Beijing, 1 Oct (Xinhua) -- On 30 September, the Xinhua Daily Telegraph published a report entitled "The Ark in the Eye of the Storm -- A Record of the 'Epidemic' in Bayan County, Heilongjiang."
When Qiu Han began to rule the city, the wind was blowing and a group of strange figures appeared in Harbin.
But for people in the "eye of the storm" of a new round of the epidemic, they are the "ark" that can provide shelter.
"If there is a war, it will be called back, and the battle will be won." On the occasion of the Mid-Autumn Festival reunion, there were confirmed cases in Bayan County, Harbin City, and more than a dozen medical teams inside and outside Heilongjiang Province rushed to the rescue. They activate the "accelerator key" in the "pause button" and quickly attack with the posture of "fire brigade" to make a common choice at a critical moment.
At a mobile nucleic acid testing site in Xinglong Town, Bayan County, medical staff at the Second Hospital of traditional Chinese Medicine in Heilongjiang Province conduct nucleic acid testing on residents (photo taken on September 25). Xinhua Daily Telegraph reporter Wang Jianwei photographed
The reunion dinner that was not finished
"Mom! The fish in the pot can be simmered for another five minutes, and there is a need for the epidemic, so I have to pack up my things as soon as possible to support for two days! ”
On the morning of the 21st, it was rare to take a break to catch up with the Mid-Autumn Festival, Wang Jiaomeng, the chief nurse of the pre-examination triage and guidance of the Second Affiliated Hospital of Heilongjiang University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, bought ingredients and prepared to accompany her parents to spend the Mid-Autumn Festival, but the sudden epidemic interrupted the reunion dinner.
"I sign up!" When the hospital was preparing to send medical staff to Bayan for support, one of them was on his way back from the festival, and there was no time. After Wang Jiaomeng understood the situation, she asked for help at the first time.
Packing painkillers, toiletries and pajamas, braving the heavy rain, Wang Jiaomeng hurried to the hospital and prepared to go.
More than half a month ago, Wang Jiaomeng had an accident on the way to the car, resulting in a broken rib. At this moment, the injury has not fully recovered, but she still insists on the front line. After arriving at Bayan, to wear protective clothing for a long time, Wang Jiaomeng's thoughts turned, and she quietly removed the waistband that helped to recover the cracked ribs.
In Bayan County, Harbin City, Wang Jiaomeng distributes protective clothing to her colleagues on Sept. 26. Xinhua Daily Telegraph reporter Xu Kaixin Tonglian
The epidemic does not wait for anyone. At 9 p.m. on the 21st, Wang Jiaomeng and her colleagues rushed to Bayan and started work immediately after arriving. Nucleic acid testing work is the focus of Wang Jiaomeng's "epidemic", docking nucleic acid testing communities, allocating medical personnel, distributing materials... The rain was getting heavier and heavier, and Wang Jiaomeng's hair was constantly dripping with rain. Busy until more than 4 a.m. the next day, Wang Jiaomeng could not care about changing clothes and continued to hold meetings with colleagues.
After only an hour of rest, at 6 o'clock in the morning of the 22nd, Wang Jiaomeng used a hair dryer to blow her clothes to semi-dry, put on protective clothing, and began to dock with the new community.
As the head nurse, Wang Jiaomeng has always rushed to the front, but she hid her physical discomfort tightly. After carrying medical supplies for six or seven nucleic acid testing points in succession, Wang Jiaomeng's ribs began to faintly ache again, and even her waist and legs began to tingle. But her rhythm remained the same: delivering supplies, returning to the station, hurrying to swallow two painkillers, and continuing the meeting.
At this meeting, everyone was told that the epidemic prevention and control situation in Bayan County was grim, and the original two-day support plan was postponed. "Next time I deliver supplies, just help me bring some painkillers." After the meeting, Wang Jiaomeng made this request.
Wang Jiaomeng's daily battle against the "epidemic" is the epitome of many frontline anti-epidemic personnel - the technical content is not high, and there are some trivial and complicated. However, it is precisely because of them that there is an "ark" in the "Eye of the Storm" that can shade people.
On September 24, citizens conducted testing at a mobile nucleic acid testing site in Xinglong Town, Bayan County, Harbin City. Xinhua Daily Telegraph reporter Xie Jianfei took a photo
As of the 27th, Bayan County has completed four rounds of nucleic acid testing for all employees. With the landing of one epidemic prevention measure after another, Wang Jiaomeng's hanging heart has gradually been put down. Remembering that the message sent by her mother in the morning had not yet been read, she clicked to listen to the WeChat voice:
"Girl, how are you over there?" There is rain these days, don't forget to bring an umbrella when you go out. We are all right at home, you don't have to worry, carefully do the work in hand, the epidemic is not a joke, do not pay attention to protection. ”
"Mom, you can rest assured, I am all right, the work is also carried out smoothly, I believe that the epidemic will soon pass, and then I will go back to accompany you to have a good reunion dinner."
Wang Jiaomeng replied to WeChat, her eyes soured suddenly, and suddenly remembered: when she left, she had not had time to eat a bite of mooncake.
Her mother understood her: what seemed like a "simple" job was actually a great sacrifice.
Mobile PCR cabin laboratory supported by Anshan, Liaoning Province, Bayan County, September 26. Xinhua Daily Telegraph reporter Wang Jianwei photographed
Heavily armed "virus hunter"
In the mobile cabin nucleic acid testing laboratory located in the "Fudu Market" in Bayan County, there is a laboratory flow chart. From top to bottom, all the arrows point to the location, there is a person's name: Xu Jun, the head of the laboratory, who is the director of the Virology Institute of the Heilongjiang Provincial Center for Disease Control and Prevention, and the final reviewer of all the nucleic acid positive samples here.
On September 25, staff exchanged at the mobile cabin nucleic acid testing laboratory of the Heilongjiang Provincial Center for Disease Control and Prevention in Bayan County. Xinhua Daily Telegraph reporter Wang Jianwei photographed
"It's too late to think about it so much, as long as there is an epidemic in the province, we will have to rush over as soon as possible." When the reporter asked about the situation of Chi Aid, Xu Jun, who was wearing an isolation suit, replied.
On the 21st, Xu Jun, who was spending the Mid-Autumn Festival with his family, received a notice to go to Bayan for frontline support of the epidemic. In a hurry, she packed up a few pieces of luggage and headed for the front.
Xu Jun was familiar with such a rhythm. At the beginning of this year, when the epidemic broke out in Wangkui, she fought on the front line of the fight against the epidemic for more than 20 days.
"Site selection, power connection, start to open a warehouse." As soon as he arrived at Bayan, Xu Jun threw himself into intense work. In her opinion, the square cabin testing laboratory in front of her is not just a few simple tents, but a "fortress" for her and her colleagues to fight next.
Seven or eight hours later, at 1 a.m. on the 22nd, the nucleic acid testing laboratory of the mobile cabin was completed, and Xu Jun did not close his eyes overnight.
This is the mobile cabin nucleic acid testing laboratory of the Heilongjiang Provincial Center for Disease Control and Prevention in Bayan County (taken on September 27). Xinhua Daily Telegraph reporter Xie Jianfei took a photo
Improving the daily nucleic acid detection capacity is an important guarantee for Bayan County to improve its epidemic prevention and control capabilities. Just as nucleic acid samples are pouring in, a "race" against the virus is starting out here.
The "nucleic acid extraction area" is the core area of the nucleic acid detection laboratory of the mobile cabin. Only by nucleic acid extraction can staff perform PCR reactions and screen for positive samples. Because there may be a positive sample in a nucleic acid sample, nucleic acid extraction is the most critical and dangerous step in the testing process. According to Xu Jun, the moment the staff opened the lid of the specimen collection tube, the action must be careful. Next, the staff will use a dosing gun to absorb a certain amount of samples and perform nucleic acid extraction through the extraction instrument.
Signing, entering, reagent preparation, extraction, sampling, amplification to interpretation of results... Under the continuous illumination of the white lights overhead day and night, the whole team tacitly cooperated.
"Because of the tight time and heavy tasks, we tried not to drink water before entering the experimental area, reduce the number of times we went to the bathroom, and tested as many samples as possible per unit of time." Xu Jun said.
At present, the epidemic prevention and control of Bayan County is at a critical moment, and it is urgent to cut off the source of infection and lock the "encirclement circle". With round after round of "national nucleic acid", Xu Jun's whole person was overloaded with continuous rotation, and sleeping only three or four hours a day has become the norm.
On September 26, outside the mobile PCR cabin laboratory supported by Anshan, Liaoning Province, Bayan County, workers prepare for nucleic acid testing. Xinhua Daily Telegraph reporter Xie Jianfei took a photo
The cabin laboratory inspectors here are divided into three groups, each working for 6 hours, taking turns day and night until the testing of all nucleic acid samples on the day is completed. Xu Jun is responsible for the handover between the teams and the final review of positive samples here, whether it is "single gene positive", "gray area" or "warped tail", no clue can escape the eyes of this "virus hunter".
To her relief, as the days and nights passed, the medical staff were slightly tired, but the speed of detection was getting faster and faster.
"There are a total of 51 people in the square cabin laboratory, and the assembly line operation is implemented. The daily detection volume of our square cabin was originally scheduled to be 10,000 tubes, and on the 28th, it has reached 17,000 tubes. Xu Jun said that we are also competing with the virus for time, "did not think more, because time is still flying by minute by minute."
In the isolation ward of the Qunli Branch (designated hospital) of the First Affiliated Hospital of Harbin Medical University, Lu Qun (second from the right) and colleagues discuss work (photo taken on September 26). Xinhua Daily Telegraph reporter Xu Kaixin Tonglian
"Risk not overnight"
"This is the eighth city I've supported to have an outbreak." This year is the "fifteenth moon fifteen round", and before he could enjoy the bright moon with his family, Lu Qun, director of the Infection Management Department of the Second Affiliated Hospital of Zhejiang University School of Medicine, rushed to the front line of the fight against the epidemic in Harbin from thousands of miles away.
On the 21st, Harbin City, Heilongjiang Province, reported the first confirmed case of new coronary pneumonia, and on the 24th, the genetic sequencing of the first batch of confirmed cases showed that it was infected with the Delta strain. "Although Heilongjiang has fought the 'epidemic' many times before, this is the first time to face the Delta strain, and it still needs to be treated with the right medicine and precise control." Lu Qun said.
Lu Qun's anti-epidemic footprint marks the progress of China's fight against the epidemic. From 2020 to 2021, from Wuhan to Harbin, from the initial new coronavirus to the Delta strain, fighting the virus has become a habit of Lu Qun.
This time, receiving the notice, Lu Qun once again resolutely agreed and rushed to the front line. In order to catch the first flight, she did not even see her husband, who worked in the same hospital.
Lu Qun's specialty is hospital infection prevention and control. Whether the prevention and control of hospital infection is done well or not is related to the success or failure of epidemic prevention and control. If the spread of the epidemic in the hospital is caused by the omission of the operation process, the scope of its radiation is immeasurable.
In view of the rapid spread of Delta strains, increased infectivity, high viral load, long time to turn negative and other characteristics, Lu Qun visited a number of designated hospitals, measured each high-risk area with his feet, and summarized the "eight uniforms" such as "all personnel in medium and high-risk areas do not enter the designated hospital to work" and "all receive infection control training and pass the assessment before taking up the post", which are for the reference and implementation of the management staff of the designated hospital.
"Ensuring zero infection among healthcare workers is our goal and bottom line." Lu Qun will check repeatedly in various departments of the hospital every day. "Although it is the same place and the same job, different people will have different problems when they do it." Lu Qun said that only by taking out the strength of "picking bones in eggs" can we weave a tightly woven hospital infection prevention and control network.
From the clean area of the hospital to the polluted area, from the wearing and taking off of protective equipment to the safe transportation of waste products and the handover of meals, Lu Qun cannot tolerate "dead ends" in his eyes. She said that once the loophole is found, it is necessary to adhere to the concept of "risk does not stay overnight" and efficiently check and fill in the gaps.
Whenever she finished fighting, she also had unspeakable thoughts about her family. Will I be infected? When will the epidemic be defeated? When will I be able to go home... Every time he went backwards, these questions of Lu Qun would not be answered, and no one could answer them. However, she always chose to wear white armor and charge forward.
The hero of the epidemic is exactly like this.