Wu Zunyou and others talk about the normalization of campus epidemic prevention

 Editor : Zhang Yanling / Publisher : China News Network

Ref : http://www.chinanews.com/sh/2020/09-11/9288921.shtml 

Translation, editing : Gan Yung Chyan, KUCINTA SETIA

Covid cases in Beijing education institutions appear to be a major concern recently although the CCP media did not report about the actual cases in these institutions and schools even if these have to do with imported cases that involve Chinese students returning from overseas.

Since 15 August 2020, Beijing started the work of returning to school in autumn. More than 500,000 college students have returned to campus, and the higher education institutions in Beijing have gradually restored the order of education and teaching. At the same time, the normalization of campus epidemic prevention and control has also aroused widespread concern. 

Is it necessary "not to leave school unless necessary?" How to implement "relatively closed management"? Today, the Beijing Education Department invited Wu Zunyou, Chief Epidemiology Expert of the China Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Di Tao, Deputy Secretary of the Beijing Municipal Education Working Committee, and Zhao Gang, Deputy Secretary of the Beijing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, as guests on the "Teacher Please Answer" TV program to respond to the university campus' s hot topics in the normalization of epidemic prevention and control.

Understand from a scientific point of view "not to leave school unless necessary"

At present, public facilities such as movie theaters and subways have resumed operations. Why do we advocate that college students "not go out of school unless necessary"?

Wu Zunyou said that since January, especially in June and July, there have been sudden clusters of epidemics in Beijing, Dalian, and Xinjiang. In fact, various prevention and control measures are being implemented, so "we cannot guarantee that it will not happen again in the future. , Can only ensure early detection after the occurrence, and control the scale to a minimum."

Wu Zunyou said that the majority of students follow the education department and the school’s “no need to leave school” regulations, which is very conducive to epidemic control. He suggested that everyone understand this policy from a scientific point of view and from the perspective of assuming social responsibility.

Turn "not to leave school unless necessary" into a conscious effort

Di Tao believes that advocating "unnecessary not going out of school" is a kind of self-discipline for students.

He said that the prevention and control of colleges and universities is different from that of communities and primary and secondary schools. The biggest feature of colleges and universities is collective life, where students eat and live together. To minimize the risk is to reduce the possibility of contracting the virus from the source. This is also the basic consideration for advocating "non-essentially not leaving school."

He emphasized that, as a contemporary college student, living on campus, hygiene and health are both personal and collective issues, school issues and national issues, and college students should take the initiative to take the initiative to maintain the current hard-won good situation. , On the basis of self-discipline, turn "non-necessary not going out of school" into a consciousness.

Di Tao said, judging from the recent actual situation of Beijing college students returning to campus, teachers and students generally understand and support the school’s prevention and control measures. There is a rigid and one-size-fits-all phenomenon in the implementation of policies for individual schools. Schools have been required to put themselves in to experience the lives of students, dynamically adjust prevention and control measures, and at the same time fully communicate to form a consensus between teachers and students.

The advocacy of "not to leave school unless necessary" is based on law

 Is it illegal to advocate "not to leave school unless necessary"?

Wang Chenguang, a professor at Tsinghua University School of Law, said that the country has not yet lifted the prevention and control of the new crown virus pneumonia, which is the "emergency phase" in legal terms. Now it has only entered a new stage of prevention and control, and sporadic, small areas, and regional epidemics. The outbreak may still exist. Therefore, prevention and control cannot be taken lightly.

"This also indicates that we are still in a special state of emergency." He said that in the state of emergency, there must be some measures that are different from the general and normal state. These measures will restrict certain freedoms of people, but they have legal basis. . For example, masks must be worn on high-speed trains and airplanes, and there is strict immigration control, because the epidemic situation in other overseas countries is still very serious. These are all realities. For example, certain social life, cultural entertainment, and sports activities have been restored in the country, but at the same time there will be some prevention and control restrictions. It is necessary to sit in separate places and control the number of people. This is to prevent the recurrence of the epidemic. Therefore, all measures to prevent and control the epidemic are based on law. Of course, schools also need more refined and flexible measures.

Minimize the impact on students' normal life

 "Don't leave school unless necessary". How does the school guarantee the daily needs of students?

Zhao Gang, deputy secretary of the Party Committee of Beijing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, introduced that the school currently uses the approval system to exit the school.

"The so-called 'necessary' and 'unnecessary', after repeated discussions, such as student medical treatment, interviews, haircuts, etc., these are very reasonable." He said that the student approval process is very simple, installing a small application into the mobile phone to complete the needs. Submitting the filled-in content and receiving a reply within ten minutes.

Traveling on National Day, but be protected

Is it possible to go out during the "November" holiday? Wu Zunyou believes that work has resumed and production has resumed and a normal life has been fully restored. Everyone can go out and play. But be very careful in this process.

In addition, on 3 September, the resumption of direct international flights from Beijing has started. Does this also mean that many international students, including foreign teachers and teachers and students stranded abroad, can also return to school?

Di Tao said that the Beijing education system will follow Beijing’s unified requirements to conduct intensive observation of immigrants for 14 days and conduct two nucleic acid tests. Specific to the school, it is necessary to transfer to the school's health observation point for 7 days of health monitoring. The most important thing is to implement all the specific requirements for epidemic prevention.