China intensifies epidemic prevention and control
People’s
Daily
Community
is basic for epidemic prevention and control. Recently,
staff members of various urban and rural communities in China have taken actions
to strengthen joint prevention and control, provide timely door-to-door
guidance, and strictly prevent the spread of the novel coronavirus epidemic.
In
recent days, community doctors in Beijing have been on a new task - to make
phone calls to people coming back from the epicenter Wuhan, learn about their
information and offer health guidance to them.
“For
those we couldn’t contact though phone calls, we tried to obtain their other
contact information from the police stations or the communities they live in,”
said Zhao Menghan, a healthcare doctor from Jinsong community healthcare center
in Chaoyang district, Beijing.
So
far, the healthcare center has got in touch with about 270 people from Wuhan
and provided health guidance for them. Li Yongjin, director of the center, said
to prevent the epidemic from spreading, Jinsong community strictly practices
pre-examination triage and adheres to the model that the physician who treats
the patient from the very beginning has primary responsibility for the
patient’s care throughout the treatment.
For
suspected and confirmed cases, the center has strengthened screening and
isolation treatment, enhanced monitoring and standardized relevant procedures.
Changsha
in central China’s Hunan province has deployed community keepers to inspect and
control the spread of the epidemic in suspected areas. Xiang Hongbing,
secretary of the Party branch of a residential area in the city, said that
cadres of the community, community assistants, and volunteers are all on guard
to intensify inspection.
In
the end, they spotted 36 households in the community that needed to be isolated.
During isolation, all the daily necessities for these households were offered
and delivered to the isolated by the community workers.
On
Jan. 20, Xiao Xiangxiu, a resident of the community went to visit her relatives
in Wuhan and returned home two days later. When she noticed the publicity posters
of her community the following day, she reported her information to the
community.
“Though
I’m isolated at home, I’m supplied with adequate daily necessities and taken
good care of by the community staff. Sometimes I would like to spend the time
talking with a friend in my community through video chat,” Xiao told People’s
Daily, adding that she is now an online publicity agent of her community,
helping the latter dispel rumors.
The
demand for protective masks soars on fears of the epidemic. How to deal with
used masks to avoid secondary pollution is a tricky problem. A residential
community in Zhengzhou, central China’s Henan province has installed a yellow
trash can to collect used masks. Residents need to put the masks in a plastic
bag before throwing them into the can. When the masks are inside the can, an
inspector will disinfect the can. In about one hour, a truck will stop there
and two people wearing blue protective suits and masks will load the discarded
masks on the truck and then transport them to a recycling station.
The
recycling personnel are responsible for only designated areas in order to avoid
cross-infection, according to Lv Chunlin, head of a garbage classification
office of a district in the city. In the district, there are a total of 758
recycling stations that have collected 3,288 pieces of discarded masks and
10,866 containers wrapping cleaning and disinfection waste since Jan. 28.
On
Jan. 27, Zhengzhou issued an emergency notice requiring that special garbage
containers be installed in residential communities, government agencies, and
institutions to collect discarded masks.
The
discarded masks are collected and transported by special vehicles, and they
must not be mixed and compressed with other garbage at the garbage transfer
station. After classification, the discarded masks are transported to the
incineration power plant for harmless incineration.
A
few days ago, Chen Lin, a member of the ecological civilization committee and
Shi Aiping, a member of the environmental protection committee of Zhangdai
village in Jiangyan district, Taizhou, east China’s Jiangsu province visited
the village clinic to publicize standardized disposal of medical waste.
They
said the disposal of medical waste is the last line of defense for epidemic
prevention and control, and the waste must be collected and disposed of in
accordance with regulatory requirements.
There
are a large number of returnees in rural areas during the Spring Festival, and
many remote villages are the key areas and vulnerable spots of epidemic
prevention and control.
At
the beginning of 2017, Jiangyan district established China’s first village-level
ecological civilization committee and environmental protection committee.
Against
the backdrop of severe epidemic prevention and control, the district made full use
of their the grassroot members who are familiar with local conditions, and over
500 members have been mobilized to join the epidemic prevention and control.
In
the past few days, these people visited the village and community clinics on a
regular basis to urge and remind medical staff to properly manage and dispose
of medical waste, in a bid to prevent secondary pollution.
Health
workers disinfect a community service center in Haizhou district, Lianyungang,
east China’s Jiangsu province, Feb. 2, 2020. Geng Yuhe/People’s Daily Online
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