As the New Year's Day holiday approaches, the personnel flow across the country will usher in a peak period. However, since December, the local  COVID-19 confirmed cases in Inner Mongolia, Sichuan, Heilongjiang, Beijing and other places have caused many people to worry: Will they be able to travel normally during the upcoming holidays? How to prevent the pandemic now? When can we be vaccinated? Let's take some information.

Keep in mind for self-protection during New Year's Day holiday

1. Reduce unnecessary travel

2. The method of staggered shifts should be adopted for people returning to hometown for Spring festival

3. The elderly, patients with chronic diseases, pregnant women and other people are not recommended to travel

4. Wear a mask throughout the whole travel and do hand hygiene well

5. Reduce the number of meals on trains, airplanes and other transportation, and keep travel tickets

6. Reduce unnecessary gathering activities

7. Prevent and control measures for gatherings of more than 50 people, and keep family gatherings to less than 10 people

8. If you have suspicious symptoms such as fever, dry cough, fatigue, etc., you should go to the nearest medical institution asap

Who is applicable for the COVID-19 vaccine?

1. The key populations to be vaccinated first:

(1) Workers engaged in the following industries with high risk of infection: cold-chain products import, port quarantine, vessel pilotage, aviation air service, fresh food market, public transportation, medical disease control

(2) Those who go to work and study in high-risk countries or regions

2. People who are among the eligible population:

As more and more vaccines are put into use,all of them will be vaccinated

3. People who are not suitable for vaccination:

Fever patients, patients with chronic disease, patients with acute disease, pregnant women, etc.

For the vaccine, these things should be noted:

Vaccination method:

(1) The vaccination sites and time will be announced by local government

(2) Set up temporary vaccination sites will be set up and on-site services will be arranged according to vaccination needs

*All vaccination sites will provide proof of vaccination against COVID-19

Precautions:

(1) Bring your ID card and make clear of your vaccine level

(2) Take the initiative to cooperate with the staff and tell them your physical condition

(3) After vaccination, stay in the hospital for observation for about 30 minutes

(4) It is not recommended to vaccinate the COVID-19 vaccine and HPV vaccine at the same time.

After vaccination:

Individual populations may have adverse reactions or coupling reactions

(1) Adverse reactions: including headache and fever, vaccinal areola, lumps, cough, loss of appetite, vomiting, diarrhea, etc.

(2) Coupling reaction: The vaccine recipient is in the incubation period or pre-onset stage of some diseases, and happens to be onset one second after vaccination.

Regarding the mutant virus, some questions are answered as follows:

(1) Has the mutant virus been imported into China?

At present, judging from the virus sequences obtained in my country, including viruses obtained from various sources such as imported personnel, goods, cold chain products, etc., no mutant virus has been imported. —— answered by Feng Zijian, deputy director of China Center for Disease Control and Prevention

(2) Will virus mutation affect the effectiveness of the vaccine?

The current research results show that the mutation of the COVID-19 is still in a normal range, and its impact on the vaccine effect has not been seen. —— answered by Wang Huaqing, Chief Expert of Immunization Program, China Center for Disease Control and Prevention

What is "environmental transmission" of viruses?

"Environmental transmission", also known as "material transmission", usually refers to objects that are contaminated with viruses. And humane are infected by touching these contaminated objects.

The "environmental transmission" of the COVID-19 needs to meet 3 conditions at the same time:

(1) he object is heavily contaminated

(2) The virus survives for a long time on the surface of the object

(3) Failure to take appropriate protective measures when contacting contaminated object

Don't be panicked, we shall beware:

(1) "Environmental transmission" is still a rare case in China and relatively rare

(2) Wear a mask and pay attention to hand hygiene when contacting potentially contaminated objects

The article is sourced form CCTV NEWS