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Virus Tracker! Approaching the "Sherlock Holmes" on the front line of epidemic prevention

Virus Tracker! Approaching the "Sherlock Holmes" on the front line of epidemic prevention

On September 18, at the Putian Xianyou County Center for Disease Control and Prevention, the members of the circulation team received the circulation instructions.

"What were you doing and where were you going?" "What means of transport?" Who did you come into contact with? "How many close contacts and sub-close contacts?" ...... This piece of important information about people infected with the new crown virus comes from a group of virus trackers who are racing against time and "Sherlock Holmes" on the front line of epidemic prevention and anti-epidemic - flow dispatchers.

In Xianyou County, Putian County, Fujian Province, more than 280 circulation agents from the national, provincial, municipal and county levels receive instructions every day to find out the patient's exposure history, contact population, life and action trajectory before the onset of illness, and the people and things that the patient may be exposed to before being isolated. Under the huge data chain, in a series of lists and seemingly unrelated pieces of information, like the "Sherlock Holmes" detective, one by one, trace the source, find the close and sub-close contact crowds at the fastest speed, comb the information of the close and sub-close contacts, collect throat swab samples in time according to the case situation, form a complete trajectory list, and then quickly organize them into a flow report according to the list.

Circulation is an important link in the prevention and control of the epidemic. The average daily work of the dispatchers is more than fifteen hours, they are the "Holmes" on the front line of epidemic prevention, and they are the unsung heroes in the epidemic prevention and control war!

Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Wei Peiquan

Virus Tracker! Approaching the "Sherlock Holmes" on the front line of epidemic prevention

On September 18, Duan Lifang from the Fujian Longyan Center for Disease Control and Prevention recorded the patient's close contact with the crowd information.

Virus Tracker! Approaching the "Sherlock Holmes" on the front line of epidemic prevention

On September 18, the flow dispatchers went to the frontline of epidemic prevention to use the special box for disease control and disposal.

Virus Tracker! Approaching the "Sherlock Holmes" on the front line of epidemic prevention

On September 18, at the Putian Xianyou County Center for Disease Control and Prevention, the dispatchers worked overtime.

Virus Tracker! Approaching the "Sherlock Holmes" on the front line of epidemic prevention

On September 18, at the Putian Xianyou County Center for Disease Control and Prevention, the current investigators from Hanjiang District of Putian City worked overtime to check the information.

Virus Tracker! Approaching the "Sherlock Holmes" on the front line of epidemic prevention

On September 18, at the Putian Xianyou County Center for Disease Control and Prevention, the dispatchers worked overtime to check the information.

Virus Tracker! Approaching the "Sherlock Holmes" on the front line of epidemic prevention

Duan Lifang (center), Lin Fengqin (left), and Hu Quanbin from the Longyan CDC collaborate to map out information at the Xianyou County Center for Disease Control and Prevention in Putian on September 18.

Virus Tracker! Approaching the "Sherlock Holmes" on the front line of epidemic prevention

On September 18, the dispatchers from Longyan City and Putian Xianyou County in Fujian Province received temporary instructions to prepare to carry out the transfer work in high-risk areas.

Virus Tracker! Approaching the "Sherlock Holmes" on the front line of epidemic prevention

On Sept. 18, a lieutenant who had been working overtime for more than a dozen hours rested on the back of a chair.

Virus Tracker! Approaching the "Sherlock Holmes" on the front line of epidemic prevention

On September 18, at the Putian Xianyou County Center for Disease Control and Prevention, the transfer personnel received instructions and prepared to leave.

Source: Xinhua Net

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