On February 25, the Sichuan Provincial People's Government website released a message: Sichuan will be a public **** health emergency response from the first level adjusted to the second level.
Over the past few days, several provinces across the country have downgraded their emergency response levels for major public **** health emergencies.
↑Screenshot of the announcement
What is the difference between Level 1 and Level 2?
The level Ⅰ response occurs in a particularly major public **** health incident, the provincial command, according to the State Council's decision-making and deployment and unified command, organizes and coordinates the emergency response work in the administrative region.
Question 1: What is the case to start a public **** health emergency Ⅰ response?
Answer: According to the nature of public **** health emergencies, the degree of harm, the scope of the public **** health emergencies are divided into special major (Ⅰ), major (Ⅱ), major (Ⅲ) and general (Ⅳ) 4 levels.
Extraordinary major public health emergencies (level I) with one of the following circumstances for an extraordinary major public health emergencies (level I):
(1) pneumonic plague, pulmonary anthrax in large and medium-sized cities and has a tendency to spread or the spread of pneumonic plague, pulmonary anthrax outbreaks to other provinces and has a tendency to further spread. (2) Cases of infectious atypical pneumonia and human infection of highly pathogenic avian influenza occur and have a tendency to spread. (3) Mass unexplained diseases involving other provinces with a tendency to spread. (4) The occurrence of new infectious diseases or the occurrence or introduction of infectious diseases not yet discovered in China with a tendency of spreading or the discovery of the re-emergence of infectious diseases that have been eradicated in China. (5) Loss of virulent disease strains, virulent strains and disease-causing factors. (6) the occurrence of large infectious disease outbreaks in countries and regions with which our province has navigation, the emergence of imported cases in our province, seriously jeopardizing the health and safety of China's public **** event. (7) The State Council health administrative department recognized other particularly significant public **** health emergencies.
Question 2: What actions will be taken by the relevant government departments and units?
Answer: The emergency response to public **** health emergencies follows the principle of prevention and constant preparedness. Especially significant (Class I) public **** health emergencies after the emergency response, the relevant departments and units will take the following actions:
(1) the provincial government's emergency response:
Provincial public **** health emergencies emergency response command in the national public **** health emergencies emergency response command under the unified leadership and command of the organization and coordination of all departments of the provincial government and the local people's government at all levels To do a good job in the emergency treatment of public **** health emergencies;
Establishing a working group composed of relevant government departments to carry out decision-making and commanding of emergencies, epidemic monitoring and analysis, epidemiological investigation and control, medical treatment, information dissemination, publicity and education, international exchanges and cooperation, mobilization of emergency personnel and materials and equipment, logistical support, as well as supervision and inspection, and other work.
Dispatch local people's governments where no emergencies have occurred to support the emergency response work in the place of incident;
Report the work to the State Council and the Ministry of Health in a timely manner.
(2) the provincial health administrative department emergency response:
Rapidly organize medical and health institutions and medical and health emergency response team and related personnel to the scene to carry out emergency response work;
Epidemiological investigations and analyses, collection of specimen samples for testing and review and confirmation of the results of the test of the lower institutions;
Organize medical treatment, isolation of infectious patients, tracking of close contacts.
Organize medical treatment, isolation of infectious patients, tracking of close contacts and medical observation, environmental disinfection and other preventive and control measures;
Organize experts to conduct a comprehensive assessment of the incident, analyze the development trend of the incident, and put forward proposals for emergency response;
Request the Ministry of Health to provide technical guidance and cooperate with the Ministry of Health to organize relevant experts to confirm the incident, determine the nature and level of the incident, and organize and carry out cause finding of the unknown public*** health emergency. ** health incident organization to carry out research to find the cause of the disease and diagnosis and treatment;
Timely report to the provincial government and the Ministry of Health emergency response work.
The people's governments of the cities (states) and counties (cities and districts) where the incident occurred immediately organize and carry out the emergency treatment work in accordance with the unified deployment and requirements of the Provincial Emergency Response Headquarters for Public **** Health Emergencies, start the emergency response plans of the cities (states) and counties (cities and districts), set up the Emergency Response Headquarters of cities (states) and counties (cities and districts) for public **** Health Emergencies, and organize the leadership and coordination of the departments concerned in the administrative area to carry out the public **** Health Emergencies. Departments to carry out public **** health emergency disposal work; check and supervise the relevant departments to conscientiously perform their duties, undertake the required emergency response tasks, the implementation of the relevant preventive and control measures; require the relevant units and individuals to actively cooperate with, and vigorously support the emergency response professional organizations to carry out on-site investigation and treatment, sampling and other work.
The incident occurred in the city (state), county (city, district) health administrative departments in accordance with the relevant requirements of the higher administrative departments of health, and quickly organize the administrative region at all levels of various types of medical and health institutions and medical and health emergency response team to carry out emergency response, the implementation of preventive and control measures, to prevent the incident from expanding and spreading; and in a timely manner to the people's government at their own level, the higher level of the health administration to report on the situation of the investigation and treatment.
(3) the people's governments at all levels of the non-incidental place of emergency response:
in accordance with the unified deployment and requirements of the provincial public **** health emergency response headquarters to prepare for emergency response;
requires the health administrative departments and relevant departments to take the initiative to carry out monitoring and implementation of the necessary preventive and control measures, to prevent the import of infectious diseases or events in the local occurrence; to strengthen the information Collect and report work, carry out prevention and control knowledge publicity and health education, improve public self-protection ability and awareness;
Obey the provincial public **** health emergency response command dispatch, the incident place of personnel, technology, materials, equipment and other support.
II level response in the event of a major public **** health emergencies, the provincial command immediately organize the command members and experts to analyze and judge the impact of public **** health emergencies and its development trend of a comprehensive assessment of the provincial people's government decided to start the II level of emergency response, and to the relevant units to start the relevant emergency procedures issued by the order. The provincial command immediately sends a working group to the place of occurrence to carry out the emergency response work, and promptly reports the relevant situation to the State Council and its relevant departments. The people's governments at all levels in the place of the incident, in accordance with the unified deployment of the provincial command, organize and coordinate the emergency response command institutions for public **** health emergencies at their own levels and their relevant member units to carry out emergency response with all their strength. * Specifically, if adjusted to the second level of response, emergency response work is no longer by the State Council decision-making deployment and unified command, to the unified deployment of the provincial command; three-level response, the people's government at or above the prefecture level is responsible for the co-ordination of the people's government; four-level response, the people's government at the county level co-ordination and management.
Multiple downward adjustments of the emergency response level
Expert advice: do not relax Blind optimism
The end of January this year, with the development of the new Crown pneumonia outbreak, the provinces have pulled the emergency response to public **** health emergencies. at the end of January, the country's 31 provinces successively launched the first level of response to public **** health emergencies. Each region raised the alert for epidemic prevention and control to the highest level.
But with the development of the epidemic, especially recently, a number of provinces have not reported new confirmed cases for several days, and some regions have begun to adjust the level of emergency response.
As of the afternoon of February 25, nine provinces have adjusted their emergency response levels, namely Guangdong, Gansu, Liaoning, Guizhou, Yunnan, Shanxi, Guangxi, Inner Mongolia and Jiangsu.
Including Gansu, Liaoning, Guizhou, Yunnan, Guangxi and Inner Mongolia, the response level was downgraded to three.
February 24, the State Council joint prevention and control mechanism news conference, the National Health Commission spokesman, deputy director of the Department of Publicity Mi Feng said, "At present, the epidemic prevention and control work has achieved stage-by-stage results, the national situation of the epidemic appeared to be a positive trend, the provinces concerned can be adjusted according to the actual situation of the appropriate level of emergency response to achieve the zoning and grading precise prevention and control, and orderly restoration of production and living order." Shanghai Health Development Research Center, chief consultant, Fudan University School of Public **** Health Professor Hu Shanlian told Red Star News reporter, downward adjustment of the emergency response level and the national epidemic situation has improved. But it must be based on the epidemic situation, never put the cart before the horse, in order to resume production and downward adjustment of the emergency response level. Sichuan University, West China College of Public **** Health Professor, Chengdu Preventive Medicine Association President Zhang Jianxin: the current situation, the province's epidemic prevention and control work to achieve obvious results, the epidemic situation presents positive changes. However, the second generation, third-generation cases and family aggregation of outbreaks occurring more, with the resumption of work and return to work superimposed, prevention and control of the situation is still serious, still can not relax, blind optimism.
Chengdu reiterated the "two-point-one" mode of commuting
Chengdu City, the new crown pneumonia epidemic prevention and control headquarters epidemic prevention and control group also released on February 22, "on the reiteration of the epidemic prevention and control during the reduction of public gatherings of sexual activities notice", clearly put forward, epidemic prevention and control during the implementation of the organs, enterprises and institutions and other organizations of the main responsibility, the party and the public, the public and the public. and other organizations to implement the main responsibility of the party and government officials to take the main responsibility for their employees to achieve full-time management, requiring employees to implement the "two points, one line" mode of commuting to and from work during the epidemic and to reduce unnecessary gatherings.
So it is recommended that, in addition to going to work, or to minimize going out, reduce the frequency of crowded places; if you have to go out, please avoid gathering, and wear a mask throughout.