More specific nation blockade and control measures after approach
Strict monitoring of bloodless chain food imports and the progression of blocking and testing methods are China’s newest weapons in the war against COVID-19 as the country prepares for imaginable outbreaks this winter.
While local transmission of the new coronavirus has been low for months, public fitness experts in China have highlighted the threat of new virus-related outbreaks that are curbing imports of frozen food.
As domestic life and production return to normal, experts praised local government efforts to update general closures and tests across the city with more specific and cost-effective measures for disruptions to socio-economic development.
“A developing evidence framework shows that frozen seafood or meat products can transmit the virus from seriously affected countries in China,” said Wu Zunyou, lead epidemiologist with the China Center for Disease Control and Prevention. Wu made the comment last week in an article published in the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection of the Communist Party of China.
“This discovery has led customs officials to intensify imports and led local market regulators and the aptitude government to strengthen surveillance of the bloodless chain sector. “
In an interview with China Newsweek last month, Wu said the threat of transmission of the virus from imports of infected shellfish would likely be greater than that of incoming passengers.
Since June, at least 3 primary outbreaks have been linked to frozen imports, Feng Zijian, Deputy Director of the CDC of China, said in an interview.
This includes the Beijing outbreak in June with 335 instances shown, the outbreak in Dalian, Liaoning Province, in July defeated with 92 instances shown and the outbreak in Qingdao, Shandong Province, in October resulting in 14 instances shown.
Excluding a primary outbreak in Urumqi, Xinjiang Uighur Autonomous Region, which has recorded more than 800 cases, the 3 outbreaks account for nearly 85% of domestic cases since June, according to the National Health Commission. under investigation.
According to Zhang Wenhong, head of the Department of Infectious Diseases at Huashan Hospital at Fudan University in Shanghai, considerations about bloodless chain food imports will accumulate as shipments of goods to China increase.
“Landports and airports in China will have to face risk,” he said.
Wu claimed that the virus in the bloodless chain sector referred to 3 degrees of testing: samples of imported products and their external packaging, samples taken from cars and refrigerated warehouses, and testing on personnel involved in handling those products.
Testing is being implemented across the country and has begun to pay off through timely alerts.
CDC officials in Nanjing, Jiangsu Province, said on November 10 that they had effectively blocked and sealed some bloodless chain imports from entering the market after shipments from Argentina tested the virus on a regime test.
Then, from Friday to Monday, local governments in nine regions reported detecting the virus in imports of food from the embedded chain or in its packaging, in the early closure of affected services and sealing of infected products.
He Peng, spokesman for the Tianjin Health Commission, said at a recent press convention that a local stevedore had been shown to have the virus after a frozen red meat regime check in Germany tested positive.
“We will have to stick to the precept of preventing the dangers of products and people, especially staff who come into contact with food in the bloodless chain,” he said. “Their ability is the basis for blocking infected food products. “
On 9 November, the State Council issued a directive requiring a complete disinfection of bloodless chain imports after collecting samples for analysis and urging the status quo of tracking systems.
On Monday, the Department of Transportation issued another directive urging all companies, docks and shipping terminals involved in bloodless chain logistics to their frontline workers by implementing protection protocols, monitoring their temperatures, and conducting nucleic acid testing. strict and normal disinfection of transport devices and vehicles.
CDC Wu said: “Instead of imposing a reckless and undeniable ban on all imported foods, China has made the decision to integrate bloodless chain product control into normal disease control paints and mitigate hazards at the lowest level imaginable. “
He said the State Council’s directive aims to ensure the protection of food in the bloodless chain and the fitness of others, while expanding the power of customs clearance and ensuring the stability of the commercial chain.
Similar efforts to strike a balance between eliminating the virus and advancing the speed of economic recovery are part of changes in the scope and duration of long-standing epidemic measures.
Different locks
Feng, deputy director of the CDC, said the network blockades imposed are “clearly different” from Wuhan’s before this year.
“The locks are more accurate now, they affect smaller spaces with less effect on society, although the purpose remains the same: to decrease the population mix,” he said.
When Tianjin detected 3 local infections among bloodless chain personnel this month, the city raised viral threat levels from low to medium in 3 spaces where patients and several other asymptomatic people were shown to run and live. and all the bloodless chain staff in town.
Zhang Diyuan, a program developer in Tianjin’s Xiqing district, about a hundred miles from the chain of affected bloodless services, said the new instances had not affected his life at all.
“I’m in favor of such an accurate risk designation,” he said. “As a resident of Tianjin, I do not see the need to expand the blocking areas. “
When the Beijing government faced the epidemic in June, it first set out to launch a city-wide testing crusade covering the capital’s 20 million citizens, Wu said.
“The crusade was canceled after examining another 10 million people because 10 million more tests would no longer run into the instances and create unnecessary costs,” Wu told China Newsweek.
“Other cities use the clinical and subtle method. Large-scale testing revolves around the source of the infections shown and is canceled when no new cases can be found. “
Zhang of Shanghai said at a forum last week that even though the virus continues to spread around the world and China has largely eliminated local transmission, there is no way to break communication with the global outside world.
“We will have to maintain a safe level of shipping currencies and workers’ bodies while handling well the dangers associated with imported cases,” he said.
To achieve this goal, Zhang pressures the importance of fever clinics encountering suspicious cases and sending alerts quickly, as well as the ability of public fitness personnel to regain close contact.