Can I take off my mask during the Dragon Boat Holiday? Academician Wang Chen responded

, Beijing, June 7 (Li Jingze) Dragon Boat Festival is about to come, Chinese officials have identified June 25-27 as the Dragon Boat Festival holiday. At
press conference held by the Press Office of the Chinese People's Daily, a reporter asked the experts: Can you take off your mask during the Dragon Boat Festival holiday?
" in general, China has achieved a phased, strategic prevention and control results, the occasion and appropriate crowd to remove masks is more and more. Wang Chen, vice president
Chinese Academy of Engineering, vice president
Chinese Academy of
, replied.
he said, for example, the current response level to public health emergencies in Beijing has been adjusted to three levels, "at this level, in fact, most people in most occasions can consider not wearing a mask."
reporters noted that the day of the meeting of journalists and staff generally wear masks. Wang Chen also added that to judge whether a mask needs to be worn according to different situations, and that masks are scientifically worn, "you should carry a mask with you in case of need." In addition, people working in hospitals and other closed places, medical personnel, community workers and other people in close contact with people, as well as chronically ill patients, the elderly and other high-risk groups, should also wear masks, respiratory symptoms should also take the initiative to wear masks.
the normal epidemic prevention and control work, Wang Chen admitted that to effective prevention and control and production and life to find a balance between. He cites the guidance issued by the
Joint Prevention and Control Mechanism, which focuses on five areas:
First, the emphasis on prevention, including "promoting the wearing of masks among the public", "strengthening the protection of vulnerable groups", "promoting the use of public chopsticks for public meals" and "smoking control and smoking cessation" and other specific measures;
2 is that once there are cases and outbreaks, we should respond effectively and promptly as soon as possible, implement "early detection, early reporting, early isolation, early treatment", and
3 is to highlight the prevention and control of key links, "especially in specific institutions such as hospitals, nursing homes, schools, such as the gathering of people, there are many vulnerable and high-risk groups, to give additional attention." Community is the key unit of prevention and control
, often the first place of epidemic spread, according to different epidemic situations and different community characteristics, appropriate work arrangements
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