Many places have issued the "Local New Year" initiative, Zhong Nanshan: Confident of establishing herd immunity at the end of this year

On December 13, Ningxia Yinchuan Municipal Headquarters for Responding to the Novel Coronavirus Pneumonia Epidemic (No. 48) said that the global new crown pneumonia epidemic is still in a pandemic situation, especially the emergence of new variants of Aomi Kerong, which has brought new challenges to the prevention and control of the epidemic. The first item of the circular indicates that the movement of people will be reduced. From now on, the general public is invited to "not leave the peace unless necessary", let alone go to high-risk areas in the epidemic, and advocate local festivals and New Year.' As New Year's Day and the Spring Festival approached, Health Times found that at present, a number of regions have issued notices advocating "local New Year".

On December 5, the Headquarters Office of the Leading Group for the Prevention and Control of the Novel Coronavirus Pneumonia Epidemic in Pingxiang City, Guangxi Province, mentioned in the "Notice on implementing the "Ten Uniforms" for the Prevention and Control of the Epidemic in Stores and Shops in Pingxiang City" that the staff of stores and shops in Pingxiang City all advocate the New Year on the spot and the New Year on the Internet. As the year draws to a close, all stores and shops advocate that store staff celebrate the New Year on the spot and visit the New Year online to reduce the flow of personnel.

On December 10, the Zhangjiakou Economic Development Zone in Hebei Province issued a document saying that the cadres and workers of party and government organs, public institutions, and state-owned enterprises in the whole region should take the lead in setting an example, all should be in the local New Year, never leave the country, not go to high-risk areas, try not to leave the local area, and strictly examine and manage those who really need it.

The "Three Townships Release" issued a document in Sanxiang Town, Zhongshan City, Guangdong Province, saying that the Office of the New Crown Epidemic Prevention and Control Headquarters has issued an initiative to enterprises in the town on December 9: the majority of enterprises should publicize the decision-making and deployment of employees for the New Year in situ through multiple channels, at multiple levels and through multiple channels, encourage employees to celebrate the New Year on the spot, and form a consensus of "non-essential not leaving Guangdong".

On December 12, the Office of the Headquarters for the Prevention and Control of the Novel Coronavirus Pneumonia Epidemic in Zhoukou City, Henan Province, issued a letter to people from Zhoukou Abroad. The letter said that during the New Year's Day and Spring Festival, the flow of people is large and the gathering is strong, and it is very easy to cause new coronavirus infection. To avoid the risk of infection during your trip and better protect you and your family, please stay in your area as much as possible for the holidays.

If migrant workers, schools, etc. really need to return to their hometowns, please report to the village (community) of the destination 3 days in advance, inform the return time, transportation, physical health, travel history within 14 days, occupation and other information, and fully cooperate with the relevant requirements of the village (community) for epidemic prevention and control.

On December 12, at the "2021 Phoenix Finance Summit", Zeng Guang, a well-known epidemiologist, said, "I think the vast majority of them should go home and go home." "However, it is reminded that if you still pay attention to prevention and control on the way home, wear a mask along the way." If you want to be safer, you can even wear an eye mask; bring a little hand sanitizer and wash your hands more, because the crowd density is relatively large during the Spring Festival.

At the same time, Zeng Guang also pointed out that the Spring Festival homecoming needs to be comprehensively considered, and whether it can go home smoothly at that time depends on many factors, such as whether it is a green code; the risk level of the city where it is located. In addition, Zeng Guang said that if there is no emergency at home, it is best to celebrate the New Year on the spot.

At the first Greater Bay Area Science Forum on December 11, Zhong Nanshan, an academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering, said that for China to achieve theoretical herd immunity, vaccinated people need to reach 83% of the entire population. At China's current rate of vaccination, there is confidence that herd immunity will be established by the end of this year.

Zhong Nanshan believes that at present, in order to control the epidemic more quickly, it is imperative to do three things: one is to achieve herd immunity through vaccination, and to improve antibody levels through vaccination; the second is to continue to increase drug research; the third is to call for global cooperation and science and technology to defeat the epidemic.