The Spring Festival is approaching, and the epidemic situation in Hebei is affecting the hearts of the people all over the country. From the first case on October 2nd to 11: 11 on October 4th, there were 523 confirmed cases in Hebei. In just over ten days, the virus was rampant and the situation was grim. This outbreak in Hebei has a remarkable feature: rural transmission.

why do 85.5% of the cases come from rural areas?

In this outbreak, 85.5% of the infected people came from rural areas, and most of them spread in clusters. Uncle Mi believes that there are two main reasons for the large-scale outbreak of Covid-19 in rural areas. One is the weak awareness of epidemic prevention and control in rural areas, and the other is the shortcomings in rural basic medical care.

After discovering symptoms, rural residents often choose to take their own medicine or go to the village clinic for treatment, which often leads to the spread of the epidemic for generations. As the Spring Festival approaches, there are frequent party activities in rural areas, the number of returnees increases sharply, the floating population increases, and the risk of epidemic spread increases. The prevention and control of epidemic situation in rural areas is facing great pressure and challenges.

Sound the alarm for rural medical care

Uncle Mi believes that what is reflected behind the outbreak in Hebei is the rural medical conditions and weak medical capacity. 81% of the country's high-quality health resources are concentrated in cities, especially big cities, which also causes the lack of medical and health services in rural areas. Because of the high risk of urban virus transmission, we have neglected the rural areas, which has also sounded a wake-up call for us. In the face of the epidemic, both urban and rural areas should strengthen their awareness of prevention and control.

can we have a good year?

As the Spring Festival is approaching, people are looking forward to family reunion, especially the vagrants who work outside the home. Many people have doubts about whether they can return home for the Spring Festival this year. This winter, the epidemic situation became severe again, with the continuous import from abroad and scattered cases in many provinces and cities. At present, all localities advocate celebrating the New Year on the spot to reduce the number of floating population in Spring Festival travel rush. In Uncle Mi's view, whether we can live a good year depends on everyone's compliance with the rules and reverence for life. Uncle Mi called on everyone not to take it lightly, celebrate the New Year on the spot, and make a modest contribution to protecting their families and preventing and controlling the epidemic.