On December 14, the Ministry of Education, the National Health Commission and the National Bureau of Disease Control and Prevention made a special deployment for efficient and coordinated epidemic prevention and control and examination organization, and made it clear that all regions should incorporate the examination and epidemic prevention of research and examination teams into the key work of the territorial joint prevention and control mechanism, and make overall research, deployment and promotion. Local education, health and disease control departments should closely cooperate with each other and jointly manage, realize the organic linkage between epidemic prevention and control and examination organization, implement the requirements for epidemic prevention in the detailed examination group, and spare no effort to achieve the work goal of "taking the examination as scheduled", "taking the examination as soon as possible", and "studying the examination safely". With regard to the overall consideration and current work progress of epidemic prevention in this year's research examination group, the three departments said that the national postgraduate entrance examination in 2023 would be held from December 24 to 26, 2022. After comprehensive research and judgment, the research and examination is a major gathering activity, and the research and examination site is a specific place. The examination staff and examinees should be fully tested for nucleic acid detection. The specific scheme is determined by the territory itself. How is the examination venue arranged? The three departments said that all localities should scientifically and accurately classify the examinee groups, scientifically delimit the examination areas and special channels according to the "one class, one policy" group examination mode, and the epidemic prevention requirements. In combination with the actual situation, nucleic acid negative examination venues, nucleic acid positive examination venues, and emergency disposal examination venues for sudden abnormalities such as abnormal temperature can be set up. The specific plan shall be formulated by the territory in combination with the actual situation. The three departments remind that all examinees and examination staff should do a good job of personal protection according to the local epidemic prevention and control requirements. Before entering the examination room, examinees must wear surgical masks or masks of higher level. After entering the examination room, they should adhere to personal protection and advocate wearing masks throughout the examination. Sufficient respirators, hand disinfectants and other protective equipment will be provided in the examination room, and at least one medical staff will be provided in each examination site. Before and after the examination, the examination room will be ventilated and disinfected, and the public areas such as elevator, toilet and staircase, as well as the frequently contacted parts such as door handles and elevator buttons, will be cleaned and disinfected at any time. In response to possible emergencies, all localities will take timely measures such as strengthening personal protection, increasing seat spacing in the examination room, increasing ventilation and disinfection in the examination room, and strengthening medical and health security in the examination site to minimize the risk of epidemic transmission. What are the measures to strengthen the examination safety management? According to the three departments, the security and confidentiality work of all examination halls adhere to unified standards and requirements, and are equipped with wireless signal shielding devices and monitoring equipment according to the standardized examination site specifications of the national education examination to ensure that there is no dead space for shielding and monitoring. When the examinee enters the examination site (venue), the examination staff shall conduct security inspection and identification for the examinee, and strictly prevent the examinee from carrying mobile phones and other communication devices into the examination site to cheat. All examination staff are strictly selected and trained, and a certain number of backup invigilators are provided. Examination institutions at all levels will strengthen supervision and inspection through online inspection, on-site inspection and other ways. Before the exam, local education departments will also cooperate with relevant departments such as public security, confidentiality and market supervision to carry out special actions such as cracking down on the sale of cheating equipment and organized cheating to purify the exam environment. (Outlook New Times)