How to prevent and control the normalized epidemic situation in Henan in the future? Recently, Governor Wang Kai signed Provincial Government Order No.213, and the Measures for the Prevention and Control of COVID-19 Epidemic Normalization (Trial) (hereinafter referred to as the Measures) came into effect on August 13, 2022. It is understood that this is the first provincial government regulation on the prevention and control of COVID-19 epidemic in China.
Why did Henan issue this "Measures"? What is the significance for the prevention and control of normalized epidemic situation? On August 25th, the reporter interviewed the relevant personnel of Henan Provincial Epidemic Prevention and Control Headquarters and the Provincial Department of Justice.
Heavy! The first provincial government regulation on prevention and control of COVID-19 epidemic in China was issued.
The reporter learned from the Justice Department that this is the first provincial-level government regulation specifically aimed at the prevention and control of epidemic situation in COVID-19, focusing on the important links and key issues in the prevention and control of epidemic situation in our province, and fixing the effective, replicable and popularized experience and practices in the prevention and control of epidemic situation in our province by legislation.
The "Measures" clarify that the normalization of epidemic prevention and control in COVID-19 adheres to the concept of people first, life first, the general strategy of external defense input and internal defense rebound and the general policy of "dynamic clearing", the prevention and control according to law, the normal standing, the scientific precision, the defense line moving forward, the built-in gateway and other measures, the working mechanism of unified leadership by the party Committee, government responsibility at different levels and social participation, and the full implementation of the four-party responsibility of territories, departments, units and individuals to achieve early detection.
According to reports, compared with the previous work plan for the prevention and control of COVID-19 epidemic situation, the Measures have made clearer provisions on departmental responsibilities, prevention and management, emergency response and people’s livelihood protection in the prevention and control of normalized epidemic situation. For example, in terms of division of responsibilities, the Measures clarify that the people’s governments at or above the county level set up the COVID-19 Epidemic Prevention and Control Headquarters, which is specifically responsible for the leadership, command, organization and coordination of epidemic prevention and control; People’s governments at all levels implement territorial responsibilities, take effective prevention and control measures, and strictly implement epidemic prevention and control policies; Departments in charge of education, public security, culture, tourism and other industries shall implement the responsibilities of industry supervision and formulate special emergency plans and work plans for epidemic prevention and control; Organs, enterprises and institutions implement the main responsibility, obey territorial management, and strictly implement the local epidemic prevention and control regulations; Individuals strictly abide by the local epidemic prevention and control regulations, do personal protection, standardize wearing masks, and actively cooperate with the implementation of epidemic prevention and control measures.
Residents are lining up in front of the nucleic acid hut to make nucleic acid.
Classified management and dynamic adjustment, timely delineation and publication of high, medium and low risk areas.
The Measures stipulate that the people’s governments at or above the county level shall demarcate and publish high, medium and low risk areas in a timely manner in accordance with regulations, and implement dynamic adjustment according to the development of the epidemic to achieve accurate prevention and control, cut off the transmission chain and prevent the spread of the epidemic.
In view of the control measures in different risk areas, the "Measures" clarify that high-risk areas are subject to sealing control measures, during which "staying at home and visiting services" are strictly implemented to ensure the supply of basic living materials for residents; Control measures are implemented in the medium-risk area, during which "people don’t leave the area and take things at the wrong peak". In principle, they stay at home, and each household can arrange one person to buy or receive online shopping materials in the designated area without contact under the premise of strict personal protection; In low-risk areas, we should strengthen social control, implement "personal protection to avoid gathering", do personal protection when people go out, strictly implement measures such as making an appointment in indoor public places, shifting peaks, limiting current, measuring temperature, scanning codes, wearing masks, etc., and advocate not leaving the area unless necessary, and leaving the city with a negative certificate of nucleic acid testing for 48 hours.
The staff of the provincial epidemic prevention and control headquarters told the reporter that at present, the national epidemic situation is characterized by the coexistence of multiple sporadic and clustered epidemics, and the situation of epidemic prevention and control is more severe and complicated. According to the Measures, the public needs to consciously fulfill their personal epidemic prevention responsibilities. "If it is not necessary, do not go to areas with medium and high risks or local epidemics. People who come (return) to Henan from other places should report to the Henan Affairs Office in advance, and report to their communities (villages) and units, and actively cooperate with classified health management measures such as nucleic acid testing, centralized isolation and health monitoring."
Epidemic prevention is accurately coded, and health code is only used for epidemic prevention and control.
How will health code and place code be standardized and managed? The "Measures" require that, relying on the unified health code data system in the province, classified management should be implemented, and green, yellow or red health codes should be given accurately according to laws and regulations, and health codes should only be used for epidemic prevention and control. All suitable places shall post hanging place codes in eye-catching positions, so as to set up all kinds of places, sweep every advance, one yard at a door, one yard at a store and one yard at a place. For the elderly, minors, people with visual impairment and hearing impairment who cannot use place codes, alternative services such as paper registration shall be provided.
The "Measures" make it clear that temporary Covid-19 vaccination sites should be set up reasonably, and those who meet the vaccination conditions should be encouraged to vaccinate Covid-19 vaccine in time, so as to improve the vaccination rate, so as to ensure that all species should be inoculated. At the same time, the frequency of nucleic acid detection should be dynamically adjusted according to time and situation, and convenient sampling points should be set scientifically and reasonably according to regional population density, people’s needs and functional orientation, so as to improve the level of scientific and accurate prevention and control.
How to "input external defense" for epidemic prevention and control? The "Measures" clearly stipulate that people, things and the environment should adhere to the "three chains with the same defense", and tighten the "four pockets" for international flights, imported goods and international mail entering Henan, other ports entering Henan through the third place, and medium and high-risk areas flowing into Henan, effectively preventing the risk of epidemic input and transmission.
At the same time, give play to the monitoring and early warning functions of sentinel points such as fever clinics, primary medical institutions, communities (villages), grids, hotels, ports, airports, railway stations, long-distance passenger stations and public transport, implement the information reporting system for people coming (returning) to Henan, and strengthen the monitoring of key personnel, key institutions, key places, key items and environment, and important time periods.
Volunteers are on duty at the village entrance card point.
The first positive case appears in emergency treatment, and the treatment measures shall be implemented within 24 hours.
How to deal with the emergency after the first positive case (including initial screening positive) appears? The Measures clearly stipulate that the people’s governments at or above the county level should immediately start the emergency response mechanism, implement the flat and integrated command at the provincial, municipal and county levels, quickly organize disease prevention and control institutions and public security, communication management, data management and other departments to carry out epidemiological investigations within 24 hours, quickly check and accurately locate, organize the spread risk assessment, comprehensively judge the source, transmission route and risk groups of the virus, implement corresponding treatment measures, and "enclose and seal up" in the shortest time.
The "Measures" also mentioned that suspicious situations found at sentinel sites should be reported in a timely manner in accordance with the regulations. Medical and health institutions at all levels and of all types should report directly on the Internet in a timely manner in accordance with the regulations when they find people with positive initial screening, confirmed cases or asymptomatic infections, so as to achieve early detection and early reporting.
"At present, according to the specific requirements of epidemic prevention and control in our province, once the epidemic is ignited, the provincial, city and county leaders and work classes will be transferred to an emergency state within 2 hours." The relevant personnel of the provincial epidemic prevention and control headquarters said, "The mobile team should arrive at the scene within 2 hours, complete the core information investigation of the case within 4 hours, initially complete the epidemiological investigation report within 24 hours, and announce the trajectory of positive cases."
Community personnel are checking the residents’ exit documents at the epidemic prevention and control checkpoint.
The strength of people’s livelihood security is temperature, and the transportation emergency pass system is implemented.
How to promote stable and healthy economic and social development while preventing and controlling the epidemic in a normal way? The "Measures" make clear provisions on corporate bail-out, transportation, medical services and subsidy policies.
The "Measures" require that online government affairs handling services be provided in a timely manner, and enterprises should be well assisted to ensure closed-loop management of key enterprises and key projects without stopping production or work.
Implement the transportation emergency pass system, reasonably set up transportation transfer stations, and ensure the smooth transportation of medical prevention and control materials, daily necessities, government reserve materials, postal express and other livelihood materials and important production materials such as agriculture, energy and raw materials.
Smooth emergency "green" channels for critically ill patients, pregnant women, newborns, etc., and urge medical institutions to implement the first-visit responsibility system, and may not refuse to provide medical services for patients on the grounds of epidemic prevention and control.
Increase the care and attention of frontline staff in epidemic prevention and control, implement relevant policies such as subsidies and allowances in accordance with relevant national and provincial regulations, and commend and reward those who have made outstanding contributions in accordance with relevant regulations.
The Measures also stipulate that people’s governments at all levels and their relevant departments, in violation of the provisions of the Measures, fail to perform their duties according to law in the prevention and control of epidemic situations, abuse their powers, neglect their duties or engage in malpractices for selfish ends, and their superior administrative organs shall order them to make corrections; The responsible person in charge and other directly responsible personnel shall be punished according to law; If a crime is constituted, criminal responsibility shall be investigated according to law. Other units and individuals in violation of the provisions of the measures shall be dealt with according to law; If a crime is constituted, criminal responsibility shall be investigated according to law. (Zhang Jiaxuan/Wentu)
