Abstract
In this study, the five-in-one community mass prevention and mass treatment group established in Wuhan to curb novel coronavirus outbreak in 2019 to 2020 is introduced. Various public health propaganda methods are used, including community loudspeakers and community bulletin boards. In the meantime, WeChat platform account named “Wuhan neighborhood on WeChat” is registered and opened, and a Group Chat on WeChat is created for grid management. A diversity of on-line and off-line countermeasures against the novel coronavirus outbreak are implemented via the WeChat platform: three-early measures (early discovery, early reporting, and early treatment), centralized management, community-based reporting, hierarchical diagnosis, and treatment system, isolation of mild patients at designated facilities, diagnosis and treatment appointment system for patients with fever, patient transferral in special vehicles, terminal disinfection at homes, psychological support and daily caring plan for special populations. This WeChat platform allows for an all-region, all-around, all-time and entire population-coverage control of novel coronavirus outbreak, with the extension and strengthening of health propaganda, guidance for seeking medical assistance, mass prevention and mass treatment, and health self-management among the community residents. Great effect has been achieved in novel coronavirus control so far. The five-in-one community management mode of Wuhan plus “Wuhan neighborhood on WeChat” plays an important role in relieving the shortage of health service resources and resolving the problem of limited service scope of professional medical staff in Wuhan, and ultimately contributes to the overall novel coronavirus control.
Highlights
The World Health Organization (WHO) declared the novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV) outbreak was a public health emergency of international concern (PHEIC) [1] [2] [3] on January 30, 2020
WeChat platform account named “Wuhan neighborhood on WeChat” is registered and opened, and a Group Chat on WeChat is created for grid management
This WeChat platform allows for an all-region, all-around, all-time and entire population-coverage control of novel coronavirus outbreak, with the extension and strengthening of health propaganda, guidance for seeking medical assistance, mass prevention and mass treatment, and health self-management among the community residents
Summary
The World Health Organization (WHO) declared the novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV) outbreak was a public health emergency of international concern (PHEIC) [1] [2] [3] on January 30, 2020. Chinese society pays close attention to the method and effect of community-based control of the novel coronavirus outbreak. Wuhan government has built the five-in-one community management structure and created the WeChat platform account named “Wuhan neighborhood on WeChat” for on-line and off-line grid management of the community residents. Through this WeChat platform, scientific and standardized health propaganda is carried out, and the residents are instructed on self-care and home quarantine. A good effect has been achieved with this combined approach in curbing the spread of novel coronavirus. A brief introduction is provided for this novel coronavirus control mechanism
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