This winter and next spring, there may be the risk of superimposed epidemics of new crown and influenza and other respiratory infectious diseases, and influenza vaccination should be done well
Tianshan Net News (Reported by Reporter Su Luping) On the evening of September 13, the Information Office of the People's Government of the Autonomous Region held a press conference on epidemic prevention and control. At the meeting, Chen Tao, deputy director of the Autonomous Region Center for Disease Control and Prevention and an associate researcher in disease control, answered questions from reporters. In the summer of this year, some provinces in southern my country have experienced a peak of influenza epidemics in summer. This winter and next spring, there may be the risk of superimposed epidemics of respiratory infectious diseases such as the new crown and influenza. It is necessary to do a good job of influenza vaccination. Influenza is a vaccine-preventable disease. The 2022 version of the Technical Guidelines for Influenza Vaccination in China recommends timely vaccination of the following key and high-risk groups: medical personnel, including clinical treatment personnel, public health personnel, and health quarantine personnel; large-scale events Participants and security personnel; vulnerable groups and employees in crowd gathering places such as elderly care institutions, long-term care institutions, and welfare homes; people in key places, such as nursery institutions, teachers and students in primary and secondary schools, etc.; other high-risk groups of influenza, including 60-year-olds Household seniors and older, children 6 months to 5 years old, people with chronic diseases, family members and caregivers of infants under 6 months of age, and pregnant women. Doing a good job in the prevention of influenza, a major infectious disease in autumn and winter, can minimize the interference of respiratory infectious diseases such as influenza that may appear this winter and next spring on the prevention and control of the new crown pneumonia epidemic.