to previous holiday activities. Personal protection must still be done, including Wear a mask in public places and pay attention to personal hand hygiene. People in medium- and high-risk areas should try to avoid unnecessary travel to reduce the spread of the epidemic across regions. If you develop fever or respiratory symptoms while traveling, you should exit the trip in time, avoid contact with other people, and seek medical treatment promptly, especially at a standardized medical institution with a fever clinic. (Xinhua News Agency reporters Chen Xiyuan and Xu Penghang)
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