On the afternoon of December 7, the State Council’s Comprehensive Team of the Joint Prevention and Control Mechanism for the New Coronavirus Pneumonia Epidemic issued a notice on further optimizing and implementing the prevention and control measures for the new coronavirus pneumonia epidemic, which proposed optimizing and adjusting isolation methods.
The notice stated that infected persons must be scientifically classified and treated. Asymptomatic infected persons and mild cases who are eligible for home isolation are generally quarantined at home, or they can voluntarily choose to be treated in centralized isolation. Strengthen health monitoring during home isolation. On the 6th and 7th day of isolation, if the nucleic acid test value is Ct ≥ 35 twice in a row, the isolation will be released. If the condition worsens, the patient will be transferred to a designated hospital for treatment in a timely manner. Close contacts who meet the conditions for home quarantine will be quarantined at home for 5 days, or they can voluntarily choose centralized quarantine. They will be released from quarantine after the nucleic acid test is negative on the 5th day.
This means that from a national level, home isolation of -positive -infected people is allowed.
The notice also explains the reasons for optimizing and adjusting the isolation method. The
notice stated that the pathogenicity of the Omicron variant has been significantly weakened. According to clinical observations, most of the infected people are asymptomatic infections and mild cases, and no special treatment is required. Asymptomatic infected persons and mild cases who are eligible for home isolation can be isolated at home, health monitoring should be strengthened, and if the condition worsens, they can be transferred to designated hospitals for treatment in a timely manner. Close contacts who are eligible for home isolation will be quarantined at home for 5 days. Home isolation management will be strengthened, health monitoring will be done and nucleic acid tests will be completed as required. The adjustment of isolation methods for infected people and close contacts fully reflects that my country's epidemic prevention and control always adheres to the principle of putting people first and life first, and dynamically optimizes and improves prevention and control measures based on the mutation characteristics of the virus and the development situation of the epidemic situation.
Peng Jie, deputy director of the Department of Infectious Diseases and Liver Disease Center, director of the Center for Difficult Infectious Diseases and Chief Physician of the Southern Hospital of Southern Medical University, told a reporter from China Business News that based on the characteristics of the current virus, if positive cases are quarantined at home, a large amount of medical resources can be released from the makeshift hospital and returned to normal diagnosis and treatment. In addition, when rescuing COVID-19 patients, we can also focus on vulnerable groups.
Peng Jie said that after currently allowing positive infections to be quarantined at home, it is still necessary to issue relevant home quarantine guidelines and open a home quarantine hotline to guide infected people to conduct more scientific home quarantine.
"For infected people, when faced with being infected, firstly, they must maintain a calm mind, eat when they need to eat, sleep when they need to sleep, and believe that they can recover soon; secondly, during home isolation, it is best to have a separate bathroom. If not, a separate bedroom can be lived in. If there are elderly people at home, try to avoid interacting with them too much to avoid the spread of droplets. Thirdly, pay attention at home Pay attention to hygiene and maintain ventilation to reduce the risk of transmission in the home. Fourth, the family should be equipped with some antipyretics, cough medicine and other commonly used household medicines, as well as antigen reagents, and conduct regular health monitoring. Fifth, one should abide by the regulations and not go out to avoid spreading the epidemic to the public. Sixth, pay attention to monitoring the condition and promptly transfer to a designated hospital for treatment if the condition worsens.
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