Hunan Daily, October 26 (All-media reporter Wang Mingjun) The situation of the new crown pneumonia epidemic is still severe. According to the news released by the Hunan Provincial Health Commission, on October 25, Hunan Province added 8 new local confirmed cases and 62 local asymptomatic infections . If we accidentally have time-space intersections with relevant personnel, or are told to be "close contacts" when we receive a call, what should we do? Hunan Provincial Center for Disease Control and Prevention gave an authoritative answer.
Experts said that if it becomes a close contact or close contact, there is no need to panic and do not go out casually. Personal protection should be taken, centralized isolation and medical observation should be conducted as required, and actively cooperate with isolation and control measures and epidemic investigation work of the disease control department.
Knowledge points
·Close contact refers to people who have close contact with suspected cases and confirmed cases 2 days before the onset of symptoms, or 2 days before the sampling of asymptomatic infected persons, and have not taken effective protection.
·The close contacts that are frequently found in close contacts such as living, dining, working (study), and entertainment are determined by people with frequent contacts such as those with high risk of infection.
·If children aged 14 and under, special groups with semi-self-care and lack of self-care ability become close contacts or close contacts, home medical observation can be taken, and home medical observation measures can be strictly implemented.
·The centralized isolation and observation period for close contacts is 7 days after the last time there is no effective protective contact with a case or asymptomatic infected person. After the quarantine period expires, close contacts will be monitored for 3 days at home. Close contacts with close contacts shall be subject to 7 days of home isolation and medical observation, and daily temperature and symptoms shall be monitored.
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information is quoted as "Health in the Heart, Popular Science in Hand" jointly published by Hunan Provincial Center for Disease Control and Prevention and Hunan Provincial Association for Science and Technology. Planning: Zhang Yana This issue’s expert: Zhang Siyu
(first instance: Wang Mingjun; second instance: Duan Hanmin; third instance: Yang Youhua)
