The State Council prevention and control mechanism responded that these three groups of people are at greater risk of severe disease from the new crown

The joint prevention and control mechanism of the State Council held a press conference at 15 o'clock on November 29, and the responsible comrades of the National Health Commission, the relevant departments and bureaus of the National Disease Control Administration and experts from the Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention will attend the press conference to introduce the implementation of prevention and control measures, effectively grasp the handling of the epidemic, and answer questions from the media
.

 

Xinhua News Agency: From the existing research, what kind of population is at greater risk of severe disease progression?

 

Guo Yanhong, Director of the Department of Medical Emergency of the National Health Commission: From the practice of clinical treatment of new coronary pneumonia, there are several groups with severe disease tendency: First, the elderly
.
Older people over the age of 60 are at risk of severe illness after contracting the new coronavirus
.
The elderly over 80 years old are at high risk of
severe disease.
Therefore, we have elderly families and nursing institutions should be more likely to prevent the risk of infection, and when an epidemic occurs, nursing institutions should take effective measures to prevent the elderly from being infected
.
At the same time, the elderly should also wear masks, wash hands frequently, ventilate frequently, and do not gather these effective personal protection measures
.
Second, patients
with underlying medical conditions.
In clinical practice, people with underlying diseases, especially cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases, respiratory diseases, tumors, chronic renal insufficiency and other underlying diseases, are at higher risk of severe disease after infection with the new coronavirus
.
This also suggests that while treating new crown pneumonia, we should pay more attention to the treatment
of underlying diseases.
Third, the unvaccinated population
.
Vaccination can effectively reduce the risk of severe disease and death, we recommend that people who have no contraindications and are eligible for vaccination, especially the elderly, should be vaccinated as soon as possible, and those who meet the conditions for booster vaccination should be vaccinated
as soon as possible.

 

In the next step, we must strengthen the construction of designated hospitals, especially to improve the comprehensive treatment capacity and multidisciplinary diagnosis and treatment level, and improve the ability of
severe treatment.