Warm reminders for epidemic prevention and control during the local epidemic in Chengyang District, Qingdao

Warm reminders for epidemic prevention and control during the local epidemic in Chengyang District

Currently, the global COVID-19 epidemic is at a high level, and the domestic epidemic situation is multi-site, wide-ranging, and frequent. The impact of the imported epidemic is obvious. Our district is located in the city's transportation hub, with large flows and gatherings of people, further increasing the risk of epidemic spread. The recent epidemic is mainly imported and related cases from outside the province, mostly the new coronavirus Omicron variant BA.5.2, which spreads faster and more concealed than before, making the prevention and control situation more severe. In order to effectively respond to the new coronavirus epidemic and protect the life safety and health of the people in the region to the greatest extent, the following are warm reminders:

1. Report your itinerary in advance. Persons returning to low-risk areas outside the province are required to bring proof of a negative nucleic acid test within 48 hours and report to the destination community, unit, hotel, etc. 3 days in advance. Try not to take public transportation on the way. Those who do need to take it should take personal protection, reduce the frequency and time of staying in service areas or other public places, and reduce the risk of infection. After returning, prevention and control requirements such as "on-the-ground inspection" and subsequent "three inspections in five days" will be strictly implemented in accordance with the requirements.

2. Comply with epidemic prevention regulations. Residents are requested to strictly abide by the epidemic prevention and control measures in our district. When entering public places or taking public transportation, please take the initiative to take your temperature, scan the place code, check the 72-hour nucleic acid test negative certificate, and wear a mask and other prevention and control measures. During the epidemic, we should try to reduce movement as much as possible, go to crowded places unless necessary, reduce the frequency of dinner parties and visits to relatives and friends, and follow the principle of "postponing weddings, keeping funerals simple, and not holding banquets."

3. Do a good job in health monitoring. If symptoms such as fever, dry cough, fatigue, sore throat, loss of sense of smell, diarrhea, etc. occur, you should consciously wear a mask and go to the fever clinic of the nearest medical institution promptly, and truthfully report your personal travel history, contact history and other information, and avoid taking public transportation during this period. Use public transportation, avoid crowded places, and do your best to reduce the risk of individual and social epidemic transmission.

4. Participate in nucleic acid testing. With a responsible attitude towards the health of yourself and your family, actively participate in nucleic acid testing. If you are notified of a positive preliminary screening result, please do not panic, take personal protection and isolate yourself on the spot, wait for the staff to come to re-test the nucleic acid, cooperate with the flow control work, and wait for the results of the nucleic acid re-test and the next control measures.

5. Cultivate a healthy lifestyle. "Everyone is the first person responsible for their own health." Wash your hands frequently in daily life, especially after coming into contact with express delivery, elevator buttons, door handles and other public facilities; "Wear a mask scientifically" and do Replace it in time. It is recommended that the cumulative wearing time of each mask does not exceed 4 hours; "frequent ventilation", open the window for ventilation 2 to 3 times a day, 20 to 30 minutes each time; "civilized dining", do not mix tableware, use serving chopsticks, Try to share meals as much as possible; maintain a safe social distance of more than 1 meter when queuing, paying, talking, nucleic acid sampling, shopping, etc.

6. Strengthen disinfection and disinfecting. It is recommended that families keep their rooms tidy and conduct comprehensive preventive disinfection once a day; handle imported frozen food, items used by patients and visitors, and tableware, and disinfect them at any time; when collecting express delivery, use 75% alcohol or chlorine-containing disinfectant Wait to wipe or spray the outer packaging of the express delivery, discard the outer packaging promptly after unpacking, and perform hand hygiene; before using the air conditioner, clean and disinfect the air conditioner wall-mounted filter, evaporator surface, and air inlet and outlet. All industries, units, streets, and communities must carry out scientific and accurate disinfection work, including catering, supermarkets, hotels, public toilets, farmers' markets, schools, transportation, office buildings, construction sites, residential areas, medical institutions, elderly care institutions, and welfare institutions. Key units and places such as mental health institutions and mental health institutions should carry out preventive disinfection at least twice a day, focusing on increasing the frequency of disinfection on surfaces of environmental objects such as door handles and elevator buttons that are frequently touched. After sampling of epidemic sites and potentially contaminated places is completed, the epidemic prevention department will carry out terminal disinfection. Temporarily closed places must undergo a comprehensive preventive disinfection before reopening.

7. Promote the patriotic health campaign.

Adhere to prevention first, carry out in-depth patriotic health campaigns, continue to promote environmental sanitation improvement, integrate epidemic prevention and control policies, carry out health knowledge popularization, and promote civilized and healthy living habits. Vigorously promote the patriotic health campaign to enter communities, villages and towns, families, schools, enterprises, and institutions, promote the integration of health into all policies, and encourage the masses to widely participate in the patriotic health campaign and epidemic prevention and control work.

8. Get vaccinated as soon as possible. Vaccination is still the most effective way to prevent the new coronavirus epidemic, especially for the elderly over 60 years old and minors under 18 years old. In order to better protect the health and safety of yourself and your family, please Complete the full course of COVID-19 vaccination and booster vaccination as soon as possible, and jointly build a strong immune defense line.

Here, we would like to thank all residents and friends for their understanding, support and cooperation in our district’s epidemic prevention and control work! I sincerely wish you and your family good health, happiness, and all the best!

Novel coronavirus pneumonia in Chengyang District, Qingdao

Epidemic Prevention and Control Headquarters Office

November 26, 2022