With the aggravation and spread of the new coronal virus (2019 new coronary virus pneumonia) epidemic, the World Health Organization (WHO) decided to announce the public health incident (Public Health Emergerence of International Concern), which has constituted international concern. In other words,It has reached an emergency.This has also exacerbated the urgency of strengthening prevention and control measures from all over the world, and the public has also snapped up masks, resulting in out -of -stock stocks.
Singapore is no exception.As the new crown virus epidemic heats up, the government has distributed more than 5 million masks in the inventory to retail operators within nine days.Word.
The government has quickly introduced emergency measures, announcing that from today, it will send masks to about 1.3 million houses and private house families across the country from today. Each household can get four.At the same time, the authorities also called on the Chinese people to take the responsibilities of using masks to avoid affecting the operation of the overall medical system.Because the most needed masks are the medical staff at the forefront of the epidemic prevention, and patients who want to go to various hospitals or clinics.
The so -called responsible use of masks should include two layers of meaning under the current circumstances.One is that there is no illness. If you have a cold, you don't need to wear a mask; the second is that you must not hoard the mask.As of January 30, although there have been 13 new crown viruses in the local area, they are all input cases. That is to say, the patients have been from China, and no one has been discovered by people or communities so far.Overall, the epidemic is controlled.
In view of this, the authorities believe that Chinese people do not need to buy masks.However, due to social media influenced, there is a person in hand, and any information about the epidemic will be enlarged rapidly regardless of authenticity and cause psychological impact.Therefore, many people scrambled to buy a mask for two or three hours, and the supply and demand of the mask immediately became unbalanced.After all, the demand for masks is limited, and the general sales point cannot accumulate inventory for no reason.
When the inventory of retail stores is sold out in a short time, those who are anxious to buy may have panic.And some unscrupulous shops with inventory on hand will take the opportunity to increase the price and make a profit.At the critical juncture, there is no concentric to control the spread of the virus. Instead, it is robbed. Of course, it is very immoral and must be condemned and legal sanctions.Driven by panic psychology, the market naturally lost its rationality. The government intervention in time is correct. After sending a large number of masks to the market, it is still not effective, and immediately change the string.EssenceThis is worthy of praise.
In this case, we can only hope that Chinese people will restore calmness and rationality as soon as possible.But at the same time, the relevant parties still have to seek new sources of mask as soon as possible to ensure that the supply is sufficient to prevent the epidemic from worsening.Because the outbreak of new pneumonia has just begun, how the epidemic will develop is still unknown.And outside China, there have been virus rumors, which will definitely prompt more people to wear a mask defensively. Total parity cooperatives have expressed support for government measures and will find new sources.
In addition, we must prepare for community infection in the future as soon as possible.Once community infection occurs unfortunately, the demand for masks will increase.But mask supply is currently in a short time in the world.China, which accounts for half of the world, is not allowed to restore comprehensive production capacity in a short period of time due to long holidays.Therefore, we must be psychologically prepared, and the mask supply will return to normal worldwide. I am afraid it will take some time.In other words, we need to be very cautiously allocated and used in existing inventory.These inventory can be said to have become important strategic resources.If the whole people can use masks rationally, we can strive for more preparation time.
In addition to the use of masks rationally, in this extraordinary period, Chinese people must also try to be calm as much as possible, and learning to verify information is also extremely important, especially many information circulating on online and social media.The best way is to verify the website of the Ministry of Health and pay attention to the timely reports of mainstream media.The government must ensure that the news is smooth and unobstructed in a timely manner.New types of coronary virus pneumonia are used to prevent and control the government and the whole people.
