How to better avoid COVID-19 infection when queuing for nucleic acid?

An infected case announced by Nanjing Health and Health Commission deserves our attention. A 2-year-old boy talked to a neighbor who was later diagnosed while waiting in line with his family for nucleic acid testing. Then I went home to be isolated from people, and the result was confirmed in nucleic acid detection a few days later.

From this case, it is not difficult to find that the mode and speed of communication in COVID-19 have changed.

Because of the epidemic, confirmed cases have appeared in many places in China. And the number is also rising. In order to stop the spread of the virus as soon as possible, all the epidemic prevention and control command departments in COVID-19 adopted national nucleic acid collection.

At present, the Delta mutant strain that caused the epidemic tide in China has a large amount of virus vectors, so as long as it is in the same space, unit, building and building with the confirmed cases, it belongs to close contacts.

Everyone involved in nucleic acid will have a feeling that the nucleic acid collection site is very crowded, and it is often impossible to guarantee the contact distance of a rice noodle. What's more, sometimes in order to avoid cutting in line for a long time, even the distance between front and back is almost a state of chest sticking to back. The staff in charge of arrangement and command at the scene often completely neglect them. If there is close contact in the crowd at this time, it is likely to explode.

So how can we better protect ourselves when waiting in line to do nucleic acid? The following small series will briefly tell you about it.

1. Personal protection should be strictly done when collecting nucleic acids on site. You must always wear a mask. You can wear goggles and disposable gloves if you can.

2. Be sure to keep a relatively safe distance from front to back, and strictly keep the distance of "1 m". Don't take off your mask before the test.

3. It is inevitable to meet acquaintances at the nucleic acid collection site, and try to avoid getting together for a long time.

4. After collecting nucleic acid, disinfect your hands with disinfectant or alcohol. Put on a new mask immediately. Old masks should be discarded in special medical dustbins. Don't throw them away.

5, leave the nucleic acid collection site as soon as possible, don't stay. Spray disinfection all over before going home.

Note: Because of the impact of this epidemic, many residents in closed areas need to carry out nucleic acids many times. Nucleic acid detection, whether it is throat swab sampling or nasopharyngeal swab sampling, needs the cooperation of collectors.

Centralized detection of nucleic acid is an effective and accurate arrangement to prevent and control the epidemic situation in COVID-19. Moreover, because of the tight time, the task of the staff is extremely heavy. There may be some problems in the waiting process, such as long queues, long waiting time, unsatisfactory environment at the meeting place and so on. But everyone should be considerate, after all, the problems that the staff need to deal with are already overloaded.