Chinanews.com, December 12 -- The State Council Information Office held a regular briefing on the policies of the State Council on the 28th to introduce the "Guiding Opinions on Promoting the High-quality Development of Disease Prevention and Control". Zhang Guoxin, director of the Comprehensive Department of the National Bureau of Disease Control and Prevention, said at the meeting that the National Bureau of Disease Control and Prevention will comprehensively promote the construction of an intelligent multi-point trigger infectious disease monitoring and early warning system, focusing on four aspects: improving the system and mechanism, expanding monitoring channels, standardizing assessment and early warning, and improving professional capabilities.
Zhang Guoxin revealed that at present, China has established an online direct reporting system for notifiable infectious diseases and public health emergencies, covering 8,4 medical and health institutions across the country, and has carried out active surveillance of key infectious diseases such as plague, polio, malaria, and influenza all year round. In particular, in the face of the new crown epidemic and acute respiratory diseases, the National Bureau of Disease Control and Prevention has expanded and formed 10 monitoring subsystems, including sentinel hospital monitoring, virus mutation monitoring, and urban sewage monitoring, carried out a pilot project for multi-pathogen monitoring of acute respiratory diseases, and set up 4 types of risk signals, scientifically studied and judged the monitoring results, and reported and released early warning information in a timely manner, so as to provide strong technical support for effective epidemic prevention and control.
Zhang Guoxin said that in the "Guiding Opinions on Promoting the High-quality Development of Disease Prevention and Control" issued this time, it is emphasized that it is necessary to improve monitoring and early warning capabilities. The National Bureau of Disease Control and Prevention will comprehensively promote the construction of an intelligent multi-point trigger infectious disease monitoring and early warning system as required, focusing on four aspects.
The first is to improve the system and mechanism. Establish and improve systems for monitoring, risk assessment, and early warning of infectious diseases, clarify the work responsibilities of relevant departments and the operational responsibilities of disease control institutions and medical institutions, and further improve working mechanisms such as multi-departmental information sharing and consultation, medical prevention coordination, and peaceful emergency conversion.
The second is to expand monitoring channels. On the basis of optimizing the existing epidemic monitoring and reporting system, improve the monitoring system for clinical symptoms, pathogenic microorganisms, vectors and environmental factors of infectious diseases, build a coordinated monitoring system between departments, unblock channels for public participation, pay close attention to changes in the global epidemic situation of infectious diseases, and carry out monitoring work from multiple sources.
The third is to standardize assessment and early warning. Improve the workflow for risk assessment, warning information notification and early warning decision-making, carry out routine and thematic risk assessments, promptly report and publish epidemic information and health risk reminders, and put forward early warning decision-making suggestions in a timely manner.
Fourth, improve professional ability. Strengthen the construction of professional personnel, and accelerate the improvement of laboratory pathogenic microorganism detection, genome sequencing and bioinformatics analysis capabilities. Establish and improve the information platform for the monitoring, early warning and emergency command of infectious diseases, promote the intelligent application of a new generation of information technology, gradually realize the automatic collection, processing, analysis and early warning of monitoring data, and continuously improve the ability of comprehensive research and judgment.