The joint prevention and control mechanism of the State Council held a press conference in Beijing on February 26 to introduce the prevention and control of the epidemic and the work of vaccination.
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Spokesperson of the National Health Commission and Deputy Director General of the Department of Publicity
Mi Feng
Dear friends from the media, good afternoon! Welcome to the press conference held by the joint prevention and control mechanism of the State Council.
The number of new confirmed cases of COVID-19 in the world has declined for four consecutive weeks, but the new cases in some neighboring countries and regions are still growing rapidly, and with the increase in global personnel mobility, "external defense import" is facing more challenges.
In the past week, 15 provinces have reported new locally confirmed cases. It is necessary to respond quickly, seize the key "window period" in the early stage of the handling of the clustered epidemic, resolutely and decisively take various prevention and control measures, and achieve "zero social coverage" as soon as possible; we must vigorously grasp the implementation of prevention and control measures for key groups, key places, and key links, and effectively minimize the risk of the spread of the epidemic.
We must continue to promote COVID-19 vaccination.
As of February 25, a total of 3,114.622 million doses of COVID-19 vaccine had been reported nationwide, and the number of people who had completed the full vaccination was 1,234.54 million.
The theme of today's press conference is: epidemic prevention and control and vaccination work.
We invited: Mr. Liu Peijun, Deputy Director General of the Department of Physical Health and Arts of the Ministry of Education and First-level Inspector; Mr. Zhou Min, Deputy Director of the Emergency Office of the Ministry of Transport; Mr. Wu Liangyou, Deputy Director of the Disease Control Bureau of the National Health Commission; Mr. Wang Huaqing, Chief Expert of the Immunization Program of the Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention; and asked them to answer questions from the media.
Next, please ask a reporter friend to raise his hand to ask a question, and please inform your news organization before asking a question.
Reporter of the new media of the Central Radio and Television Corporation
Recently, there have been local cluster epidemics in more than a dozen provinces across the country, some are Delta strains, some are Aumechjong strains, what is the recent national epidemic situation? Thank you.
Deputy Director of the Disease Control Bureau of the National Health Commission
Wu Liangyou
Thank you for your question. Recently, the domestic epidemic situation has shown many points, wide coverage, frequent occurrences, and the characteristics of superimposed epidemics of Delta and Omikerong variants. Judging from the epidemic situation in various places, the infected people detected in Beijing, Tianjin, Shanxi, Shanghai, Shandong, Xiamen, Fujian and Jixi, Heilongjiang in recent days are all isolation control or closed-loop management personnel, and the risk of further spread and transmission of the epidemic is low. In recent days, the new infections in Suzhou, Jiangsu Province, are mainly from the controlled population, the overall epidemic situation is in a downward trend, the risk of community transmission is gradually declining, and the local government is continuing to strengthen the management of the sealing and control areas and control areas. The number of cases in Huludao, Liaoning Province, has increased in recent days, and this continuous tail-dragging situation requires vigilance against the rebound and further spread of the epidemic. Heilongjiang Heihe, Yunnan Honghe epidemic infected people are concentrated in the local area, there are different transmission chains, the source of infection is still under investigation, the epidemic has a risk of spread, the local is further checking the activity trajectory of infected people, strengthen the screening and control of risk personnel. The new cases of the epidemic in Lincang, Yunnan Province, have recently been concentrated in a local middle school, and it is necessary to transfer and isolate all teachers and students as soon as possible, accelerate nucleic acid screening in key areas, and prevent the further spread of the epidemic in schools and communities. Guangdong Shenzhen epidemic point is multi-faceted, the transmission chain is complex, the risk of community transmission and spillover is high, Dongguan recently added infected people are mainly distributed in an industrial park, the population density in the region is high, Guangdong relevant cities are strengthening the investigation and control of risk personnel, accelerate the push of co-investigation information, to prevent the further spread of the epidemic. There is a risk of further spread of the epidemic in Chengdu, Sichuan and Fangchenggang in Guangxi, and the local government is speeding up the investigation and control of risk personnel to prevent the spillover of the epidemic. The epidemic in Wuhan, Hubei Province, has affected Beijing, Shandong, Hebei, Shanghai and other provinces (cities), and all localities are stepping up efforts to track and control risk personnel, accelerate the investigation of spillover personnel, and prevent the further spread of the epidemic. The epidemic situation in Hohhot, Inner Mongolia is still in a high-level platform period, but the risk of community transmission and spread has declined, and the local government is making every effort to strengthen the handling of community screening cases and the control of key areas such as sealing and control areas, and further implement various prevention and control measures.
Judging from the experience of epidemic prevention and control in the mainland, the current prevention and control measures are effective in dealing with the Olmi kerong variant, and the key lies in implementing the "four early principles" and compacting the "four-party responsibility". The National Health Commission will guide areas where the epidemic is occurring, accelerate the organization of nucleic acid screening in key areas, strengthen circulation investigation, timely regulate the isolation and control of risk personnel, and implement detailed prevention and control measures to ensure that the overall epidemic situation is stable. Thank you!
China News Service reporter
The 40-day Spring Festival has ended, and a total of 1.06 billion passengers have been sent across the country, please introduce the overall situation and characteristics of the passenger flow of this year's Spring Festival, as well as the transportation services and the effect of epidemic prevention and control? Thank you.
Deputy Director of the Emergency Office of the Ministry of Transport
Zhou Min
Thank you for your question. The 2022 Spring Festival has ended yesterday, overall, this year's Spring Festival is stable and orderly, and the passenger flow shows the following characteristics:
First, in terms of total passenger flow, the country sent a total of 1.06 billion passengers in the 40 days of the Spring Festival, an average of 26.5 million passengers per day, an increase of 21.8% over 2021, only 35.6% of the normal year before the epidemic (2019).
Second, in terms of the composition of passenger flow, due to the impact of peak avoidance and holidays in colleges and universities and the opening of schools in batches, the impact of student passenger flow on the Spring Festival is lower than in previous years. The spring festival passenger flow is mainly migrant workers and family visits, and there are tidal characteristics, affected by the epidemic, the domestic tourist flow during the Spring Festival holiday has decreased compared with previous years.
Third, in terms of time distribution, the pre-holiday passenger flow is mainly concentrated in January 27 to 30, the peak appears on January 29, with nearly 30 million people, and the post-holiday passenger flow is mainly concentrated in February 6 to 9, and February 16 to 20, and the peak days are February 8 and February 19, and the number is also around 30 million.
Regarding the effectiveness of Spring Festival transport services and epidemic prevention and control. In order to effectively do a good job in the prevention and control of the Spring Festival epidemic, with the consent of the State Council, the Ministry of Transport, together with the Development and Reform Commission, the Health Commission and 14 other units, set up a special class for the Spring Festival work under the joint prevention and control mechanism of the State Council to make overall plans for the prevention and control of the epidemic, safe production and transportation service guarantee of this year's Spring Festival. The special work class issued the overall work plan for the prevention and control of the epidemic and the guarantee of transportation services during the Spring Festival, formulated the guidelines for the prevention and control of passenger terminals and transportation vehicles during the Spring Festival, and systematically deployed the prevention and control of the epidemic in the Spring Festival and other related work through holding meetings and video scheduling.
From the actual situation, all relevant departments in various localities have adhered to the "external prevention of imports, internal prevention of rebound", refined and materialized the requirements for epidemic prevention and control, strengthened the prevention and control of the epidemic in all aspects of transportation such as station entry, waiting for the bus, and riding, strictly implemented measures such as disinfection and ventilation, temperature measurement and scanning, and control of passenger load factor, and did not spread the epidemic through passenger terminals and transportation vehicles, achieving the established goal of not spreading the epidemic due to the Spring Festival. Thank you.
Reporter of China Education Television
At present, the winter vacation has ended and the new semester has arrived, what kind of deployment has the Ministry of Education made to promote the prevention and control of the epidemic in the education system in the spring semester? Thank you.
Deputy Director General of the Department of Physical Health and Arts of the Ministry of Education, First-class Inspector
Liu Peijun
Thank you to the reporters of China Education Television for paying attention to the epidemic prevention and control work in the spring semester. At present, winter comes to spring, the school winter vacation ends, and the spring semester begins. At the same time, the local COVID-19 epidemic situation in the country has shown a sporadic situation in many places, and the task of epidemic prevention and control is still arduous.
The education system conscientiously implements the deployment of the Party Central Committee and the State Council, coordinates the prevention and control of the epidemic and the development of education, regards the prevention and control of the epidemic as an important foundation for the development of education, regards the protection of the life and health safety of teachers and students as the top priority, places it in an important position, and strictly and tightly does all the work of epidemic prevention and control in the education system. In order to do a good job in the prevention and control of the epidemic in the spring semester, the Ministry of Education has carried out four unified deployments and put forward 4 prevention and control requirements.
The first deployment, in January this year, the Ministry of Education held the 2022 National Education Work Conference, requiring the education system to effectively strengthen the responsibility for epidemic prevention and control, to ensure the safe and orderly flow of teachers and students during the winter vacation, and to celebrate the New Year in a healthy and safe manner.
The second deployment, on the eve of the Spring Festival, the Ministry of Education held a video dispatch meeting on the epidemic prevention and control work in the national education system, requiring all localities to plan and scientifically deploy the epidemic prevention and control work in the spring semester as soon as possible.
The third deployment, just after the Spring Festival, the Ministry of Education held a joint prevention and control mechanism meeting, requiring local education departments to analyze and judge the epidemic situation in a timely manner, and guide schools to accurately implement various measures for epidemic prevention and control in the spring semester.
In the 4th deployment, before the opening of the school in various places, the Ministry of Education issued a notice document to deploy various tasks for the safe opening of the school, requiring all schools everywhere to always maintain the efficient operation of the leadership system, emergency mechanism and command system for epidemic prevention and control, coordinate the implementation of the opening plan and the return to school measures, coordinate the normal prevention and control and emergency disposal, coordinate the realization of personnel health and campus safety, and effectively do a good job in the work before, during and after the opening of the school.
In short, through dynamic, timely, centralized and unified careful deployment, the national education system has worked together to promote the safe opening of schools, the health of teachers, students and employees, and the smooth and orderly work of this spring semester. Thank you!
Cover news reporter
At present, the mainland has started the sequential immunization of the new crown vaccine, and there are still some doubts from the public that I want to ask experts to answer, is the vaccination of the new crown inactivated vaccine of two manufacturers a sequential enhancement of immunization? Is there a difference between sequential immunization and vaccine "mixed-up"? Thank you.
Chief expert of the immunization program of the Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention
Wang Huaqing
Thank you for your question. In fact, before, the concept of sequential immunity has been said to everyone, and I will emphasize it with you here. Sequential immunization is a vaccination strategy adopted by using different technical routes, popularly known as different types of vaccines, according to a certain time interval and a certain dose, in order to improve the preventive effect or further reduce the risk of serious adverse reactions.
In the past, vaccinations, especially for children, were mostly completed with the same type of vaccine during the vaccination process. Of course, there are also some sequential immunization cases, such as children ingotos polio vaccine, in the past, we used 4 doses of live attenuated vaccines throughout, and then with the supply of vaccines in place, especially the new products in place, now the sequential immunization program is adopted, including the first two doses of inactivated vaccines, the last two doses of live attenuated vaccines, two different technical routes of vaccines in a child vaccination program is reflected, which belongs to sequential immunization.
We know that the new crown virus is changing, how to improve the effectiveness of the existing new crown vaccine? The World Health Organization has relevant recommendations, and our country is also considering them, so a sequential immunization procedure has been proposed. As for the "mixed beating" you just mentioned, this may be a concept proposed by the public or the people, professionally speaking, it is actually the same technical route of the vaccine, but the manufacturer is different, the inactivated vaccine this time hits one manufacturer, the second and third time another manufacturer, in fact, all belong to the inactivated vaccine, are the same technical route, not the sequential immunity. Thank you.
Reporter of TVB Hong Kong
Regarding the epidemic situation in Hong Kong, the number of confirmed cases continues to reach new highs, how do you judge the current epidemic situation in Hong Kong? The second question is, after the national expert group arrived in Hong Kong, did it find that Hong Kong's anti-epidemic work was a little different from the central government's, and what difficulties would this bring? How will the central government help Hong Kong fight this wave of the epidemic in the future? Thank you.
Thank you for your question. Since the outbreak of the epidemic, the central government has fully supported the prevention and control of the epidemic in Hong Kong, and the 8 square cabin hospitals assisted by the mainland are being built intensively. The National Health Commission and the Hong Kong SAR Government held a video conference of experts in the medical treatment of COVID-19, and conducted in-depth and detailed discussions on specific technical issues. Two groups of experts from the Mainland's Anti-epidemic Task Force for Aiding Hong Kong have been arranged to arrive in Hong Kong and have exchanged views with relevant departments and medical workers of the SAR Government, and the mainland's expert group on Aid to Hong Kong has had smooth communication with the Hong Kong side.
In addition, other COVID-19 prevention and control experts in the Mainland will conduct daily video exchanges with the Hong Kong Aid Expert Group to make suggestions on Hong Kong's anti-epidemic work. At present, the epidemic in Hong Kong is in a period of rapid spread and accelerated rise. The central government will continue to fully support Hong Kong's epidemic prevention and control, and mainland experts will continue to work closely with their Counterparts in Hong Kong to do a good job in fighting the epidemic. Thank you.
Xinhua News Agency
I then asked the question of sequentially boosting immunization, and asked, how is the vaccination progressing now? What are the next concrete plans?
Thank you to this media friend for your question. In accordance with the deployment of the joint prevention and control mechanism of the State Council, we continue to guide all localities to promote the vaccination of the new crown virus vaccine in a sound and orderly manner in accordance with the principle of informed consent and voluntariness. As of February 25, the country has reported a total of 3,114,622,000 doses of covid-19 vaccine, the total number of vaccinated people has reached 1,269.302 million, 1,234,540,000 people have been vaccinated, and 554,728,000 people have been strengthened, of which the number of people over 60 years old who have been vaccinated against the new crown virus has reached 219.911 million, and the whole process has been vaccinated for 211.066 million people.
In the previous press conferences, we have introduced the progress of vaccination to everyone, and recently focused on the elderly over 60 years old and strengthened immunization work has carried out a number of work deployments, and at the same time launched a sequential strengthening of immunization, providing the masses with a variety of options for strengthening vaccination.
In order to further standardize the vaccination work, ensure the safety of vaccination and improve the quality of service, we have conducted all-round training for those involved in vaccination, and put forward clear requirements for vaccination implementation, information registration, medical treatment and other aspects. All localities have continuously accumulated experience in the practice of vaccination and made organizational arrangements in accordance with the requirements of strengthening immunization work.
Recently, the new crown pneumonia epidemic has appeared in many places in China, here we also emphasize that vaccination is still the key means of epidemic prevention and control, we hereby appeal to everyone, please meet the conditions as soon as possible to complete the new crown virus vaccine to strengthen immunization, please 60 years old, especially over 80 years old, no contraindications to the elderly friends to actively take the initiative to vaccinate, to protect their own health, to control the epidemic as soon as possible to contribute. Thank you.
Reporter of Hong Kong Economic Herald
Whether it is China, or some other countries, there is a special emphasis on the vaccination of the elderly, why is it more important for the elderly to be vaccinated against COVID-19? Thank you.
Thank you for your question. Everyone knows that the COVID-19 epidemic has been going on for more than two years, and the virus is changing. But the virus puts older adults, especially older people, at high risk of severe illness and death. The World Health Organization also has relevant statistics, during the Omiljung strain epidemic, the global weekly reported peak of incidence is close to 24 million, which is 4 times the peak of the previous epidemic of other variant strains. So we see that the contagiousness is very strong. During the ongoing epidemic of the Omiljung strain, surveillance studies have found that it is still at great risk of severe illness and death in the elderly. Based on this, the World Health Organization again stressed in January that our existing COVID-19 vaccines are focused on reducing severe illness and death, as well as protecting health systems.
As you said earlier, among the elderly, vaccination rates are relatively low compared to other groups. Just now, Director Wu Liang also mentioned that the risk of severe death in the elderly is still very high. Recently, the Infectious Diseases Division of the Hong Kong Centre for Health Protection released a data that the elderly account for the majority of patients who died in the early stage, of which the case fatality rate of vaccination was only 0.03%, and the case fatality rate of unvaccinated people was 0.54%, a difference of 18 times between the two.
Therefore, we still recommend that for the elderly, those who have not been vaccinated or have not been injected with reinforcement, according to the relevant regulations, those who meet the conditions must complete the whole vaccination or complete the vaccination of the reinforcement needle as soon as possible. Thank you.
21st Century Business Herald reporter
The Spring Festival has ended, all localities have implemented the requirements for returning to work at staggered peaks, and students and migrant workers are returning to school one after another, how can the transportation department do a good job in the return transportation services for students and migrant workers and the prevention and control of the epidemic? Thank you.
Thank you for your question! The Spring Festival has ended, and due to factors such as the postponement of the opening of some schools, some students and migrant workers have not yet returned to school and returned to work. On the basis of systematically summarizing the work experience of the Spring Festival, the Ministry of Transport will continue to do a good job in the prevention and control of the epidemic, safe production and transportation service guarantee for the return of students and migrant workers.
The first is to further do a good job in epidemic prevention and control of passenger terminals and transportation vehicles. Guide all localities to supervise passenger transport and station operators to carry out ventilation and disinfection in accordance with regulations, strictly check passenger health codes, carry out body temperature detection, remind passengers to wear masks throughout the process, and implement requirements such as "one-meter line". Optimize ticketing organizations, promote contactless pit stop verification, and implement requirements such as controlling the load rate of transportation vehicles and setting up isolation areas in accordance with regulations to ensure the healthy travel of passengers.
The second is to further do a good job in the safe production of transportation. Guide all localities to strengthen the governance of the source, supervise and urge passenger stations to strictly implement the "three no-entry, six-out" system, strengthen the dynamic monitoring of "two passengers and one danger" key operating vehicles, and increase the supervision of key waters and "four types" of key ships in the "six districts and one line". In response to the epidemic, bad weather, etc., strengthen emergency preparedness, and work closely with meteorological and other departments to timely release early warning information to ensure the safe travel of passengers.
The third is to further do a good job in ensuring transportation services. Guide all localities to supervise and urge transport enterprises to scientifically arrange shift plans on the basis of meeting the needs of epidemic prevention and control, especially timely adjusting the capacity of key areas and rural areas. Continue to do a good job of service connection between different modes of transportation. At the same time, we will strictly implement environmental health requirements and service standards, increase the care and support for key passengers such as the elderly and disabled people, and ensure that passengers can travel conveniently. Thank you!
Reporter of China Daily
Some netizens said that they had already received booster injections before the start of the sequential vaccination, do they still need to use the sequential procedure to strengthen immunization? Thank you.
Thank you for your question. Booster immunization has been completed before the start of sequential immunization, that is, populations that have completed boosted immunization with vaccines of the same technical route, according to current regulations, there is no need for sequential immunization in the future.
Simply put, the current sequential immunization is based on inactivated vaccine immunization. If two doses of inactivated vaccine are given in the early stage, and the third dose of inactivated vaccine is given at a specified interval of more than 6 months, the same technical route is used in this case, and sequential immunization is not required to strengthen it later.
At this stage, people aged 18 and above, if they have received two doses of inactivated vaccines, and the second dose has exceeded 6 months, in this case, they can choose vaccines with different technical routes for sequential immunization, and they can also choose inactivated vaccines with the same technical route to enhance immunization. Thank you.
Reporter of CCTV Social and Legal Channel
At present, there are sporadic cases in many parts of the mainland, how should schools in medium- and high-risk areas do a good job in epidemic prevention and control? Thank you.
Thank you for your concern about the safe return of teachers and students in medium- and high-risk areas to school. The prevention and control of the epidemic in schools in medium- and high-risk areas is a prominent focus of epidemic prevention and control in the education system. So far, some schools and teachers and students have been associated with medium- and high-risk areas, especially when returning to school, the inter-provincial mobility of teachers and students has increased, and the risk of epidemic on campus cannot be ignored.
The Ministry of Education issued a notice on doing a good job in epidemic prevention and control in the spring semester, clarifying the overall requirements for epidemic prevention and control, especially for the prevention and control of schools and teachers and students in medium- and high-risk areas, the principle is that schools in medium- and high-risk areas are temporarily suspended, teachers and students in medium- and high-risk areas are temporarily suspended to return to school, and wait for the local epidemic situation to improve significantly and the risk level is reduced before arrangements are made to return to school in a safe and orderly manner.
At the same time, the overall technical plan for the prevention and control of the new crown pneumonia epidemic in colleges and universities, primary and secondary schools and childcare institutions also clarifies five specific requirements for schools in medium- and high-risk areas to do a good job in epidemic prevention and control:
The first requirement is that primary and secondary schools open, one province and one policy. According to the epidemic situation, local policies and actual education, each province has made overall arrangements for the opening plan and school opening time, and classified, orderly and improved to guide the opening of primary and secondary schools one after another. In particular, schools in medium- and high-risk areas still have to wait for the local epidemic to be effectively controlled and the risk level is reduced before returning to school.
The second requirement is that the arrangement for the return of colleges and universities is one school and one case. All colleges and universities should, in accordance with the unified deployment of the local epidemic prevention and control command, combine the actual conditions of the school, arrange the return time of students and the specific arrangements for the opening of the school, determine the plan, and announce it in advance. Teachers, students and employees of colleges and universities in medium- and high-risk areas, including teachers and students with a history of living in medium- and high-risk areas, should be postponed to return to school. At present, some colleges and universities have also adopted a way, that is, to start school as scheduled, postpone the return to school, online teaching, and wait for the epidemic to slow down and conditions permit, and then fully return to school, and the education and teaching order in the school is on the right track.
The third requirement is that the health monitoring of teachers and students is one person per file. Strengthen the health monitoring of all teachers and students before returning to school, understand the health status of teachers, students and employees before returning to school, as well as their common living personnel and the recent travel trajectory, accurate to people, one person and one file, to ensure that every teacher, student and employee entering the campus is safe and healthy.
The fourth requirement is that the protection inside and outside the school be strengthened. Strictly implement the normal prevention and control measures for epidemic prevention and control, strengthen the health education of teachers, students and employees, wear masks, wash hands frequently, ventilate more, maintain safe social distancing and other healthy lifestyles in school, and strengthen personal protection outside the school to stay away from the risk of the epidemic.
The fifth requirement is that online and offline teaching be arranged as a whole. Schools in medium- and high-risk areas should arrange online teaching and offline teaching in accordance with the teaching plan of their own schools and in combination with the local epidemic situation, especially to ensure that the learning of students returning to school is suspended and support their online learning. Online learning focuses on quality, and offline learning focuses on safety.
It can be said that all localities have a common goal, scientific, accurate and effective prevention and control of the epidemic, to minimize the risk of the epidemic, so that education and teaching can be effectively carried out, to ensure the healthy growth of students, all types of schools at all levels, especially schools in medium and high-risk areas have been working hard. Thank you.
Reporter of Hong Kong Central Commentary Agency
We know that shipping is the main channel of international freight, the current global epidemic situation is still grim, the crew operates at sea all year round, what measures does the Ministry of Transport take to do a good job in crew change? Thank you.
Thank you for your question! Shipping is the main channel of international freight, and the crew is the key force to ensure the stable operation of the shipping industry. After the epidemic, their working environment and living environment have changed, and they have made great efforts and sacrifices, making positive contributions to maintaining the stability and smoothness of the international logistics chain. The Ministry of Transport attaches great importance to and is very concerned about the protection of the interests of the crew group. Since the outbreak of the epidemic, we have continued to work with relevant departments to take a series of positive and effective measures to guide the work of crew change and injury and disease relief.
The first is to standardize the procedures for crew change. Since March 2020, the Ministry of Transport, together with relevant ministries and commissions, has issued a number of notices and announcements to deploy and do a good job in the prevention and control of the epidemic and the change of shifts of crew members. Clarify the responsibilities of all parties to ensure the crew change work, propose to optimize the prevention and control measures for customs clearance of crew changes, standardize the operation of crew changes and disembarkation, and provide policy support for the realization of "full replacement" of crew members.
The second is to set up a special class for crew change work. At the end of last year, the Ministry of Transport set up a special class for crew change on international voyage ships, which coordinated and solved the problems existing in the crew change work, urged local governments, management departments and relevant enterprises to implement the responsibilities of all parties, and provided service guarantees for crew change. Under the impetus of the special class of our department, various localities have also set up special classes to promote the solution of crew change, or established relevant working mechanisms to further clarify the procedures and requirements for crew change, crack the "difficult points" and open up the "blockages".
The third is to consolidate the main responsibility of enterprises. The Ministry of Transport, together with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the General Administration of Customs, has formulated and issued documents and guidelines such as the Announcement on the Remote Prevention and Control of the Covid-19 Epidemic among Crew Members of International Voyages, requiring shipping enterprises and crew service agencies to implement the main responsibility for crew change, fully grasp the needs of crew changes, formulate shift changes plans in advance, guide ship owners to strengthen crew health monitoring and remote prevention and control, and strictly implement the epidemic prevention and control requirements of the whole process of shift changes.
At the same time, we actively coordinate with relevant departments, local and shipping enterprises, and crew service agencies to facilitate the vaccination of crews with covid-19 vaccines, and the vaccination rate of Chinese international crew members has reached 90%. Since the statistics were made available in April 2020, the mainland has completed a total of 365,000 crew changes on international voyage ships.
In the next step, our ministry will rely on the special class for crew change work, together with local governments and relevant departments, to strengthen the capacity building of crew change guarantee, continue to improve the crew change system and procedures, further promote the smooth and orderly development of crew change, effectively protect the rights and interests of crew, and ensure the stability and smoothness of the international maritime logistics supply chain. Thank you!
Red Star News reporter
Why do I need to be at least 18 years old for a booster injection?
Thank you for your question. Taking into account the age range of the subjects when vaccinating is an important part of our immunization program. As we all know, the development of immunization procedures involves who to give, how many injections, and how to give them. This process is a scientific decision-making process. In this process, three factors are mainly considered: one is to consider the epidemic characteristics of the disease, the second is to consider the effect and safety evidence of vaccination, and the third is to consider the priority vaccination population. The above three points must be supported by sufficient evidence.
At this stage, the target population for the enhanced immunization of the new crown virus vaccine is determined to be the population aged 18 years and above, which is mainly based on relevant research evidence, expert argumentation, and approval by relevant parties. Thank you.
Reporter of China Youth Daily
Now that the epidemic situation has spread in many places across the country, can universities and primary and secondary schools in various places open on schedule under such circumstances? In order to ensure that schools open on schedule, what prevention and control measures have been taken by local education departments and universities? Thank you.
Thank you to the Youth Daily reporter for caring about the spring school opening. The plan of the year lies in the spring, and the opening of the spring semester is the key link of the entire spring semester, which is related to a good start and a good start. It can be said that the epidemic situation has been sporadic in many places across the country recently, but the epidemic prevention and control measures in various places have been effective, and according to the research and judgment of health and related disease control experts, the current epidemic situation is generally controllable, providing a foundation for the opening of primary and secondary schools and colleges and universities. According to statistics, at present, nationwide, except for schools in medium- and high-risk areas, most colleges and universities, primary and secondary schools have basically achieved the expected goal of opening schools on schedule and opening schools safely. As of today, primary and secondary schools in 25 provinces across the country have opened; more than 50 of the 75 colleges and universities directly under the Ministry of Education have opened, and colleges and secondary schools that have not yet opened will open in a safe and orderly manner in accordance with the changes in the epidemic situation and the adjustment of policies.
In order to ensure the safe opening of schools, schools everywhere have strictly followed the technical plan for the prevention and control of the new crown pneumonia epidemic in colleges and universities, primary and secondary schools and childcare institutions, focusing on the three stages of pre-school, during and post-school opening, and doing practical and detailed work, laying a good foundation for the safe opening of schools.
In the first stage, before the start of the school year, be fully prepared. First, schools have generally formulated three plans, one is the spring school opening plan, one is the epidemic prevention and control plan, and the other is the emergency response plan. In particular, it is emphasized that schools around the world adopt targeted and multi-scenario emergency response drills to ensure that they are better prepared than not used, and avoid being used but not prepared. Second, the prevention and control of the epidemic in schools is included in the local joint prevention and control, and local support is sought, and the emergency places, emergency materials and personnel are fully stockpiled. Strengthen the rectification of campus environmental sanitation, report the health status of teachers, students and employees, and prepare for the return and entry of teachers and students.
In the second stage, in the course of the opening of the school, the measures for returning to school are implemented. The first is to strengthen the protection of teachers, students and employees on the way back to school, strengthen the health education of all employees, and do a good job in personal protection throughout the process. On transportation, minimize communication and maintain a safe distance. Take the initiative to receive health monitoring at traffic terminals and comply with relevant epidemic prevention regulations. The second is to strictly close the school door when returning to school, implement various entry regulations, and strictly prevent the epidemic from entering the campus.
In the third stage, after the opening of the school, strengthen normal prevention and control. Adhere to the same prevention of people, things and the environment, adhere to the co-prevention of the new crown epidemic and other infectious diseases, guide teachers, students and employees not only to strengthen personal protection inside the school, but also to strengthen personal protection outside the school, strengthen the management of school gates, campus public places, canteens, dormitories, and strictly prevent the spread of the epidemic on campus. Thank you.
Thank you, at today's press conference, several guests introduced the recent epidemic prevention and control and vaccination for us, and also introduced some of the recent situations of epidemic prevention and control in various places. In the follow-up, we will continue to hold a press conference, welcome all journalists and friends to continue to pay attention, and everyone can send us any questions in advance. This concludes today's press conference, thank you! (Source: Healthy China)
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