#education# Introduction Since December 2019, Wuhan City, Hubei Province has continued to carry out surveillance of influenza and related diseases, and found multiple cases of viral pneumonia, all diagnosed as viral pneumonia/pulmonary infection. For more related content, please pay attention to the Education Channel!
1. Publicity content on COVID-19 prevention and control knowledge
1. Wear masks scientifically
Develop a good habit of carrying a mask with you. People who take public transportation, elevators and other confined spaces, go to hospitals for medical treatment, patients with fever or respiratory infections, and high-risk exposure personnel engaged in medical and health services, public services, etc., should wear masks correctly. It is recommended that the elderly, infirm, and patients with chronic diseases wear masks when going out.
2. Maintain a safe social distance
When going to crowded places, be sure to keep a safe social distance of at least 1 meter from others. When there is a heavy flow of passengers, wait in line in an orderly manner to avoid crowding.
3. Maintain good personal hygiene
Wash your hands frequently with soap or hand sanitizer and running water, or disinfect with hand disinfectant. Do not touch your mouth, eyes, or nose with your hands before cleaning them. Cover your coughs and sneezes with your elbow or a tissue. Do not spit anywhere. Wrap oral and nasal secretions in paper towels and dispose of them in the trash.
4. Maintain good indoor ventilation
Living rooms and offices should be well ventilated to avoid polluted air. Before using air conditioners in winter, cleaning and necessary disinfection should be carried out to maintain a certain amount of air flow and natural ventilation.
5. Pay attention to food safety and hygiene
Go to regular supermarkets or markets to buy fresh products. When purchasing, you can use disposable plastic bags to cover your hands to select frozen and chilled foods. Avoid direct contact with hands and wear a mask. When purchasing overseas frozen food, you must pay attention to customs food quarantine information and disinfect the outer packaging. Ingredients should be separated from raw and cooked and cooked thoroughly. Hand hygiene should be maintained when shopping, handling food, and before and after meals.
6. Consciously adhere to safe travel
Avoid going to work and school while sick. If you have fever or respiratory symptoms, try to avoid going out, especially those who have recently had close contact with patients with fever or respiratory infectious diseases, and try not to take public transportation.
When taking public transportation, try to choose contactless methods such as swiping cards and scanning codes to recharge and purchase tickets. Comply with the epidemic prevention regulations of public transportation, subway and other departments, such as wearing masks, taking body temperature, etc.
2. Publicity content on COVID-19 prevention and control knowledge
What is COVID-19?
Novel coronavirus pneumonia is an acute infectious pneumonia, and its pathogen is a new type of coronavirus that has not been previously discovered in humans, namely the 2019 new coronavirus. On February 7, 2020, the National Health Commission decided to temporarily name "pneumonia infected by the new coronavirus" as "new coronavirus pneumonia", or "new coronavirus pneumonia" for short. On February 11, the World Health Organization (WHO) named its English name Corona Virus Disease 2019 (COVID-19). On February 22, the National Health Commission decided to revise the English name of "new coronavirus pneumonia" to "COVID-19" to be consistent with the naming of the World Health Organization, and the Chinese name remained unchanged. On January 30, 2020, WHO announced that the novel coronavirus pneumonia epidemic would be classified as a Public Health Emergency of International Concern (PHEIC).
Patients’ initial symptoms are mostly fever, fatigue and dry cough, and they gradually develop severe symptoms such as difficulty breathing. Most patients have a good prognosis, but some severe cases may develop acute respiratory distress syndrome or septic shock, or even death. Currently, there is a lack of effective antiviral drugs targeting pathogens, and isolation treatment and symptomatic supportive treatment are the main options.
How to prevent and control?
Specific prevention measures are as follows:
1. Minimize going out, do not go to crowded places, and avoid close contact with anyone with cold or flu-like symptoms;?
2. When going out to public places, seeking medical treatment, or taking certain forms of transportation, be sure to wear a medical surgical mask or N95 mask;?
3. Do not contact, purchase, or eat wild animals ( (i.e. game), avoid unprotected contact with wild animals and poultry and livestock;?
4. Pay attention to hand hygiene, wash hands frequently, use hand sanitizer or soap, wash hands with running water, or use alcohol-based ingredients Hand sanitizer;
5. Do not cover your hands when sneezing or coughing, but cover your mouth and nose with your elbow or tissue; 6. Pay attention to drinking more water, getting more rest, avoiding staying up late, and exercising moderately to improve individual immunity; pay attention to nutrition, reasonable diet, meat, poultry and eggs It should be fully cooked before consumption;?
3. Contents of publicity on COVID-19 prevention and control knowledge
1. Prevent the inside of the mask from being contaminated:
When wearing a mask, Do not touch the inside of the mask with your hands and keep it in a clean place. If you have no choice, you can iron the mask with an electric iron at the lowest temperature (60°C ≤ temperature ≤ 90°C) for 30 minutes. It is not recommended to use steam when ironing.
2. Wear a mask correctly:
Wearing a mask correctly is very important. For ear-hook masks and tie-type masks, the folded layer faces down on the outside, and the folded layer faces up on the inside. The nose clip should be facing upwards, and use both hands to press from the middle to both sides. Completely wrap the mouth, nose and chin, and blow quickly to gently lift the mask, indicating that the mask has fit the face. The places that are prone to leaks are the nose clip, cheeks, and chin. The outside of the mask is considered a contaminated surface, and you should wash your hands immediately after touching it with your hands. 3. Touch public facilities less:
Try to touch public facilities as little as possible. If you need to touch buttons, etc., you can use paper to touch. Keep folding the paper and touch one location. One side.
4. Take care of your hands:
After your hands are contaminated, wash them in time. If you can't find hand-washing facilities, don't touch your hands everywhere, especially don't touch your eyes with dirty hands. , nose, mouth. 5. Other protective equipment:
Eye masks, shoe covers, masks, and raincoats are not required for people who are not at the source of the epidemic, who do not communicate face-to-face at close range with others, and who can maintain a distance of more than 1-2 meters. required. Because there are problems with correctly putting on, taking off and disposing of protective equipment after use. If you do not pay attention to the methods and processes, as well as the correct disposal of these items, these protective equipment may cause contamination to yourself when you use and dispose of them.
6. Reduce face-to-face communication:
If you need to communicate face-to-face with others, try to keep a distance of more than 1-2 meters and wear a mask.
7. Respiratory and cough etiquette:
Do not spit, blow your nose, cough, or sneeze. Pay attention to etiquette. Use a napkin to wrap your mouth and nose or cover your mouth with your elbow. nose. If you don’t have time to get a napkin, cover your mouth and nose with your hands, but remember to wash your hands carefully and effectively.
8. Eating in the canteen:
When eating in the canteen, try to eat in the canteen as much as possible and minimize contact with others.