Xinjiang reported 27 cases of measles cases and the Ministry of Health launched an emergency response plan

The Health Department of Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region revealed on the 30th that according to statistics, from January 1 to January 19 of this year, 27 cases of measles cases were reported in Xinjiang and the number of reported cases increased by 17.39% compared with the same period of last year.

Xinjiang Health said that the cases were mainly concentrated in Xinjiang Bayingol Mongolia Autonomous Prefecture, Urumqi, Aksu, Turpan, Kashgar and other places. The health department stated that the quality of the measles vaccine-enhanced immunization or reseeding and replanting activities in the above-mentioned individual areas is not high, and weak links exist in basic immunization, pre-diagnosis triage of medical institutions, and infection control in hospitals.

In response to this, Xinjiang’s health departments currently carry out surveillance on the external environment of poliovirus-associated virus in key areas, effectively reducing the occurrence of wild poliovirus (WPV) and vaccine-derived poliovirus (VDPV) and blocking their circulation in the population, avoiding Or reduce the occurrence of cases.

In addition, the Xinjiang Health Department requires all localities to further improve the contingency plans for epidemic outbreaks of polio and measles and make preparations in advance. Once the suspected cases of AFP and epidemic measles cases of polio have been discovered, they must respond quickly and take measures such as strengthening case treatment, controlling nosocomial infections, timely investigation reports, emergency vaccination and other related measures to prevent the spread and spread of the epidemic. For the townships (streets and communities) where there are more cases of measles target children, it is necessary to carry out the work of finding out and reimbursing the target children for measles vaccines to ensure that the target children's vaccination rate reaches more than 95%.