What are high, middle and low-risk areas? How to divide?

On December 7, the State Council’s Joint Prevention and Control Mechanism for the New Coronavirus Pneumonia Epidemic issued the “Notice on Further Optimizing and Implementing the Prevention and Control Measures for the New Coronavirus Pneumonia Epidemic.”

Dividing risk areas

Delineate high-risk areas based on buildings, units, floors, and households, and shall not arbitrarily expand to areas such as residential areas, communities, streets (townships), etc.

Various forms of temporary blockade are not allowed.

You cannot adopt "silent" management at will.

Implement "quick seal and quick release" of high-risk areas. High-risk areas with no new infections for five consecutive days must be unblocked in a timely manner.

Additional explanation

In the process of epidemic response, various localities should quickly control close contacts. If there is no risk of community transmission, high-risk areas do not need to be designated.

Nucleic acid testing

Nucleic acid testing for all employees will not be carried out according to administrative regions, further narrowing the scope and frequency of nucleic acid testing.

Nucleic acid testing will be conducted for employees in high-risk positions and personnel in high-risk areas in accordance with relevant regulations, and other personnel are willing to undergo all tests.

Except for special places such as nursing homes, welfare homes, medical institutions, child care institutions, primary and secondary schools, there is no requirement to provide a negative nucleic acid test certificate and no health code verification.

Important agencies, large enterprises and some specific places can determine their own prevention and control measures.

Nucleic acid test negative certificates and health codes will no longer be checked for people traveling across regions, and landing inspections will no longer be carried out.

Supplementary instructions

Q: Who are employees in high-risk positions and people in high-risk areas?

A: The "Notice on Further Optimizing and Implementing the Prevention and Control Measures for the New Crown Pneumonia Epidemic" clearly clarifies in the interpretation questions and answers: Persons in direct contact with immigrants, items, and the environment, staff in centralized isolation places, and designated medical institutions Carry out nucleic acid testing with medical staff at fever clinics in general medical institutions, as well as employees in high-risk positions with dense personnel, frequent contacts, and high mobility such as shopping malls, supermarkets, express delivery, and takeout.

Q: Are there any nucleic acid requirements for medical treatment?

A: The "Notice on Further Optimizing and Implementing the Prevention and Control Measures for the New Coronavirus Epidemic" clearly clarifies in the interpretation questions and answers: Medical institutions have complex crowds, large flow of people, and confined spaces. Once the source of infection is introduced, it is easy to cause an epidemic. Transmission and nosocomial infection occur, affecting the normal operation of medical institutions and the normal medical treatment of the people. Therefore, when entering a medical institution for treatment, you need to provide a negative nucleic acid test certificate, but medical institutions are not allowed to shirk or refuse to treat critically ill patients because they do not have a negative nucleic acid test certificate.