Dingzhou Center for Disease Control and Prevention Health Tips for New Year’s Day and Spring Festival Epidemic Prevention and Control

Dingzhou Center for Disease Control and Prevention’s New Year’s Day and Spring Festival Health Tips

Currently, foreign epidemics are high, local cases have been reported in many places in China, and clusters of epidemics have occurred in some areas. The New Year's Day and Spring Festival holidays are approaching, and the movement of people and crowd gatherings have increased, making epidemic prevention and control more difficult. In order to scientifically and accurately prevent and control the COVID-19 epidemic in our city, the Dingzhou Municipal Center for Disease Control and Prevention reminds the general public to increase their awareness of prevention and control and do not relax their personal protection.

1. Avoid travel risks during the Spring Festival

In view of the current situation of the epidemic at home and abroad, we insist on not leaving the country unless necessary, and encourage citizens to celebrate the New Year locally and not go out of the country unless necessary. Pay close attention to the progress of the epidemic in areas with recent outbreaks at home and abroad, and avoid going to medium- and high-risk areas and areas where confirmed cases have been reported. We encourage people to travel during Spring Festival travel during off-peak hours, and those coming to Dingding must take personal protection during travel, dining, etc.; if you encounter people with reported cases in the county where you are located, please consciously abide by the relevant control measures in Dingding.

2. Take personal protection throughout the journey

If you really need to travel, plan your itinerary in advance, prepare sufficient masks, hand sanitizers and other protective materials, and take good personal care throughout the journey. protection. Cooperate with transportation departments such as railways, civil aviation, passenger transportation, and road checkpoints to strictly implement various prevention and control measures such as temperature measurement and code verification, and nucleic acid certificate verification in accordance with relevant regulations. When waiting for a flight or bus, try to wait in a well-ventilated space and do not stay in a closed place with crowded places and dirty air for a long time. It is not recommended to arrange travel for special groups such as the elderly, those with chronic diseases, and pregnant women.

3. Reduce the movement and gathering of people

In accordance with the principle of “no non-essential events”, we strictly control large-scale activities, advocate online group worship, and advocate “delaying happy events, keeping funerals simple, and banquets Don’t do it”. Reduce the flow of people, gather less, get together less, and reduce unnecessary dinner parties. It is not suitable to hold or participate in dinner parties with a large number of people. Avoid gatherings in closed spaces, keep events as short as possible and open windows for ventilation. Wear masks scientifically and correctly, maintain safe social distance and other protective measures.

4. Actively vaccinate against COVID-19

Vaccination against COVID-19 is globally recognized as one of the effective means of preventing personal infection. In line with the principle of "response to all needs" and "response as quickly as possible", our city continues to promote new coronavirus vaccination to strengthen immunity, increase the vaccination rate of people over 60 years old, and steadily carry out vaccination for people aged 3 to 11 years old; it is recommended that those who meet the vaccination requirements Get vaccinated as soon as possible. During the festival, vaccination work will continue as usual.

5. Maintain good hygiene habits

Wear masks scientifically, do not shake hands, wash hands frequently, ventilate frequently, maintain a distance of 1 meter, and try not to go to places with dense crowds and poor air circulation. Wash your hands with soap or hand sanitizer and running water for 20 seconds before and after eating, before and after using the toilet, and before touching your eyes, mouth, and nose. Follow cough and sneeze etiquette and cover your coughs and sneezes with your elbow or a tissue. Be cautious when ordering cold chain foods imported from areas where local cases have been reported. When purchasing cold chain food, pay attention to personal protection, disinfect the outer packaging, store in classified areas, separate raw and cooked food, and cook and steam thoroughly. Pay attention to food hygiene, advocate the use of public chopsticks and spoons, and implement the meal sharing system. Clean, disinfect, and ventilate work and living places.

6. Pay attention to good health monitoring

Pay close attention to the physical condition of yourself and your family, especially after returning from travel, you must do a good job in monitoring your own health. Such as fever, dry cough, sputum production, sore throat, fatigue, diarrhea, abnormal taste and other symptoms. Do not go to work when sick, do not participate in social activities, do not take public transportation, do not take online ride-hailing services, etc. Wear a mask and go to the fever clinic of a nearby hospital as soon as possible to seek medical treatment as required. Cooperate with nucleic acid testing and epidemiological investigations, inform doctors of activity history, contact history and physical abnormalities, and do not buy or take medicines by yourself.

Dingzhou Center for Disease Control and Prevention

December 28, 2021