Weekly Epidemic Report (from August 10, 2020 to August 16, 2020)
From:Beijing Municipal Health Commission
Date:09/03/2020

  I. Epidemic overview

  During the 33rd week of 2020, there were a total of 865 cases of 13 kinds  of legal infectious diseases reported, and 3 cases died in the city. The top  five diseases with a large number of cases are Other Infectious Diarrhea,  Tuberculosis, Syphilis, Dysentery, and Viral Hepatitis, accounting for 90.9% of  the total number of cases of legal infectious diseases.

  II. Health tips for key epidemic situation

  Compared with last week, the number of reported cases of infectious  diseases this week dropped by 2.1%. Among them, cases of Other Infectious  Diarrhea increased by 13.2% from last week. The recent frequent rainfall, high  temperature and humidity, have caused rapid reproduction of disease-causing  microorganisms, increased opportunities for contamination in food processing,  storage, transportation, and sales. Meanwhile, there have been a corresponding  increase in the risk of intestinal infectious diseases. Intestinal infectious  diseases are commonly known as "diarrhea". The main manifestations are diarrhea,  nausea, vomiting, abdominal pain, loss of appetite, etc. Severe cases may suffer  from dehydration, and very few cases may even be in life-threatening danger. The  key to preventing intestinal infectious diseases is to manage "hands" and  "mouths". Citizens should pay attention to personal hygiene and family  environment. It is necessary to keep drinking water hygiene and safety, avoid  overeating, avoid eating spoiled food, and eating less raw and cold food. Before  eating seafood, you should cook or steam it thoroughly, and the food should be  processed separated from raw and cooked food. It is advised to reduce contact  with patients with diarrhea. If you have diarrhea symptoms, you should seek  medical treatment in a regular medical institution as soon as possible and do  not prepare food for others.

  The current outbreak of COVID-19 in Hong Kong and overseas countries is  still severe. The pressure of "defensing foreign import and internal rebound" is  increasing simultaneously. As the first person responsible for your own health,  citizens should insist on abiding by the rules and being responsible. It is  necessary to keep good habits for personal protection in daily life.

  The situation of the COVID-19 cases in our city could be found in the  epidemic information released by the Beijing Municipal Health Commission in  time.