Sinking resources, carefully guarding-knowledge of epidemic prevention and control at grass-roots level during the Spring Festival

　　Xinhua News Agency, Beijing, January 24thTitle: Sinking resources are carefully guarded — — Prevention and control of grass-roots epidemic situation during the Spring Festival

　　Xinhua news agency reporter

　　The Spring Festival of the Year of the Rabbit is the first long holiday when China’s epidemic prevention and control has entered a new stage. The reporter learned from interviews at the grassroots level in many places that all localities coordinated the dispatch of urban and rural medical resources and weaved a "protective net" at the grassroots level. The majority of medical workers and epidemic prevention personnel adhered to the front line and devoted themselves to the safety and health of the people for the New Year.

　　Consolidate various prevention and control measures

During the Spring Festival, Tian Quanbin, a doctor from Xiaowang Village, Tiankou Township, Xihua County, Henan Province, was on duty in the clinic. (Photo courtesy of the interviewee)

　　Implement epidemic prevention measures in key places, establish management accounts, and continuously publicize epidemic prevention knowledge … … In order to let the people live a safe and healthy Spring Festival, many places have taken a series of powerful actions.

　　During the Spring Festival, the Qingming Shangheyuan in Kaifeng, Henan Province launched the 2023 Kaifeng Folk Carnival, with hundreds of performances and hundreds of folk customs to celebrate the Spring Festival, attracting many tourists.

　　Xing Xiaoyue, a staff member of Shangheyuan Scenic Area in Qingming Festival, said that the park strictly implements the requirements of "limiting, making an appointment and shifting peaks", completes the work of eliminating and killing public facilities, and arranges special personnel to patrol. "In terms of personal protection, wearing masks in public places has become a habit, and everyone consciously becomes the first responsible person for their own health."

　　In view of the many cultural activities and dense personnel in various places during the Spring Festival, various places have implemented epidemic prevention work in key places by setting up special epidemic prevention classes, broadcasting reminders and regular disinfection. Zhang Mingzhi, director of Gaozhou Xiantaimiao Management Office in Maoming City, Guangdong Province, said that during the Spring Festival, the daily flow of people in the scenic spot was about 20,000 to 30,000, including many returnees and rural people. "The staff should disinfect the internal and external environment, and there is a warm reminder card for wearing a mask at the entrance."

　　Xihua County, Henan Province, made great efforts to find out the base number of key populations, established a dynamic management account for 125,000 elderly people over 60 years old, 4,408 left-behind children, 2,048 pregnant women, 24,019 disabled people, 2,230 elderly people living alone and 162,000 migrant workers, and established a transfer and treatment mechanism for infected people to ensure that they should be cured.

　　Wushan County, Chongqing has set up 42 fever clinics (consultation rooms) according to the principle of "all facilities should be set up and all services should be opened", and mobile diagnosis and treatment vehicles (mobile fever clinics) and fever diagnosis and treatment stations have been opened in urban areas to facilitate residents to seek medical treatment during the Spring Festival.

　　Pass forward to the community

　　In Dayu Village, Zhenjiang Town, Gaozhou City, Guangdong Province, Deng Bobo, a 90-year-old villager who had been infected with Covid-19, was discharged before the Spring Festival and returned home with his family. The old man feels gratified to have a reunion year with his children. Son Deng Lianjin said that the hospital has prepared medicines for the elderly to recover at home, and the nearby Shigu Town Central Health Center is only 10 minutes’ drive from home. My father’s recovery is guaranteed, and the whole family has lived with peace of mind this year.

　　The reporter learned from the interview that before the Spring Festival, the guidance on primary treatment was strengthened by means of on-site diagnosis and treatment, remote consultation, etc., and emergency equipment and medicines were prepared at the same time to move forward the barrier of health protection and prevention of severe illness.

　　In Xiaowang Village, Tiankou Township, Xihua County, Henan Province, the reporter saw that the village health center has two floors, one is the diagnosis and treatment area, and the other is the living area. The first floor diagnosis and treatment area, seven rooms, such as diagnosis and treatment room, propaganda classroom and observation room, were cleaned neatly, the remote diagnosis and treatment system waited for the call online in real time, and the commonly used drugs for reducing fever and relieving cough in the pharmacy were well prepared.

　　Chongqing clearly requires coordination in the prevention and control of epidemic situation in urban and rural communities. Adhere to the "moving forward" and strengthen care services for key groups such as "one old and one small" and "one trapped and one disabled".

　　A team of family doctors and village doctors in Wushan County, Chongqing, went to the door to check and evaluate the health of key personnel before, and made a closer observation of relatively serious personnel. Zhang Liao, director of guandu town Central Health Center in Wushan County, said: "During the Spring Festival, more than half of our medical staff were on duty, and the hospital always kept an emergency team, and the fever clinic was waiting for 24 hours."

　　In Anping County, Hengshui City, Hebei Province, in order to meet the needs of residents for medical treatment and provide timely health consultation and medication guidance, the health and health departments set up 245 family patrol teams, covering all 230 administrative villages and 15 communities in the county. The members of the team are composed of township or community cadres, village or community cadres, and grassroots medical staff to carry out home follow-up services.

　　Rural clinics and health centers "don’t close"

　　"This year’s Spring Festival obviously feels popular and lively." Tian Quanbin and Sheng Airong, doctors from Xiaowang Village, Tiankou Township, Xihua County, Henan Province, said, "There are more people coming back from holidays, wearing masks, washing hands frequently, gathering less and ventilating more. Most villagers are familiar with these epidemic prevention knowledge. I hope everyone can protect themselves and spend a healthy year. "

　　Tian Quanbin and Sheng Airong have lived and worked here for 27 years. This rural health clinic guards the health of more than 2,800 villagers. Before the Spring Festival, the clinic and the village committee have arranged the situation of the key people in the village.

　　The reporter visited and learned that many village clinics and township center hospitals "don’t fight" during the Spring Festival holiday. They publicized epidemic prevention knowledge to the villagers through WeChat groups and loudspeakers, and at the same time went to the village to send medicines to doctors.

　　"There are medicines for relieving fever and pain, relieving cough and asthma, as well as some masks and antigen detection reagents. If you feel unwell, you must contact the hospital in time." Yan Daxin, a doctor from guandu town Central Health Center in Wushan County, Chongqing, came to the home of Yan Xianjun, a villager in Yanglin Village before the festival, and sent the 75-year-old man a "health package" of epidemic prevention love. Then he carefully measured his blood pressure, blood sugar and blood oxygen. It is understood that Wushan County, Chongqing has given free "health packages" to the elderly over 60 years old in batches, and distributed more than 100,000 "health packages" by relying on community grid workers and village cadres.

Family doctors at guandu town Central Health Center in Wushan County, Chongqing sent "health packages" to the elderly. (Photo courtesy of the interviewee)

　　Follow Li Yongan, Dean of Tiankou Township Health Center, into the pharmacy, where the commonly used antipyretic and cough medicine has been reserved for three weeks. "More than ten days before the Spring Festival, the number of fever clinics has dropped to two or three people a day." Li Yongan said that during the Spring Festival, they should be on duty in hospitals, and strengthen communication with 30 village doctors in 17 village clinics under their jurisdiction. After discovering cases, they can seek medical treatment in time according to individual conditions, and if necessary, they can contact city and county hospitals to organize remote consultation, or refer them according to the graded diagnosis and treatment mechanism.

　　"Village clinics and township health centers are the first pass for epidemic prevention in rural areas. By integrating medical resources in counties, townships and villages in advance, they will play a linkage role and build a solid epidemic prevention barrier for rural areas." Li Yongan said. (Reporter Liu Yuanyuan, Xu Hongyi, Han Chaoyang, Zhao Jiale)