Explanation of terms for epidemic prevention and control
The new coronavirus is coming fiercely. All parties have gathered to support Hubei and are united to support the economy. All sectors of society are fully committed to this must-win battle to prevent and control the epidemic. During the epidemic prevention and control period, words such as epidemic prevention, epidemic control, war against epidemic, anti-epidemic, quarantine, and epidemic control appeared frequently. Here is a brief analysis of related words.
——Epidemic prevention: "Modern Chinese Dictionary" explains: "Prevention of infectious diseases." This word focuses on "prevention", especially for areas with less epidemic risk and healthy people, prevention is the first bit. "Epidemic prevention" is generally used in the overall work of preventing and controlling the new coronavirus epidemic.
—— Epidemic control: Control means "control", especially in places where the epidemic is discovered, focusing on controlling the epidemic within a controllable range, such as Wuhan's "city closure" and other measures, focusing on For epidemic control, "preventing internal spread and preventing external import" is mainly aimed at epidemic control.
——War Epidemic: This is a word that came into being during the epidemic. "War" can be paired with many challenging things, and it means taking the initiative to fight against the epidemic, such as "War for Hongtu" . In addition, the homophony of "war epidemic" and "battle" can more vividly highlight the tension and urgency of epidemic prevention and control, so it is widely used by the media.
——Anti-epidemic: Similar to "war epidemic", this is also a word that came into being during the epidemic. "Anti" means to resist or resist, such as "flood fighting and rescue" and "earthquake relief" Etc. Compared with the active meaning of "war", "resistance" has a somewhat passive meaning, which is more tragic and difficult. At the height of the COVID-19 epidemic, the media often used this word when reporting on the frontline battles of medical workers.
——Quarantine: "Modern Chinese Dictionary": "Preventive measures taken to prevent the spread of infectious diseases domestically and internationally. Such as inspection of people, goods, ships, etc. coming from infectious areas "Cihai" explains in more detail: "A measure to prevent the spread of certain infectious diseases within the country and internationally includes: (1) Quarantine of contacts from the last contact with the patient. Starting from one day, according to the maximum incubation period of the disease, medical observation or isolation, stay for examination, or other necessary prevention and control measures shall be taken; (2) Epidemic prevention in the epidemic area shall be conducted to inspect people entering and leaving the epidemic area, and if necessary, they shall be prohibited from entering or exiting the epidemic area. ; (3) Border health quarantine. In order to prevent the introduction of diseases from abroad and domestically, medical inspections, health inspections and necessary sanitary treatments are carried out on inbound and outbound ships, aircraft, vehicles, transportation employees, passengers, luggage, cargo, etc. Quarantine agencies are located at international shipping ports, airports and stations. The internationally regulated infectious diseases are plague, cholera and yellow fever, and the "Frontier Health Quarantine Law of the People's Republic of China" monitors diseases such as AIDS. Article 3 of the latest revised version on December 29, 2007 stipulates: “The infectious diseases specified in this law refer to quarantine infectious diseases and surveillance infectious diseases. Quarantine infectious diseases refer to plague, cholera, yellow fever and other infectious diseases determined and announced by the State Council. Other infectious diseases. Monitoring of infectious diseases shall be determined and announced by the health administration department of the State Council.” It can be seen that the explanation of “Cihai” is still very professional. At present, the epidemic situation in China has been effectively controlled, prevention of imported cases has become a focus, and quarantine is the top priority.
——Covering the epidemic: During the prevention and control of the new coronavirus epidemic, "controlling the epidemic according to law" is a word that is often mentioned. Treatment here does not mean disease treatment, but "governance and management", which means that all epidemic prevention and control matters must be based on laws and be handled in accordance with the law.
Although the meanings are similar, mastering the subtle differences in words can better and accurately convey the characteristics of epidemic prevention and control, which is worthy of careful analysis and use.