Wednesday, April 22, 2020

Harbin's city lockdown measures

Reporter : Liu Xiju
Editor : Chen Haifeng
Source : China News Network
Ref : http://www.chinanews.com/sh/2020/04-22/9164117.shtml
Translation, editing : Gan Yung Chyan
                                  / KUCINTA SETIA

Image : YouTube screenshot.


On 22 April 2020, the reporter was informed that in order to firmly curb the spread of the epidemic, Harbin issued the "Opinions on Further Strengthening the Prevention and Control Measures of the Novel Coronavirus Pneumonia Epidemic", targeting the implementation of import cases prevention. Nine control methods include guarding the door, managing people well, and prohibiting gatherings.

Harbin  strictly controls the front end and establishes an information exchange mechanism with border inspection, customs, aviation, railway and other departments to ensure that the information of personnel arriving in the city from overseas and key epidemic areas in China is accurately grasped in the first place. Establish a "hand-to-hand" working mechanism, set up front-end bayonets at the airport and railways, and effectively implement centralized or home medical isolation observation measures to ensure that all key personnel entering Harbin are under full control, no virus leakage, no under-reported cases.

All persons entering Harbin outside the country and those entering the city from key epidemic areas in China will be managed in isolation in accordance with relevant national and provincial regulations. According to the domestic school epidemic prevention and control arrangements, overseas students and foreign teachers in Harbin are not allowed to return to institutions and schools before receiving the official opening notice.

In addition, the import and export cases of all villages and communities (residential communities) in the city must be managed by duty or mobile personnel on duty, insisting on "strict entry and wide exit", and personnel entering must "sweep Longjiang health code + temperature measurement + wear masks". Each village and residential community personnel and vehicles are prohibited to enter the non-villages and  non-residential communities. Express delivery, take-out, etc. are concentrated in the village, community (residential community) epidemic prevention card point, after disinfection by residents. If a fever patient goes out to see a doctor, a person in the village (community) should take personal protection and use a special vehicle to go directly to a hospital with a fever clinic.

In addition, Harbin also strictly guards against all kinds of gatherings. Taking households as a unit, each unit is strictly forbidden for urban and rural residents to visit relatives, come to the door, play cards, gather meals, and gather together. Guide the masses to self-discipline, self-management, and consciously resist family gathering activities. 

Strictly enforce the access requirements of  “sweeping Longjiang health code + temperature measurement + wearing masks” and take restrictive access to shopping malls, supermarkets, farmers ’markets and other crowded places. 

Control the number of people. Strengthen the management of parks and other places to prevent people from getting together. Marriages and funerals are not to be conducted. Arrange special guidance in the waiting halls, waiting rooms, security checkpoints of airports, railway stations, subway stations, highway passenger transport stations, and provide orderly guidance to passengers entering and leaving the stations. 

Buses in the city should arrange their services reasonably. Taxis should be cleaned and disinfected, and sharing is strictly prohibited. During epidemic prevention and control, various kinds of performances, events, forums, exhibitions and other large-scale events are suspended.

All confirmed cases, suspected cases, close contacts of asymptomatic infected persons, and close contacts of close contacts are all segregated, controlled and medically tested according to the personnel entering Harbin to ensure that there are no omissions. The 14-day full lockdown management will be implemented for the residential units of the confirmed cases, suspected cases, and asymptomatic infected persons. A sign will be set up in a prominent position of their residence, and the necessities of the sealed persons will be guaranteed by the communities (villages) where they live. All the blocked persons are tested with 2 nucleic acids and 1 serum antibody (IgM and IgG). Isolation at home should always be equipped with an electronic access control system.

 If any family member goes out without permission, the member will be transferred to a centralized observation point at his/her own expense. The isolation period will be recalculated within 14 days.

For newly diagnosed cases, suspected cases and asymptomatic infections newly discovered in the past 28 days, all public places where they have been visited should be fully disinfected.

The "Opinions" propose that for suspected symptoms such as fever (body temperature 37.3 ℃ and above), fatigue, dry cough, etc., faithfully and proactively reporting of cases evading, refusing, obstructing the staff to measure body temperature, checking the situation, quarantine must be reported. Prevention and control measures must be severely cracked down according to law otherwise violation constitutes a crime and the relevant personnel and unit will be held criminally responsible.

If the epidemic prevention and control measures are not in place and the epidemic spreads, the relevant personnel and units will be held accountable. It is necessary to preach the policy to Harbin overseas personnel, organize and guide the overseas and domestic key epidemic regions to come to Harbin to declare the relevant situation first. Continue to implement the mass report system. Anyone who reports and verifies that the report is true and whoever has not registered the case will be rewarded 3,000 yuan per person. Cases will be kept confidential.

Harbin actively promotes online appointment registration, diagnosis and treatment, and guides patients to seek medical treatment at non-peak times. Strictly implement the pre-examination, division and referral system, and establish a fixed channel. Strictly implement the responsibility system for the first consultation, especially for fever clinics, which should play a “sentinel” role in time, and “intercept” suspicious cases as soon as possible, so as to achieve early detection, early reporting, early isolation, and early treatment. Those who are hospitalized or treated in the six district hospitals in the main city of Harbin should have a nucleic acid test report within a week before accepting the consultation. Small outpatient clinics and small hospitals that do not meet the requirements for epidemic prevention are strictly forbidden to open for business.

All pharmacies should register the purchaser’s name, ID number, family detailed address, telephone number, name and quantity of the purchased drug, and implement the reporting responsibility for those who come to buy antipyretics, cough medicine, and antiviral drugs.

The old-age care institutions will continue to implement the regulations of no longer accepting newly admitted senior citizens, and prohibit anyone from visits.

Video : Harbin halts operation of hospital to disinfect because of infection cluster
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BNQPVLOiczo

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