01 Key Risk Tips
Travel within China during the National Day and Mid-Autumn Festival in 2020 needs to pay attention to the prevention of new coronavirus and norovirus infections, food poisoning.
Currently all parts of China's territory are low-risk areas for the new crown outbreak, and can be traveled normally, and during the travel period should obey the relevant requirements of the new crown prevention and control work in the travel destination. At the same time, prepare free hand sanitizer, disinfectant wipes, masks and other items. During travel, pay attention to keep a distance from others, wash hands frequently, and wear masks in confined and crowded places.
Currently in the midst of a global pandemic of the New Crown Epidemic, different countries and regions are adopting different travel restrictions and may require up to 28 days of quarantine observation before and after entry and exit, which can seriously affect the experience of short-term cross-border travel.
During the holiday season, there will be increased opportunities to gather and eat out, so be careful to prevent norovirus disease and food poisoning. Do not eat undercooked and undercooked food, unpasteurized milk, unpeeled fruits, raw vegetables, or drink raw water. Do not pick or eat wild mushrooms and wild plants. When eating out, choose regular hotels or restaurants with good hygiene conditions.
02Characteristics of related risks and specific preventive measures
01New Coronavirus Pneumonia
As of September 21, 215 countries and regions around the world have reported a total of more than 30,940,000 confirmed cases of New Coronavirus Pneumonia, with a cumulative total of more than 959,000 deaths; an average of more than 280,000 new cases were reported globally every day in the past week.
China's mainland has reported no confirmed cases of indigenous infections or asymptomatic infections since Aug. 21, and the mainland has been a low-risk area since Aug. 29 to the present.
The outbreak is continuing to spread outside China. The Americas has seen a decline in the number of new cases reported recently, but is still the worst affected region in the world, with about half of the new cases reported each week. Southeast Asia is the fastest growing region, with the number of newly reported cases per week about to exceed that of the Americas, especially in India, where the epidemic continues to rise significantly. In Europe, the outbreak has risen again after a slight decline in May/June, with the peak so far exceeding that of the spring and is still rising. In the Eastern Mediterranean Region, the outbreak has risen again after a slight decline in August, with seasonal religious and cultural mass gatherings, wedding celebrations and other social events contributing to a renewed rise in outbreaks in the region. The Western Pacific Region has the lowest cumulative number of cases and deaths per million population globally, and the outbreak has been relatively stable recently. The Africa region has seen a downward trend in the outbreak from the end of July.
The main preventive measures:
(a) The mainland of China are now all low-risk areas, you can travel normally, travel during the travel to comply with the travel destination of the new crown prevention and control of the work of the relevant requirements. Also prepare hand-free sanitizer, disinfectant wipes, masks and other items. Minimize visits to closed places and places where people gather, and reduce gathering for meals. When I have fever symptoms or other illnesses that make travel unsuitable, I should postpone or cancel travel. In cross-border travel, if the destination requires travelers to be isolated for medical observation for 14 days after entry, and at the same time our country requires 14 days of isolation and observation for incoming persons, the maximum number of days of isolation and observation before and after departure may be up to 28 days, which will seriously affect the short-term travel experience. Therefore, it is recommended that individuals weigh their travel time and try to avoid non-essential cross-border travel during the National Day and Mid-Autumn Festival holidays.
(2) During the travel period, when taking airplanes, trains and other means of transportation, you should comply with the order and management requirements of the crew, wear a mask throughout, practice good hand hygiene, and keep the tickets properly for inquiries. Touring process should be orderly queuing, try to maintain a distance of more than 1 meter, in closed places and crowded places to wear a mask. Eating in restaurants is recommended to be seated at intervals or on the same side, keeping a distance of more than 1 meter from other people. If symptoms such as fever, fatigue, dry cough, etc. occur during the trip, you should immediately go to the nearest medical institution, cancel or suspend the trip.
(3) When returning from a trip, continue to do a good job of personal health monitoring, should be self-observed for 14 days, and in the event of discomfort, seek medical attention and take the initiative to inform the doctor of their travel history. If you are returning from overseas travel, you should implement 14 days of centralized isolation for medical observation in accordance with the requirements of the latest version of China's new Crown pneumonia prevention and control program, or implement the "7+7" "2+1" management model on a voluntary basis when conditions are available, i.e., 7 days of centralized isolation and 7 days of isolation at home. Centralized isolation and 7 days of home isolation, customs nucleic acid test at the port of entry, nucleic acid test at the end of centralized isolation at the place of entry, nucleic acid test at the end of home isolation.
02Food poisoning
May to October are the months of high incidence of food poisoning in China. During the festive season, there are more opportunities to gather and eat out, and in the case of poor food hygiene, the likelihood of food poisoning will increase.
China's mainland food poisoning to microbiological food poisoning incidents and the number of poisoning, mainly in food service units and collective canteens, manifested as a collective eating the same or more contaminated or spoiled food, many people concentrated on the disease. Patients often appear within 24 hours after eating nausea, vomiting, abdominal pain, diarrhea and other gastrointestinal symptoms; abdominal pain, abdominal pain in the upper and mid-abdominal persistent or paroxysmal colic is common, and the vomit is mostly for the food; often vomit and then diarrhea, diarrhea a few times a day to dozens of times, most of them are yellow dilute, watery, or mucus stools.
The main preventive measures: pay attention to food hygiene, wash your hands before and after meals. Do not eat uncooked food, unsterilized milk, unpeeled fruits and raw vegetables, and do not drink raw water. Do not pick or eat wild mushrooms and wild plants. Choose fresh and safe food materials and separate raw and cooked food when processing. When eating out, choose regular hotels or restaurants with good hygiene conditions.
03Norovirus Disease
Norovirus disease outbreaks mainly occur in child care institutions or schools. Norovirus disease outbreaks also often occur in tour groups, cruise ships and vacation centers. In recent years, China has reported several outbreaks of norovirus disease in domestic and foreign tour groups. since September, more than 30 outbreaks of norovirus disease have been reported nationwide, involving about 1,500 cases, with no deaths; they have occurred mainly in schools.
People are usually infected through the following routes: eating or drinking food or water contaminated with norovirus, putting one's fingers in one's mouth after touching objects or surfaces contaminated with the virus, and coming into contact with a person infected with the virus (e.g., caring for a patient, sharing food with a patient, or ****using utensils). The most common clinical symptoms are vomiting and diarrhea, followed by nausea, abdominal pain, headache, fever, chills, and muscle aches, with most patients recovering from symptoms lasting 2 to 3 days. Most patients recover after 2 to 3 days. In a very small number of cases, severe illness or even death may occur. The high-risk groups for serious illness are the elderly and younger children.
The main preventive measures: pay attention to hand washing, especially after toileting and diaper changing, and before each meal, preparation and processing of food; fruits and vegetables should be carefully washed before eating, oysters and other shellfish should be y processed after eating; norovirus-infected patients can not be prepared and processed food or accompanied by other patients from the period of illness to three days after the recovery; patient vomit or feces contamination of surfaces should be promptly wash and disinfect with chlorine bleach or other effective disinfectants, and immediately remove and wash contaminated clothing or bed linen, etc. Rubber or disposable gloves should be worn when washing, and hands should be carefully washed after washing.