How about the epidemic situation of COVID-19 and other infectious diseases around the Mid Autumn Festival National Day holiday? Official interpretation

Release time:Apr 16, 2024 22:07 PM

Interpretation and Q&A of the Notice on the Prevention and Control of COVID-19 Infection and Other Key Infectious Diseases before and after the National Day Holiday in the Mid Autumn Festival of 2023


1、 What is the background of the issuance of the Notice on the Prevention and Control of COVID-19 Infection and Other Key Infectious Diseases around the National Day Holiday in the Mid Autumn Festival 2023?



The National Day holiday in the Mid Autumn Festival of 2023 will be longer, and the people will travel more willingly. The cross regional flow of people, the number of entry-exit people and the gathering activities will increase significantly, which may increase the risk of COVID-19 infection, dengue fever and other infectious diseases to some extent. In order to implement the decisions and arrangements of the CPC Central Committee and the State Council, and further improve the prevention and control of COVID-19 and other key infectious diseases around the Mid Autumn National Day holiday in 2023, the epidemic prevention and control team of the joint prevention and control mechanism of the State Council issued the Notice on Doing a Good Job in the Prevention and Control of COVID-19 Infection and Other Key Infectious Diseases around the Mid Autumn National Day holiday in 2023, requiring all regions to efficiently coordinate economic and social development and epidemic prevention and control, scientifically and accurately implement the prevention and control measures of COVID-19 "Class B and Class B", do not relax, do not increase the code, compact the "four responsibilities", adhere to the "multi disease prevention", strengthen joint prevention and control, and minimize the risk of epidemic transmission on the premise of fully ensuring the normal travel needs of the masses.


2、 How about the epidemic situation of COVID-19 and other infectious diseases around the Mid Autumn Festival National Day holiday?



Since February 2023, the COVID-19 epidemic in China has shown a low level and wave like epidemic trend. At present, the epidemic situation of COVID-19 and other infectious diseases is generally stable, but dengue fever in some provinces is in a high incidence season, and the influenza epidemic situation in some southern provinces is on the rise. As the cross regional flow of people, the number of entry-exit people and the gathering activities during the Mid Autumn National Day holiday will increase significantly, the risk of respiratory infectious diseases such as COVID-19 will increase, the risk of mosquito borne infectious diseases such as dengue fever and malaria will increase, and the risk of intestinal infectious diseases such as infectious diarrhea will increase. On the premise of implementing various infectious disease prevention and control measures, it is expected that the overall situation of the national infectious disease epidemic will continue to remain stable during the holiday.


3、 What should people pay attention to when traveling during holidays?



Firstly, before traveling, closely monitor the epidemic situation of infectious diseases at the destination and the health risk warnings issued by relevant departments, timely understand relevant knowledge of infectious disease prevention and control, and arrange the itinerary reasonably. If symptoms such as fever and cough occur, it is recommended to temporarily postpone travel.

Secondly, during the journey, wear masks scientifically and take personal protective measures in densely populated public places, passenger terminals, and when taking public transportation. Pay attention to food and water hygiene during holiday travel, and maintain good personal hygiene habits. Measures against mosquito bites shall be taken when going out. When going to natural foci of pestis, epidemic hemorrhagic fever and other diseases, people shall not contact the animals and products at the foci. Personnel with suspicious monkeypox contact history shall conduct self health monitoring.

Thirdly, after returning, do a good job of self health monitoring. If there are any abnormal symptoms in the body, seek medical attention in a timely manner and proactively inform the doctor of their history of going out.


4、 What specific measures are there in the Notice regarding the prevention and control of infectious diseases before and after the Mid Autumn Festival and National Day holiday?



One is to strengthen the forward movement of checkpoints. We will strengthen quarantine and inspection at ports of entry, disinfection and sterilization vector organisms and other measures, strengthen dynamic monitoring of COVID-19 mutants imported from abroad, and reduce the risk of imported infectious diseases such as COVID-19, dengue fever, malaria, monkeypox and so on.

The second is to strengthen monitoring and early warning. Before holidays in various regions, it is necessary to strengthen the risk assessment of the epidemic situation and promptly eliminate potential risks. During the holiday period, it is necessary to strengthen epidemic monitoring and early warning, and release real-time epidemic information and health risk alerts. After the holiday, it is necessary to timely analyze the development trend of the epidemic, carry out epidemic monitoring in key institutions, and strictly prevent the rebound of the epidemic.

The third is to strengthen the prevention and control of key links. Transportation units should coordinate epidemic prevention and control as well as holiday transportation organization and guarantee. Tourist attractions should implement the requirements of "limited quantity, reservation, and staggered peak hours" to avoid large-scale gatherings of personnel in indoor venues. Catering service units should strengthen food hygiene and safety management, effectively reducing the risk of intestinal infectious diseases. Elderly care institutions and social welfare institutions should strengthen the management of holiday visitors, and schools should strengthen the health monitoring of teachers and students returning to school after the holiday ends.

The fourth is to strengthen publicity and education. All localities should timely, accurately and objectively release information on the epidemic situation and prevention and control work, carry out in-depth publicity on the prevention and control of infectious diseases such as COVID-19, influenza, dengue fever and infectious diarrhea according to the characteristics of the local epidemic situation, vigorously advocate a healthy lifestyle, and strive to improve people's awareness of self-protection and timely treatment.

The fifth is to strengthen diagnosis and treatment services. Various regions should coordinate and allocate medical and health resources, strengthen the strength of outpatient and emergency departments, fever clinics, pediatrics, respiratory departments, and critical care medical departments, improve the diagnosis and treatment capabilities of infectious diseases, strengthen the management of fever clinics, intestinal clinics, and other clinics, do a good job in personal protection for doctors and patients, and effectively avoid hospital infections.


5、 What are the requirements put forward in the Notice to ensure the implementation of various prevention and control measures?



One is to strengthen the "four party responsibility" of localities, departments, units, and individuals, and continue to maintain the normal operation of joint prevention and control mechanisms at all levels. The second is to strengthen duty during the Mid Autumn Festival and National Day holiday, focusing on key periods and links. Once an epidemic is detected, it should be reported in a timely manner, reacted quickly, and effectively dealt with. The third is to strengthen supervision and inspection of key places such as hotels, passenger transport stations, shopping malls and supermarkets, and indoor venues in tourist attractions, to ensure that all prevention and control measures are implemented effectively.

Notice on the Prevention and Control of COVID-19 Infection and Other Key Infectious Diseases before and after the National Day Holiday in the Mid Autumn Festival of 2023

Joint Prevention and Control Mechanism [2023] No.3

The joint prevention and control mechanisms of various provinces, autonomous regions, municipalities directly under the central government, and Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps, as well as the member units of the State Council's joint prevention and control mechanism, and the China Center for Disease Control and Prevention:

In order to implement the decisions and arrangements of the Party Central Committee and the State Council, further improve the prevention and control of COVID-19 infection and other key infectious diseases before and after the National Day holiday in the Mid Autumn Festival in 2023, and effectively ensure the people to spend a healthy and safe holiday, the relevant requirements are hereby notified as follows:


1、 Strengthen ideological understanding and attach great importance to epidemic prevention and control before and after the Mid Autumn Festival and National Day holiday



Since February 2023, the COVID-19 epidemic in China has shown a low level and wave like epidemic trend. At present, the epidemic situation of COVID-19 and other infectious diseases is generally stable, but dengue fever in some provinces is in a high incidence season, and the influenza epidemic situation in some southern provinces is on the rise. The Mid Autumn Festival National Day holiday this year is connected, and the people are willing to travel. The cross regional flow of people, the number of entry-exit people and the gathering activities will increase significantly. The risk of the transmission of respiratory infectious diseases such as COVID-19 will increase, the risk of the import and spread of mosquito borne infectious diseases such as dengue fever and malaria will increase, and the risk of infectious diarrhea and other intestinal infectious diseases will increase. If the prevention and control measures are not implemented in place, the possibility of the occurrence of COVID-19, dengue fever and other gathering epidemics in individual regions will not be ruled out. All departments around the country should attach great importance to the prevention and control of COVID-19 and other key infectious diseases around the Mid Autumn Festival National Day holiday, effectively coordinate the epidemic prevention and control and economic and social development, scientifically and accurately implement COVID-19's "Class B B management" and other key infectious disease prevention and control measures, and minimize the risk of epidemic transmission on the premise of fully ensuring the normal travel needs of the masses.


2、 Strengthen the forward movement of checkpoints and further reduce the risk of epidemic importation



The customs department should strictly implement measures such as temperature monitoring of entry personnel, health declaration and verification, and COVID-19 nucleic acid sampling, strengthen the dynamic monitoring of COVID-19 mutants imported from abroad, and timely notify the local disease control department to carry out epidemiological investigation on the new mutants found by sequencing; Strengthen port quarantine inspection and disinfection and sterilization of vector organisms, and strictly prevent the import of mosquito borne infectious diseases such as dengue fever and malaria; Strengthen the screening of inbound personnel with monkeypox like symptoms or related abnormal health declarations, and promptly detect imported cases of monkeypox. Each region should guide outbound business and tourism personnel to pay attention to the epidemic situation at their destination, take personal protective measures, and reduce the risk of overseas infection; After returning to China, one should actively monitor their own health, seek medical attention promptly if any discomfort occurs, and proactively inform the doctor of their travel history.


3、 Strengthen monitoring and early warning to ensure early detection of the epidemic



All localities should strengthen the monitoring of the epidemic situation of COVID-19 and other key infectious diseases before and after the Mid Autumn Festival National Day holiday. Before the holiday, it is necessary to strengthen the risk assessment of the epidemic situation, identify weaknesses and make up for loopholes, take targeted prevention and control measures, and promptly eliminate risk hazards. During holidays, epidemic monitoring and early warning should be strengthened, and real-time epidemic information and health risk warnings should be released. After the end of the holiday, it is necessary to timely analyze the development trend of the epidemic, carry out epidemic monitoring in key institutions such as schools, elderly care institutions, and social welfare institutions, and strictly prevent the rebound of the epidemic. Various regions should strengthen the management of legal infectious disease information reporting to ensure the timeliness and accuracy of reports.


4、 Strengthen prevention and control of key links, effectively block the spread of the epidemic



Strengthen travel epidemic prevention and control. Transportation units should coordinate epidemic prevention and control as well as holiday transportation organization and support work. Passenger transport stations should promptly increase or open entry and security channels according to passenger flow needs, guide passengers to enter the station in an orderly manner for boarding, reduce passenger congestion and waiting time. Clean, disinfect, and ventilate passenger terminals, highway service areas, and toll stations, and advocate for passengers to wear masks scientifically at passenger terminals and when taking transportation.

Strengthen epidemic prevention and control in tourism activities. Tourist attractions in various regions should implement the requirements of "limited quantity, reservation, and staggered peak hours", timely and dynamically guide passenger flow, and avoid large-scale gatherings of personnel in indoor venues. Strengthen the ventilation and ventilation of densely populated indoor venues and enclosed spaces, strengthen the management of drinking water, food, and environmental hygiene in tourist attractions, and appropriately increase the frequency of cleaning and disinfection of frequently used public goods and facilities. Catering service units should strengthen food hygiene and safety management, effectively reducing the risk of intestinal infectious diseases.

Strengthen epidemic prevention and control in key institutions. During holidays, elderly care institutions and social welfare institutions in various regions should strengthen internal management, monitor the health of service recipients and staff, strengthen daily protection and environmental disinfection, and implement protective requirements such as scientifically wearing masks for visitors. Schools should strengthen the health monitoring of teachers and students returning to school after the end of holidays, implement measures such as morning check ups, investigation and registration of causes of absences due to illness, and case reports. Teachers and students who experience symptoms such as fever and cough should be screened to prevent cluster outbreaks on campus.

Strengthen the patriotic health movement. Various regions should carry out patriotic health campaigns, strengthen environmental sanitation governance, and promptly clean up hygiene blind spots. Targeted mosquito and rodent control efforts should be carried out based on the species, distribution, and density trends of key vector organisms such as mosquitoes and rodents in the local area. Disease vector control and source control should be strengthened to create a favorable environment for the prevention and control of infectious diseases such as dengue fever and epidemic hemorrhagic fever.

Timely disposal of clustered epidemics. All localities should strengthen the disposal of COVID-19 and other infectious disease clusters, launch emergency response in a timely manner, carry out epidemiological investigation, laboratory testing, infectious source management, disinfection of epidemic spots and epidemic areas and other measures, achieve early detection, early report, early isolation, early treatment, and control the epidemic risk in the bud. The Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention should strengthen technical support for the handling of local clustered epidemics, block the transmission chain as soon as possible, and strictly prevent the spread of the epidemic.


5、 Strengthen publicity and education, enhance scientific prevention and control awareness



All localities should timely, accurately and objectively release information on the epidemic situation and prevention and control work, carry out in-depth publicity on the prevention and control of infectious diseases such as COVID-19, influenza, dengue fever and infectious diarrhea according to the characteristics of the local epidemic situation, vigorously advocate a healthy lifestyle, and strive to improve people's awareness of self-protection and timely treatment. Remind the personnel going out to take measures to prevent mosquito bites, remind the personnel going to the natural foci of pestis, epidemic hemorrhagic fever and other diseases not to contact the animals and products at the foci, remind the personnel with a suspicious history of monkeypox exposure to do a good job of self health monitoring, and advocate that the personnel with fever, cough and other symptoms should postpone their travel during the holidays.


6、 Strengthen diagnosis and treatment services, and make every effort to do a good job in case treatment



Each region should coordinate and allocate medical and health resources within its jurisdiction, strengthen the strength of outpatient and emergency departments, fever clinics, pediatrics, respiratory departments, and critical care medical departments, and ensure the smooth and orderly medical treatment work during the Mid Autumn Festival and National Day holidays. Medical institutions should strengthen the training of medical personnel, improve the diagnosis and treatment ability of pestis, monkeypox, dengue fever and other infectious diseases, and implement the "four early" requirements. We must strictly implement the system of infectious disease pre examination and triage, as well as the requirements of infection prevention and control in medical institutions. We must strengthen the management of fever clinics, intestinal clinics, and other clinics, do a good job in personal protection for doctors and patients, and effectively avoid hospital infections.


7、 Strengthen organizational leadership to ensure that all measures are implemented effectively



Consolidate the "four party responsibility". Local party committees and governments at all levels should implement their territorial responsibilities, maintain the normal operation of joint prevention and control mechanisms at all levels, strengthen organizational leadership and inter departmental coordination, adhere to the principle of "joint prevention of multiple diseases", and ensure the health and safety of the people during festivals. Each department should implement the responsibilities of industry supervisors, strengthen overall coordination, supervision and guidance, and promote the implementation of industry epidemic prevention and control measures. All government agencies, enterprises and institutions should fulfill their main responsibilities and strictly implement local epidemic prevention and control regulations. Advocate individuals to adhere to good hygiene habits and be the first person responsible for their own health.

Strengthen emergency duty. Various regions should strengthen their duty during the Mid Autumn Festival and National Day holidays, refine epidemic prevention and control measures, focus on key periods and links, and promptly report, respond quickly, and effectively deal with epidemics once discovered. The host area of the Hangzhou Asian Games should strengthen the communication of epidemic information and joint prevention and control with neighboring areas. When any epidemic information and clues are found in various regions, they should inform the host area of the Hangzhou Asian Games as soon as possible, and work together to do a good job in infectious disease prevention and control during the event.

Strengthen supervision and inspection. Various regions should strengthen the supervision and inspection of disinfection, ventilation, and air exchange in public places such as hotels, passenger transport stations, shopping malls, supermarkets, and indoor venues in tourist attractions. They should also strengthen the supervision and inspection of drinking water and food hygiene in tourist attractions and catering service units. Any problems found during the inspection should be urged to be rectified in a timely manner by relevant units to ensure that indoor air, public goods, drinking water, food, etc. comply with relevant hygiene standards.

The Epidemic Prevention and Control Group of the State Council Joint Prevention and Control Mechanism

September 22, 2023

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