The fourth needle is coming. How to do it？ Authoritative response

　　According to the vaccination strategy, at present, all 13 vaccines approved for conditional marketing or emergency use can be used for the second booster immunization.

　　From the point of view of prevention, the second booster immunization is the fourth shot of vaccination in COVID-19 for most people. How to better cope with the infection of Omicron mutant by vaccination? From the perspective of treatment, the demand for post-infection drugs in Covid-19 has increased significantly. Is the production capacity sufficient? The expert responded.

　　It is suggested that the key population should be actively vaccinated with the fourth dose.

　　Xia Gang, director of the Department of Health and Immunity of the National Bureau for Disease Control and Prevention, said that under the severe and complicated epidemic prevention and control situation at this stage, high-risk groups such as the elderly continue to face the risk of infection. Therefore, the joint prevention and control mechanism in the State Council has recently further adjusted and improved the vaccination strategy in Covid-19. People with high risk of infection, elderly people over 60 years old, people with serious basic diseases and people with low immunity can receive the second dose of intensive immunization after completing the first dose for six months.

　　According to reports, the National Health and Wellness Commission is guiding local organizations to implement relevant work. The specific vaccination arrangements are arranged according to local specific work. Eligible people can actively vaccinate, take the initiative to vaccinate and vaccinate as soon as possible.

　　COVID-19 has sufficient drug production capacity.

　　"China’s COVID-19 therapeutic drug production capacity can meet the needs of patients." Zhou Jian, deputy director of the Consumer Goods Industry Department of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, said frankly that the number of patients has increased recently, the demand for drugs has surged, and some places and some varieties have been in short supply. At present, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology and other departments have promoted enterprises to quickly stabilize production and reach production capacity, increase the supply of key drugs in the market, guide rational, orderly and accurate delivery, and strive to alleviate the difficulty of purchasing drugs.

　　According to reports, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology has put the relevant production enterprises and key supporting enterprises into the "white list" management for the related drugs mentioned in the "novel coronavirus Diagnosis and Treatment Plan (Ninth Edition)" and "Guidelines for Intervention of Traditional Chinese Medicine for Infected Persons in Covid-19" to support enterprises to quickly enter the full production state. At the same time, it helps enterprises to formulate plans for increasing production and capacity through "one medicine and one policy", and tap existing production capacity and increase product output through technical transformation, new production lines and commissioned production. At the same time, organize accurate delivery, for example, organize large online pharmacies to develop online drug purchase platforms for patients, and timely distribute drugs to patients through real-name authentication and uploading antigen test certificates.

　　Make good use of the docking mechanism between communities and specialized medical institutions

　　The "New Ten Articles" emphasizes promoting the establishment of a docking mechanism between communities and specialized medical institutions to provide medical convenience for elderly people living alone, minors, pregnant women, disabled people and patients with chronic diseases. Is this passage unobstructed?

　　Gao Guangming, deputy director of the Medical Emergency Department of the National Health and Wellness Commission, said that in the process of deepening medical reform, China’s medical system has been actively promoting urban medical associations and county medical associations, and strengthening communication, coordination and interaction between medical resources. At present, in the three-level medical service system, the upper and lower referral channels are unblocked. Therefore, this docking mechanism has been established.

　　So, how to make good use of the established mechanism to better serve the diagnosis and treatment of COVID-19 patients? Gao Guangming said that after the implementation of the "New Ten Articles", patients with mild symptoms, asymptomatic and stable basic diseases are advised to have home treatment, and medical institutions provide rehabilitation guidance and psychological support for home staff through online and offline methods such as remote guidance and Internet medical care. For patients with severe illness and severe high-risk factors, they can go to designated hospitals for treatment. If the basic disease is serious and needs to be treated in general and specialized hospitals, you can contact the community health service institutions around you, and they can help you to refer, or you can go directly to the relevant medical institutions for treatment.

　　Transferred from People’s Daily