Beijing's influenza epidemic announced through the media that Xiaotangshan will be a designated hospital again
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Last Update: 2008-11-03
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Source: Internet
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Introduction: yesterday, the Beijing Municipal Health Bureau announced the measures to prevent and control the highly pathogenic avian influenza and to deal with the influenza pandemic, in view of the coming epidemic period of influenza and the rapid spread and multi-point occurrence of the global avian influenza since this spring In the future, if there is an influenza epidemic in Beijing, it will be reported to the public through the media The seasonal influenza epidemic will be announced at any time Beijing divides the influenza epidemic into four levels: special major epidemic (Level 1) refers to the influenza cases in two weeks in Beijing exceeding 20% of the total population; major epidemic (Level 2) refers to the influenza cases in two weeks exceeding 10% of the total population; major epidemic (Level 3) refers to the influenza cases in one day in Beijing exceeding 3000; general epidemic (Level 4) refers to the short time in the city There are several local epidemics in succession Zhao Tao, director of the disease control department of the Municipal Health Bureau, said that once there is a general influenza epidemic or above, the public will be informed through the media at any time The peak period of influenza in Beijing will be from mid November to mid January of next year During the peak period, disease control institutions of each district and county will conduct epidemiologic investigation on the city's large, medium and primary schools, kindergartens, construction sites and other densely populated units Once problems are found, corresponding measures will be taken immediately according to the requirements of the hospital, such as isolation and control of influenza patients and epidemic areas, isolation and medical observation of close contacts with influenza, etc According to the four color influenza pandemic warning response to influenza pandemic City Health Bureau, the variation and recombination of influenza virus is an important factor causing influenza pandemic In the last century, due to the variation of influenza virus, it triggered four world influenza pandemics It has the characteristics of rapid spread, high lethality and high mortality The world influenza pandemic occurs every 30-40 years It is nearly 30 years since the last pandemic With reference to the emergency plan of the Ministry of health for influenza pandemic, the Municipal Health Bureau has drafted the emergency plan, which will be formally reported to the general office of the municipal government by the end of this month The plan divides the influenza pandemic into four colors: blue, yellow, orange and red Shut down Internet bars in case of major epidemic When the first-class red major epidemic warning is issued, Beijing will close all traffic ports, implement closed management on construction sites, close schools and isolate them, and close Internet cafes, video game halls and cultural stadiums ■ the amount of vaccinations visited by the hospital was slightly higher than that in previous years Yesterday afternoon, the reporter came to the prevention and health care department of China Japan Friendship Hospital Although it was 4 p.m., there were still citizens coming to vaccinate against influenza Mr Fan, director of the prevention and health care department, told reporters that since the end of September, they have vaccinated nearly 3000 people with influenza vaccine, an increase compared with previous years, and the majority of the vaccinated people are middle-aged and elderly people In the respiratory infection clinic, the reporter only saw sporadic patients for medical treatment According to Xu, director of the Department of infectious diseases, it may be because the weather hasn't changed suddenly, and this year's flu vaccine was vaccinated in advance, so there are not many people suffering from cold at present, and the number of daily visits is about 20-30 He estimates it will increase gradually after the middle of November The Department of infectious diseases is ready for the peak of influenza in terms of monitoring and drug storage According to the requirements of the emergency plan for human avian influenza in Beijing and according to the situation of the spread of human avian influenza, 49 monitoring points of avian influenza have been established, which are divided into four levels: general, serious, serious and special, to implement classified early warning and control At present, the city has established 38 influenza like case monitoring points and 49 avian influenza monitoring points Beijing Ditan Hospital, You'an Hospital, chest hospital and Xiaotangshan Hospital are the designated hospitals for the centralized treatment of human avian influenza patients, and 302 hospital is the designated hospital for the military system When the number of human cases of avian influenza increases, some support hospitals will provide "counterpart contracting" support to designated hospitals 30 tons of bleaching powder for disinfection has been reserved In response to avian influenza, the city has also strengthened the emergency disinfection materials reserve At present, the city CDC has reserved 30 tons of bleaching powder, 200 boxes of CLB disinfection tablets, 5000 sets of protective clothing and 20000 masks In addition, the government funded, free of charge for the city's contact with birds and animals in high-risk groups of influenza vaccination.
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