Highly contagious! Emergency reminder in many places!

　　recent days

　　Many disease control departments have issued reminders:

　　Winter is the most common season for chickenpox.

　　The disease is highly contagious.

　　The key to prevention is vaccination against varicella.

　　This is also the most economical and effective measure.

　　Chickenpox is known as "face to face biography"

　　Kindergartens and primary schools are prone to collective outbreaks.

　　Chickenpox is an acute respiratory infectious disease characterized by a rash caused by the initial infection of varicella-zoster virus.

　　The disease is highly contagious, and people are generally susceptible to chickenpox. About 90% of susceptible people get sick after contacting patients, commonly known as "face-to-face transmission", which is easy to cause outbreaks, especially in infants and school-age children.

　　Chickenpox has an acute onset, with symptoms such as fever, headache, fatigue, nausea and vomiting in the prodromal stage. After 1-2 days, a rash appears, with more on the trunk, less on the limbs, head and face, and less on the palms, soles and oral mucosa, which can be differentiated from hand, foot and mouth disease. Can be secondary to bacterial infection, pneumonia, encephalitis, hepatitis and other complications.

　　Chickenpox is a self-limited disease with a natural course of 7-10 days. After the disease, it can gain lasting immunity. Isolation treatment should be carried out after the illness, until the chickenpox and herpes are all dry and scabbed, or not less than one week after the illness.

　　Life-long immunity can be obtained after illness, sometimes the virus remains in the ganglion in a static state, and herpes zoster occurs after years of infection recurrence.

　　Vaccinate against chickenpox

　　Is the most effective means of prevention.

　　1. Vaccination can effectively prevent varicella caused by varicella-zoster virus infection. The main target of vaccination is susceptible to varicella at the age of 12 months and above. Generally, vaccination for about 2 weeks can play a protective role.

　　2 to carry out monitoring, strengthen the morning and afternoon inspection, kindergartens and schools found suspicious children should immediately take measures such as isolation, medical treatment, disinfection of supplies. Clear isolation period should be until all patients with varicella and herpes are dry and scabbed.

　　3. Teachers and staff should maintain good personal hygiene, and classrooms and dormitories should be well ventilated.

　　4. Clean and disinfect toys, personal hygiene products (cups, towels, etc.) and tableware; Disinfect activity rooms, bedrooms, classrooms, door handles, stair handrails, desktops, bathrooms, etc.

　　5. Publicity and education; Use radio, blackboard newspaper, gallery and other forms to publicize the knowledge of prevention and treatment of respiratory diseases and improve students’ awareness of self-protection.

　　Jiangsu can be vaccinated with varicella vaccine for free.

　　Chickenpox is an infectious disease caused by varicella-zoster virus, which can occur all year round and is highly contagious. In recent years, routine monitoring of infectious diseases shows that public health emergencies related to chickenpox account for more than 80% of all public health emergencies related to infectious diseases, and all of them occur in kindergartens and schools, seriously affecting children’s health and normal teaching and living order. At the same time, the chickenpox epidemic in kindergartens and schools is easy to spread to communities and families, resulting in a wider spread.

　　In order to effectively reduce the incidence of chickenpox, reduce the occurrence of public health emergencies caused by chickenpox, and prevent the cluster epidemic of chickenpox, with the consent of the provincial government, since January 1 this year, Jiangsu Province has included live attenuated chickenpox vaccine in children’s immunization program, and school-age children can be vaccinated with 2 doses of live attenuated chickenpox vaccine for free.

　　Routine immunization procedures are as follows:

　　The first dose was inoculated at the age of 12 to 18 months, and the second dose was inoculated at the age of 4. The interval between two doses of indirect inoculation is not less than 3 months.

　　All school-age children born after January 1, 2017, who are included in the management of Jiangsu Children’s Vaccination Information System and have lived for more than 2 months can be vaccinated free of charge.

　　Parents can bring their children to the vaccination clinic of the local community health service center for an appointment.

　　Synthesis: Jiangsu CDC and Nanjing CDC.