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    Flu ferocious! Bacheng outbreak in Guangdong in primary schools

    Guangzhou, parents have children at midnight to see the emergency department, the front actually arranged 90 numbers

    Source: Southern Metropolis Daily December 29, 2017 Revision: AA01 Author:

    Parents with cold children at midnight clinic, but in front of the row 90 numbers, reading may wait for five or six hours. Recently, Guangdong entered the high season of influenza with the number of outpatient clinics rising nearly 30%. The positive rate of influenza test rose nearly 5 times over the previous month. Provincial Health Commission said that the recent treatment of flu-like symptoms increased, higher than the same period in previous years, but the overall prevalence of the province is still within the expected range. The current epidemic is mainly seasonal influenza B virus, the recent outbreak of campus flu outbreak increased, mainly in primary schools.

    Children see the emergency cold at night

    In front of actually ranked number 90

    "There are 90 numbers in front, reading about five or six minutes." More than 11 pm on December 27, Ms. Chiu with a cold child to Guangzhou Women and Children Medical Center, late at night hospital registration has been lined up Changlong, finally row on the number, she found there are 90 numbers in front, due to a doctor temporarily busy rescue, leaving a doctor to see the doctor may have to wait for five or six hours after the follow-up also continued to have parents with Children came to the hospital, "Many children are posted antipyretic stickers, runny nose, queuing and other registration process, there are children directly vomiting."

    "See an emergency to wait for three hours." Chow recently with a cold child, pray to the hospital in midnight Panzhihua emergency and found the hospital is full of children, "usually not so many people at night."

    Shenzhen also appeared in a similar situation. 4 o'clock yesterday afternoon, the Southern reporter visited Shenzhen Children's Hospital found that this time the hospital overcrowded, emergency patients have to wait 4 hours. Hospital staff, the recent Shenzhen Children's Hospital daily emergency volume reached 7,000 passengers. Recently, the high incidence of influenza and rotavirus, so the number of children coming to the clinic increased significantly.

    Mr. Zhang, a resident of Lo Wu, said that when he was one and a half years old and had a high fever, he went to see the MCH hospital in Luohu District. Usually, the number of hospital personnel is not too large. However, after the number was taken that day, 90 people were waiting in the emergency. So Mr. Zhang brought the child home and took the child to the hospital in the afternoon.

    Guangzhou Women's Center:

    Flu test positive rate increased nearly 5 times

    Yesterday, Southern reporter visited Guangzhou Women's Center found that from the pediatric fever clinic to explore the Corridor corridor benches, filled with parents and children. Many children are posted on the forehead fever stickers.

    "We all have a cold, the child has been fever for 5 days, keep coughing," a parent said. Another parent said that two-thirds of children in a class in a child's kindergarten are ill. Another woman said that this was the second hospital she brought her with her child. "My baby's throat has been inflamed 10 days and had a fever every other day."

    He Liya, director of pediatric outpatient department at Guangzhou Women and Children's Medical Center, recently reported that there was a marked increase in influenza cases in this hospital. Compared with the first ten days of December, the positive rate of influenza test increased 2-3 times. Compared with the previous month, the flu test The positive rate rose nearly 5 times. The outpatient volume rose nearly 30% and the doctor was overloaded. The main cases of influenza B-based.

    Guangzhou primary school more than 50 students sick

    4 classes emergency closure

    There is also a primary school suspension in Guangzhou because of an increase in flu. Royal Ascot Primary School Teacher Liu told Southern Metropolis Daily reporter, in recent days, after another, some students have a cold, of which the first grade of 5 classes up to nearly 20. Ill students have fever, cough and other cold symptoms, some students have other symptoms.

    Department of Disease Control and Prevention, Tianhe District, said Kuang Zhiming, from its rapid transmission, the wide point of view, initially identified as a flu, but the specific test report has not yet released. He said it is estimated that a total of more than 50 students in Surinam Primary School are sick and this is a more serious case in Tianhe District this year. The school a total of 4 classes more than 150 students emergency closure.

    Some parents said that although her daughter's class was not suspended, but the child a little fever, but also leave. The school's festival, originally scheduled for Friday, was postponed.

    Official response

    Provincial CDC: The public need not panic

    According to the information released by the National Influenza Center, at present, the influenza activities in the southern and northern provinces of China are all at the seasonal level and continue to show upward trend. At present, the influenza viruses detected are mainly B type. Guangzhou CDC said that at present, both the north and the south of the country have entered the high incidence of influenza season and the situation in Guangzhou is similar to that of the whole country. Up to now, no serious cases of death were found.

    Provincial Health Commission and the provincial CDC response, from the flu surveillance in Guangdong Province, Guangdong Province recently reported the number of flu outbreaks is indeed higher than the previous five-year level, most of them caused by influenza B, accounting for more than Jiucheng. The viral subtype of the autumn-winter flu epidemic converted from the A (H3N2) subtype from March to August to the current B (Yamagata) type. Disease control experts explained that influenza B virus easily lead to the outbreak of collective units such as schools. From the current surveillance situation, the outbreak of influenza are in schools, and mainly primary schools
    , the proportion of outbreaks in the total close to Bacheng, is the prevention and control of the epidemic situation.

    Provincial Center for Disease Control and Prevention experts believe that the current epidemic of influenza virus subtype is currently in the normal epidemic of influenza in the normal transition period, the monitoring system did not find the spread of influenza virus in transmission, severity and resistance mutations, the clinical manifestations of influenza The main cause of mild illness, no cases of severe cases and deaths since winter report, the overall flu prevalence in the province is still within the expected range, the public need not panic.

    Experts judged that the level of flu activity in January 2018 will remain at a relatively high level and the prevention and control of epidemics will focus on collective units such as schools.

    Expert Weapon

    The right way to prevent flu

    As the crowd is generally susceptible to influenza virus, people should raise their awareness of disease prevention and self-care. Provincial disease control experts suggest:

    ● To maintain adequate sleep, a balanced diet, exercise.

    ● develop good personal hygiene habits such as washing hands frequently and not spitting.

    ● Minimize populated public places and clean and ventilated home.

    ● Encourage elderly, children and infirm persons to vaccinate their local vaccination clinics early to reduce the incidence of severe illness.

    ● If family members have flu symptoms, wear masks to prevent passing on to other family members, and try to rest at home while avoiding crowded places and cloudy places. If symptoms continue to develop promptly seek medical attention.

    ● The most important measures taken by schools to prevent and control influenza are to implement a daily health examination system and implement a system for tracking absenteeism and etiology.

    Written: Southern Reporter Yang Guangxia Wang Daobin Su Helun Li Rong Ou Wei He Ruyan

    Intern Chung Shuang correspondent Yue Wei letter Cantonese Kang letter

    "Safety and security don't just happen, they are the result of collective consensus and public investment. We owe our children, the most vulnerable citizens in our society, a life free of violence and fear."
    -Nelson Mandela

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    Translation Google

    Medical emergency flu-like cases are mostly


    2018-01-08 09:21 Source: Southern Metropolis Daily

    Southern Metropolis Press Wang Daobin Ma Hui 2018's first cold is about to kill, and the relatively cold weather, letting people living in confined space increased the risk of influenza infection. Reporters yesterday (7) learned from the major hospitals in Guangzhou City that since the end of last year, Guangzhou, like other brother cities in the country, has entered the high winter flu season. It is reported that this round of popular for the B-type influenza, the general public, especially kindergartens and primary and secondary school students with flu-like symptoms (fever with cough or sore throat), should be home isolation.

    Hospital: The number of children with flu increases several times

    The reporter learned from the Guangzhou Women and Children's Center that starting from the middle of last month, the Department of Internal Medicine, Respiratory, Infectious Diseases and other related departments began to feel flu-like, increased cases of upper respiratory tract infection. Clinically detected influenza-positive children increased several times more than usual. The number of outpatient departments related departments also began to surge.

    The same situation in the South Hospital, Second Hospital of Guangdong Medical, Second People's Hospital of Guangdong Province also appeared. It is reported that the flu epidemic in Guangzhou this winter is different from the influenza A flu last summer. It is mainly type B influenza. However, the clinical manifestations of different types of influenza are similar, the same prevention and control measures. According to the National Influenza Center, there is no variation in the prevalence of influenza virus transmission, disease severity and drug resistance.

    Student: Flu vaccination rate is less than 1%

    Disease control experts said the shortest incubation period of flu hours, up to 4 days, usually 1-3 days to highlight chills, fever, headache, dizziness, body aches, fatigue and other symptoms may be accompanied by sore throat, dry cough , Runny nose, tears and other respiratory symptoms.

    Flu is currently active in Guangzhou, the overall population risk of infection is high. Taking into account the recent large temperature changes in day and night, poor resistance were susceptible to influenza virus. The data show that the influenza vaccination rate of Guangzhou students population less than 1%, failed to form an effective immune barrier, collective units susceptible to influenza aggregation events.

    Public health experts said the common measures for influenza prevention and control include keeping good habits, strengthening physical activity, washing hands frequently, avoiding staying up late, and ensuring adequate sleep; maintaining ventilation in the home and keeping the indoor air fresh. Flu period of high incidence, try not to crowded, cloudy places. Once the flu-like symptoms to timely medical treatment, try to rest at home. Access to public places to wear masks to prevent the transmission of others.

    Academician Zhong Nanshan:

    B-based flu, there is no particularity

    At present, it is the period of high incidence of influenza. Zhong Nanshan, member of the Chinese Academy of Engineering, said in an interview with the media that the current situation of seasonal flu is similar to that of the whole province. All of them are type B and there is no particularity.

    "In a season where the flu season is high, there are several issues to be aware of, and to reduce outdoor activities when the haze is greater, places with high levels of flu, such as in schools, for example in public places, should pay special attention to prevention If you have five or more children in your head who have flu and want to thoroughly clean the classroom, you should reduce the chance of infection. "

    Zhong Nanshan also warned that from January to March is the high incidence of H7N9 bird flu, the government and medical institutions should deploy as soon as possible to prevent it.

    Edit: Yu Meng

    南方教育频道为南方网、南方新闻网属下子频道,为华南区最权威的教育报道媒体。下设教育资讯、高考、中考、公务员、院校风采、就业求职、留学移民、在线调查等栏目。
    "Safety and security don't just happen, they are the result of collective consensus and public investment. We owe our children, the most vulnerable citizens in our society, a life free of violence and fear."
    -Nelson Mandela

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