Zhang Wenhong said that the peak of the epidemic in the mainland may come within one month. ( Xinhua News Agency data photo)
The "new ten" items for epidemic prevention in the mainland were released earlier. Mild symptoms and asymptomatic can be quarantined at home. Zhang Wenhong, director of the National Infectious Disease Medical Center, said in an interview with the media yesterday (11th) that the number of patients with positive underlying diseases will gradually increase from now on. As long as they survive the most recent month, the overall pressure will gradually decrease next month.
Zhang Wenhong said that the peak of the epidemic in the mainland may come within one month, and it may take 3 to 6 months to survive the epidemic as a whole. Medical care should be prepared to be infected with Omicron during this period, but what needs to be done is that everyone should not be infected at the same time, but slowly infect them rhythmically to protect all vulnerable groups and prevent huge runs of medical resources.
Zhang Wenhong pointed out that today's response to the epidemic is completely different from before. Even if you are not infected in the hospital, you will be infected when eating outside the street, and even be infected by your family. Since the routine nucleic acid test for is no longer done, the infection speed will be very fast and the possibility of community infection will be greater.
Zhang Wenhong mentioned that during the first wave of Omicron, the vaccine injection rate in Hong Kong was too low, and only 7% of people over 80 were vaccinated, resulting in a high mortality rate. Citizens should pay more attention to the conditions of the elderly at home. In addition to getting the vaccine , they should wear N95 masks when visiting the elderly. Elders should try to go out as little as possible in the past few weeks. Pay more attention to patients over 60 years old in the outpatient clinic. Even if the hypoxia is not obvious, blood oxygen saturation monitoring must be performed and other symptoms are asked in detail to avoid missing severe patients.
Source: Dagong Wenhui All Media
Editor: Guo Xiaoyan
Proofreading: Li Mengzhan
