Zhengzhou Epidemic Prevention Policy for Foreigners

The latest epidemic prevention regulations for outsiders entering Zhengzhou: Strengthen advance reporting. Before departure, you should take the initiative to understand Zhengzhou City's current epidemic prevention and control policies. You can follow the "Zhengzhou Release" WeChat official account to learn about the latest policies. Persons coming (returning) to Zhengzhou need to report to the community where they live 3 days in advance, and log in to the "Zhenghaoban" APP - the registration management system for people returning to Zhengzhou, and truthfully fill in their personal information. Those who fail to register in advance as required must Complete the information submission within 24 hours after arriving in Zhengzhou.

1. Control of sources of infection.

1. Confirmed cases. After discovery, they should be transported to a designated medical institution within 2 hours for treatment and isolation medical observation. After the case is cured and discharged from the hospital, the patient should continue to be quarantined for medical observation for 14 days. If the nucleic acid re-test is positive and clinical symptoms such as fever and cough appear, and CT imaging shows that the lung lesions have worsened, they should be transferred to a designated medical institution as soon as possible and isolated and treated in accordance with the requirements of confirmed cases. Those who test positive for nucleic acid but have no clinical symptoms or CT imaging progression will be managed in centralized isolation as asymptomatic infections.

2. Suspected cases. If the patient is treated in isolation in a single room at a designated medical institution, if the COVID-19 nucleic acid test is negative for two consecutive times (the sampling time is at least 24 hours apart), and the COVID-19 specific antibodies IgM and IgG are still negative 7 days after the onset of illness, the diagnosis of suspected cases can be ruled out. For those with a history of vaccination, serological IgM and IgG are not used as exclusion indicators.

2. Epidemic discovery report.

1. Case discovery report. Medical institutions at all levels and types should strengthen monitoring of symptoms such as fever, dry cough, fatigue, sore throat, loss of smell (taste), diarrhea, etc. Once suspected patients with fever and other symptoms are found, laboratory testing should be carried out in a timely manner, and cases should be reported through China within 2 hours. The disease prevention and control information system conducts direct reporting online. Community health service stations, village clinics and individual clinics must report suspected patients with fever to community health service centers or township health centers within 2 hours, and implement the nucleic acid testing strategy of "village reporting, township sampling, and county testing" to detect the epidemic as early as possible . Strengthen health monitoring of close contacts and close contacts of close contacts (hereinafter referred to as close contacts), immigrants, high-risk occupational groups, and key groups included in community management. Once the above symptoms appear, they should be sent to the doctor in time for nucleic acid testing .

2. Report on the discovery of asymptomatic infections. Asymptomatic infections refer to those who test positive for the new coronavirus pathogen but have no relevant clinical manifestations. It is mainly discovered through nucleic acid testing of key groups such as close contacts and close contacts, immigrants, and high-risk occupational groups, tracing of sources of infection, epidemiological surveys, and population screening. Asymptomatic infections found should be directly reported online through the China Disease Control and Prevention Information System within 2 hours, and transferred to designated medical institutions within 2 hours for centralized isolation medical observation. If relevant symptoms or signs appear subsequently, the case must be revised as a confirmed case within 24 hours.

3. Report on the discovery of cluster epidemics. A clustered epidemic refers to a 14-day epidemic in schools, schools, and public hospitals.

3. Public health measures

(1) Publicity and education. Give full play to the role of new media such as the Internet, Weibo, WeChat, and clients, as well as traditional media such as radio, television, newspapers, and promotional materials, to carry out all-round publicity and education on COVID-19 prevention and control knowledge, emphasizing that everyone is the first person responsible for their own health , encourage the public to adhere to good hygiene habits and healthy lifestyles such as frequent hand washing, wearing masks, frequent ventilation, serving chopsticks, "one meter noodle", cough etiquette, etc., and improve residents' self-protection awareness and health literacy. Encourage residents to reduce the flow and gathering of people, promote new and civilized festivals, and refrain from holding weddings and funerals. Strengthen the training of epidemic prevention and control staff on COVID-19 prevention and control knowledge and strategies, eliminate panic, implement various prevention and control measures scientifically and accurately, and guide the public to develop conscious epidemic prevention behaviors. For publicity and education content, please refer to Appendix 1 "Basic Code of Conduct for Citizens on Epidemic Prevention".

(2) Vaccination.

Legal basis:

"Law of the People's Republic of China on the Prevention and Control of Infectious Diseases"

Article 12

In China All units and individuals within the People's Republic of China and the territory of the People's Republic of China must accept prevention and control measures such as investigation, testing, sample collection, isolation and treatment of infectious diseases by disease prevention and control agencies and medical institutions, and truthfully provide relevant information. Disease prevention and control institutions and medical institutions shall not disclose relevant information and materials involving personal privacy