Disease Control expert: Wearing a mask to wash your hands and get less gathering, it is still a powerful weapon for the virus

Author:Shenzhen Special Economic Zone Time:2022.07.23

At present, the new coronary pneumonia epidemic is coming again. On July 22, the disease control experts said in an interview with reporters that wearing masks, toiletting hands, often ventilating, less gathering, vaccine, and maintaining social distance are still a powerful weapon to deal with the new coronary virus. Each citizen actively cooperates with relevant departments to do a good job in health management, that is, to contribute to the prevention and control of Shenzhen's epidemic prevention and control.

Correctly wearing a mask is very important for the prevention and control of the epidemic. It is the first line of defense to block the spread of the new crown virus through the respiratory tract. Experts remind the public that "the mask is not wearing tightly, revealing the nose or chin", "pulling down to the chin", "wear to the wrist or the arm", "the mask wearing a mask is put directly in a pocket or bag", "throw it on the table at hand" and so on. They are all bad habits, and citizens should choose a mask that suits them. In general environments, ordinary citizens can use disposable medical masks or medical surgical masks to effectively prevent particles carrying viruses. Children need to wear special masks suitable for children.

During the epidemic, actively cooperating with nucleic acid testing is the obligation of citizens. What protective points should be paid to nucleic acid testing? Experts said that citizens should try to avoid eating within 2 hours before the nucleic acid testing, so as not to cause vomiting. Smoking, drinking water, drinking, chewing gum, etc. should not be used to avoid frequent swallowing the throat virus enrichment. At the nucleic acid test site, citizens should do personal protection and wear disposable medical masks or medical surgical masks throughout the process. Children need to wear special masks suitable for children. Avoid crowding and collision in the waiting waiting for nucleic acid testing, and the personnel of the front and back are kept one meter distance. Citizens should not touch the sample platform with their hands, nor do they put personal items such as mobile phones, keys on the table. If you accidentally touch it, disinfect it with alcohol or disinfectant immediately. After the sampling, the citizens should wear a mask immediately and leave the sample point as soon as possible.

The main transmission pathway of the new crown virus is droplets and direct contact. Correctly washing hands is an important measure to resist viruses and protect themselves. Experts remind citizens that when they wash their hands, citizens should use flowing water, dilute their hands, and then take an appropriate amount of hand sanitizer or soap, and apply it to the entire palm, back, fingers, and fingers. According to the seven steps of "inner-outer-outer-clip-bow-big---wrist", scrub the palms, back, finger seams, fingers, back, thumb, fingertips, and wrists, and rub for more than 20 seconds. Finally, wash your hand with flowing water, and then use a paper towel or a clean towel to clean your hand.

It should be noted that citizens need to be washed their hands in time after wearing a mask, before the meal, after taking the cough or sneezing, after completing the nucleic acid, after going home, and going home.

In addition, during the epidemic, citizens should try to avoid going to densely personnel places. When public places, they follow the principles of "limited, appointment, and peaks". Essence

Omikon has a faster transmission and strong contagious. Inoculation of the new crown vaccine is a powerful weapon for fighting with the new crown virus variants, which is essential for establishing an immune barrier. Experts call for citizens who meet the conditions of vaccination as soon as possible to vaccinate the new crown vaccine and complete the whole process.

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