Is there a vaccine for norovirus in Yichang? )

Norovirus cannot be prevented by vaccine.

How can individuals and families prevent it?

-Maintain good hand hygiene.

Maintaining good hand hygiene is the most important and effective measure to prevent norovirus infection and control norovirus transmission. Wash your hands properly before meals, after defecation and before processing food, and rinse with soap and tap water for at least 20 seconds. Note: Disinfecting paper towels and hands-free disinfectants are ineffective against Norovirus and cannot replace hand washing.

-Pay attention to personal food hygiene.

Drink boiled water, thoroughly clean vegetables and fruits, and cook food, especially shellfish and other seafood.

Family isolation during illness

Patients should be isolated at home or in hospital according to their illness until 3 days after the symptoms completely disappear, and those who are positive for norovirus but have no symptoms of infectious diarrhea should be isolated at home for 3 days. Patients should wash their hands frequently, maintain hand hygiene, and try not to have close contact with other healthy family members, especially not to cook or take care of the elderly and children.

-Do a good job in disinfection.

The environment and articles contaminated by patients' vomit or feces need to be disinfected with chlorine-containing preparations. Wear plastic gloves and masks when cleaning up articles contaminated by vomit to avoid direct contact with pollutants. The patient's family environment should also be disinfected according to the guidance of medical staff to avoid spreading in the family.

Don't worry too much after you get sick.

Diarrhea caused by norovirus is generally mild, with short duration and good prognosis. Patients should have a full rest and a light diet.

How to prevent and control kindergartens, schools and other collective units?

-Do a good job in publicity.

Do a good job in health education of norovirus infection, advocate good health habits and eating habits, and advocate students to actively exercise and improve their immunity; Use a variety of ways to publicize the knowledge of norovirus infection prevention and control.

-Strengthening management and training.

Strengthen the management of drinking water and food hygiene, and provide vomit and environmental disinfection methods and infectious disease knowledge training to kindergartens and other schools.

-Formulating plans for prevention and control of infectious diseases and emergency plans.

Schools and kindergartens should formulate plans and emergency plans for the prevention and control of infectious diseases, and conscientiously implement the systems of physical examination of faculty and staff in the afternoon and afternoon, registration and tracking of absence due to illness, verification system for resumption of classes, and epidemic report of infectious diseases.

-Do a good job in ventilation and disinfection.

Schools/kindergartens should be equipped with sufficient disinfection materials and personal protective equipment, and regularly ventilate, clean and disinfect public places and key parts in the campus/garden.

-Isolate patients in time.

When a student/child vomits, the teaching teacher should immediately evacuate other students/children, report to the school doctor/garden doctor, and cooperate with the school doctor/garden doctor and the cleaning staff to regulate the vomit. At the same time, isolate the sick students/children separately, and inform parents to take them to see a doctor or go home to rest. The patient can't resume classes until 3 days after the symptoms disappear. Patients who are engaged in service jobs such as food processors, nursing workers and kindergarten nurses will return to work after 3 days of symptoms.

-report the epidemic situation in time

School doctors/garden doctors should report the epidemic situation to the local health department and the primary and secondary health centers within their jurisdiction in time after the outbreak, and carry out further data submission and case management according to the guidance of professionals.