72 people were killed! The working group of the State Council went deep into the epicenter. How can epidemic prevention and disaster relief work be carried out at the same time?

In the 6.8-magnitude earthquake that occurred in Luding County, Sichuan on September 5, 72 people have been killed so far. In response to this sudden earthquake disaster, the working group of the State Council Earthquake Relief Headquarters has already gone deep into the epicenter. , taking rescuing lives as the top priority and seizing the 72-hour golden rescue period. On September 6, the working group of the State Council Earthquake Relief Headquarters had arrived in Sichuan, and went deep into Moshi Moxi Town, Luding County, and the severely affected Shimian County to inspect the disaster situation and guide the earthquake rescue and relief work.

In this earthquake disaster, how can epidemic prevention and disaster relief work be carried out at the same time?

In terms of disaster relief, the State Council Earthquake Relief Command Center requires that rescuing lives be the top priority, seize the 72-hour golden rescue period, make every effort to treat injured people, and do a good job in aftershock monitoring and secondary disaster prevention. Organize and carry out investigation of potential earthquake disaster hazards, properly resettle the affected people, promptly allocate and distribute basic disaster relief materials, repair and restore infrastructure, speed up the progress of emergency repairs such as water supply, power supply, gas supply, and communications, and make every effort to search for the missing persons. There were many injured people in this earthquake disaster, and treating the injured is a top priority.

In terms of epidemic prevention, the epidemic prevention and control work in disaster-stricken areas mainly focuses on carrying out sanitation, epidemic prevention and disinfection work in the disaster-stricken areas, testing some local drinking water, environmental disinfection, and paying close attention to the affected people. Whether there are suspicious cases such as diarrhea and fever, once symptoms appear, relevant measures should be taken immediately. Symptom testing can be carried out at the resettlement site for disaster victims, especially for new coronavirus testing, to ensure the safety of drinking water.

We know that the COVID-19 epidemic is ongoing in the Chengdu area. The epidemic prevention work of the new strain of pneumonia has been silent since September 1st. Now, coupled with the earthquake disaster, the people of Sichuan have fallen into even more difficulties. Therefore, the working group of the Ministry of State arrived in the disaster area and required disaster relief and epidemic prevention to be carried out with both hands, striving to achieve double victory.