Recently, spot epidemics have occurred in many places in Zhejiang. The three key groups of close contacts, sub-close contacts, and general contacts have become a matter of public concern. So how to accurately determine the three groups of people?

The specific implementation policy shall prevail.

Close contacts

close contacts

General contacts

How to determine? Look here!

Recently, spot epidemics have occurred in many places in Zhejiang. The three key groups of close contacts, sub-close contacts, and general contacts have become matters of public concern. So how to accurately determine the three groups of people? Do they all need to quarantine? Let’s listen to the answers from disease control experts!

Close Contacts

If you have had close contact with suspected cases and confirmed cases 5 days before symptoms appeared, or asymptomatic infected persons since 5 days before specimen sampling without effective protective measures, such as living together, taking the same car, plane, high-speed rail, ship and other means of transportation, or all close contact in offices, workshops, classrooms, canteens, elevators, etc., or sharing meals or entertainment in a closed environment, etc., you may be determined to be a close contact.

close contacts

The first contact between a close contact and a case or an asymptomatic infected person (the first contact between a close contact and a case or an asymptomatic infected person between 5 days before the onset of the case or 5 days before the specimen sampling of the asymptomatic infected person and before being quarantined and managed) Before the close contact was isolated and managed, people who lived together, worked in the same closed environment, had dinners and entertainments with the close contact but did not take effective protection, especially family members and colleagues who have frequent contact with the close contact, are what we call sub-close contacts, also called close contacts.

General contacts

General contacts are people who have had contact with suspected cases, confirmed cases and asymptomatic infected persons while riding in the same means of transportation, living together, studying, working, and in the process of diagnosis and treatment, such as airplanes, trains, and ships, as well as being exposed together in public places such as shopping malls, farmers (fair) markets, bus stations, and subways, but who do not meet the criteria for determining close contacts.

When you are judged to be one of the above three categories, especially close contacts and close contacts, first of all, please do not panic. This does not mean that you will definitely be infected with the new coronavirus. Centralized medical isolation and observation of close contacts and close contacts can effectively prevent close contacts and potentially infected persons from coming into contact with other groups and effectively control the spread of the epidemic. It can also enable early detection and early treatment of sick persons in close contacts and close contacts. Secondly, please actively cooperate with investigators to verify relevant information, follow the staff's instructions, carry personal daily necessities and necessary personal medicines, wear masks correctly, take personal protective measures, transfer to designated isolation points as required, and cooperate with body temperature monitoring and regular nucleic acid sampling. If symptoms such as fever, dry cough, fatigue, etc. occur during the period, you should immediately inform the isolation point staff and cooperate with medical staff for diagnosis and treatment.

Reposted from Healthy Zhejiang

Source: Hangzhou Transportation 918

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