Important tips from Hengyang Disease Control and Prevention on the Dragon Boat Festival

Important reminders about the Dragon Boat Festival from Hengyang Disease Control and Prevention

Recently, local new coronavirus pneumonia epidemics have occurred in many places in Guangdong Province. The virus spreads quickly and is highly contagious. At the same time, as the Dragon Boat Festival approaches, the flow of people increases, gathering activities increase, and the risk of epidemic spread increases. In order to accurately carry out epidemic prevention and control work before and after the Dragon Boat Festival, Hengyang Center for Disease Control and Prevention has issued the following tips to the general public and people entering Hengyang:

1. Advocate celebrating the festival in situ

People who plan to enter Hong Kong, such as Guangzhou, Foshan and other cities with local case reports, and people with Hengyang citizenship in Guangdong, please strictly abide by the local prevention and control requirements of not leaving the province or Guangzhou unless necessary, and celebrate the festival in place; it is recommended to use WeChat and the Internet Greet relatives and friends through phone calls, etc. Those who really need to check in must present a negative nucleic acid test certificate within 48 hours, report to the community or unit where the destination is located two days before arriving, and cooperate with the implementation of relevant prevention and control measures.

2. Strict isolation and observation

Those who have a history of traveling to medium- and high-risk areas within 14 days, those who have a cross-trajectory trajectory with confirmed cases of COVID-19, those who have a history of traveling to closed and controlled areas, and those with health codes Persons entering the scale with a "red code" or "yellow code" must take the initiative to report and cooperate with the implementation of centralized isolation medical observation, home medical observation, home health monitoring and nucleic acid testing and other measures in accordance with prevention and control requirements.

3. Do not go out unless necessary

The general public is requested to continue to pay attention to the official epidemic risk warning information. Unless necessary, they are not allowed to travel to overseas areas, domestic medium- and high-risk areas, or local closures announced Cities in areas under closed control. Staff of party and government agencies at all levels, enterprises and institutions, school teachers and students, and tour group personnel should not go to Guangzhou, Foshan, Shenzhen, Maoming, Zhanjiang and other places unless necessary; if they really need to travel, they must strictly follow the procedures for approval. Implement corresponding control measures.

4. Seek medical testing promptly

If you have symptoms such as fever, dry cough, fatigue, sore throat, loss of smell, diarrhea, etc., you should wear a disposable medical mask or above and seek medical advice promptly. Go to a medical institution with fever clinic qualifications and undergo a nucleic acid test, and proactively inform you of your activity trajectory and contact history within 14 days. Try to avoid taking public transportation during medical treatment.

5. Strengthen personal protection

Continue to wear masks scientifically in daily work and life, maintain a safe social distance from others, wash hands frequently, and ventilate frequently; avoid going to crowded places and closed spaces place for long-term activities. You should carry disposable medical masks with you when you go out, wear masks when entering public places such as medical institutions, transportation stations, shopping malls and supermarkets, hotels, etc., and actively cooperate with body temperature checks and health code and itinerary card inspections. When each "sentinel" unit finds that the health code or travel code shows "red code" or "yellow code", it must immediately report to the local prevention and control office or CDC and implement relevant control measures.

6. Actively vaccinate

Vaccination against COVID-19 is the most economical and effective way to prevent COVID-19. For the health and safety of individuals and society, please actively get vaccinated. In June, the city's new crown vaccination mainly focused on the second dose of vaccination. During this period, those who need to receive the first dose due to special circumstances such as traveling abroad and epidemic prevention and control can still receive the first dose of vaccine. It is expected that the province will resume full vaccination of the first dose of the vaccine by the end of June. Those who have received the first dose of the new coronavirus vaccine are requested to follow the follow-up vaccination interval prompts and relevant tips in the "New Crown Vaccine Vaccination Voucher" to actively make an appointment for the second dose of the vaccine to build an immune barrier as soon as possible.