I. Epidemic overview

During the 43rd week of 2022, there were a total of 1150 cases of 14 kinds of legal infectious diseases reported, and 3 cases died in Beijing. The top five diseases with a large number of cases are Influenza, Tuberculosis, Other Infectious Diarrhea, COVID-19, and Viral Hepatitis, accounting for 78.4% of the total number of cases of legal infectious diseases.

II. Health tips for key epidemic situation

This week, the number of reported cases of legal infectious diseases in Beijing decreased by 6.28% compared with last week, and was generally at a low level. Respiratory infectious diseases and intestinal infectious diseases were the main reported diseases, the cases of which accounted for 41.8% and 15.0% of the reported number, respectively.

At present, the epidemic prevention and control in Beijing is facing double risks at home and abroad, and the general public should continue to enhance their awareness of protection. First, citizens should avoid traveling to medium- or high-risk areas and counties (cities, districts, banners) where local epidemics occur within 7 days. Second, personnel entering and returning to Beijing should strictly implement the related epidemic prevention policy, take the initiative to report to relevant departments such as communities, units, hotels, etc., conduct 2 tests for 3 days after arriving in Beijing, complete a nucleic acid test within 24 hours of arriving in Beijing, and another nucleic acid test after an interval of 24 hours and within 72 hours. The relative persons should avoid going out before receiving the negative result, and avoid gatherings, or going to crowded places within 7 days. The third is to insist on wearing masks, washing hands and ventilating frequently, gathering less, maintaining a safe social distance, and cooperating with normal prevention and control measures such as showing health code, temperature measurement, checking 72-hour nucleic acid negative result before entering communities (villages), market, malls, places for entertainment and fitness and other public places . Fourth, personnel with risk should enhance their awareness of active reporting. It is necessary to report to their communities (villages) and other relevant departments in a timely manner, truthfully report personal information and travel trajectories when accepting investigation, and cooperate with various prevention and control measures. Fifth, people during centralized quarantine, home quarantine, or home health monitoring should perform personal epidemic prevention responsibilities, strictly abide by various epidemic prevention regulations. If there are positive cases appeared at the centralized quarantine place during the isolation period, other persons there should not gather for meals, or go to crowded places within 7 days after the quarantine. Persons during home quarantine, or home health monitoring as well as their cohabitants, should stay at home, cooperate with nucleic acid testing, and health monitoring. Once fever, dry cough, fatigue, loss of smell and taste and other symptoms appear, patients should not buy or take medicine. It is necessary to immediately report to the community and cooperate with corresponding control measures. Sixth, the transferred patients should wear N95 or KN95 medical protective masks and gloves, keep a safe distance from others, get on and off the bus in an orderly manner, and sit at intervals to avoid the risk of epidemic transmission throughout the transfer process.

To learn the situation of the COVID-19 cases in Beijing, please check the epidemic information released by Beijing Municipal Health Commission in time.