Jilin 2022: Achieve social zero in one week! Can the lockdown be lifted after 14 days of social quarantine? How long will it take to be unblocked?

In recent days, the local epidemic in Jilin Province has attracted the attention of people from all walks of life, mainly because there are hundreds of confirmed cases every day. It is also a relatively serious local epidemic in the country after the Wuhan pneumonia. According to the latest news, Jilin achieved social zero in one week. Can Jilin be unsealed after 14 days of social zero? How long will it take to be unblocked?

1. How did Jilin achieve zero social contact in just one week?

On March 14, Jing Junhai, Secretary of the Jilin Provincial Party Committee, presided over a meeting of the Provincial Epidemic Prevention and Control Leading Group overnight. He stressed the need to resolutely fight the three major battles of full coverage of nucleic acid screening for all residents in Jilin City, full treatment of positive patients, and centralized isolation of close contacts, so as to achieve zero social contact within one week. After Xi'an achieved zero social cases, the number of confirmed cases gradually decreased, and the city also welcomed the good news of lifting the lockdown before the Spring Festival in 2022. Below is Dongguan Feng Chao's summary of the relevant information on social zero-clearance:

1. What does zero social contact mean in Jilin?

Social zero means that the spread of the epidemic in the community has been brought under control. Since then, all new confirmed cases or asymptomatic infections reported by Jilin have been found in centralized isolation areas. This is the only way to effectively control the epidemic. This is also a policy decision that our country has been implementing since the outbreak of the new coronavirus in the country.

2. How long will it take for Jilin’s social risk to be reduced to low risk after being cleared?

Generally, the risk can be reduced to low in about 14 days. Because after the social situation is cleared to zero, it means that the epidemic has been basically under effective control, and the cases reported subsequently are not found in the society, but usually come from centralized isolation points.

2. Can the lockdown be lifted after 14 days of social isolation? How long will it take to be unblocked?

The lockdown can generally be lifted 14 days after the social situation is cleared, but the specific situation depends on Jilin’s epidemic prevention and control arrangements. After the social situation is cleared, areas with negative nucleic acid tests will be downgraded to low risk, but will still be under control for about 7 days. Generally, the first condition for lifting the lockdown is to completely block community transmission, so before lifting the lockdown, we must first achieve zero social transmission. The following are the Jilin unblocking standards:

1.2022 Jilin Unblocking Standard Condition 1: Social Clearance

Once the Jilin epidemic is cleared socially, it means that the lockdown will not be long, because the epidemic has been effectively controlled.

2.2022 Jilin Unblocking Standard Condition 2: No new cases for 14 days

If Jilin has only sporadic confirmed cases within 14 days, it means that the hidden dangers of the epidemic have been almost eliminated, and areas with no new cases will be gradually liberated. According to the epidemic distribution map of Jilin Province, there are many confirmed cases in Jilin and Changchun.

3.2022 Jilin Unblocking Standard Condition 3: All staff tested negative for nucleic acid

Generally, before the lockdown is lifted, all employees will be tested for nucleic acid, and when the result comes out as negative, the lockdown management will be lifted.

4.2022 Jilin Unblocking Standard Condition 4: Comprehensive Disinfection of Epidemic Areas

Because the new coronavirus is very cunning, it is necessary to thoroughly disinfect communities where confirmed cases have occurred and test for the risk of the virus.

In general, Jilin Province has implemented a social zero-COVID policy for a week, and the lockdown can be lifted after 14 days of social zero-COVID, but the specific time of lifting the lockdown depends on official notification.