[Explanation] On April 12, the Joint Prevention and Control Mechanism of the State Council held a press conference on "Strictly and conscientiously grasping the situation related to epidemic prevention and control".
Wu Zunyou, chief epidemiologist at the Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, said that practice has proved that insisting on "dynamic clearing" is the best choice for China to fight the epidemic.
[Concurrent] Wu Zunyou, chief epidemiologist of the Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention
More than two years of prevention and control practices in my country have proved that "dynamic clearing" is in line with China's actual situation, and it is the best choice for my country to control the new crown epidemic in a timely manner at this stage.
The main purpose of this "dynamic clearing" is to do everything possible to protect the health and safety of the people.
[Explanation] Wu Zunyou said that the "dynamic clearing" measure requires strong coordination, and a game of chess across the country also requires the cooperation and support of the people.
In many other countries and regions, it is basically impossible to apply it or it is very difficult to persist for a long time. It is a helpless strategy to choose "lying flat".
[Concurrent] Wu Zunyou, chief epidemiologist of the Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention
The so-called "lying flat" means that in addition to strengthening vaccination, other prevention and control measures are no longer emphasized or simply not taken.
"Lying flat" is actually a helpless choice for other countries. After many attempts, they could not find an ideal strategy to control the new crown, so they simply "lyed flat".
[Explanation] In the "dynamic clearing" measure, "asymptomatic infected persons" need to be isolated in a centralized manner. Due to the large number of related groups recently, "whether centralized isolation is necessary" and other issues of public concern, Wu Zunyou responded that this move is very important Is necessary.
[Concurrent] Wu Zunyou, chief epidemiologist of the Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention
When we diagnose a person as "asymptomatic infection", some of them are likely to be in an incubation period of confirmed cases. After observing for a period of time, symptoms will appear, or even develop into severe disease. If they cannot be detected and treated in time, There will still be risks.
[Commentary] Wu Zunyou said that home isolation may continue to spread the epidemic, and on the other hand, it may miss the best treatment period, and the advantages of centralized isolation are obvious.
[Concurrent] Wu Zunyou, chief epidemiologist of the Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention
The first advantage is that all asymptomatic and mild cases under centralized isolation and observation are all infected, and there will be no problem of cross-transmission and spread.
The second is that during the centralized isolation of asymptomatic and mild infected people, he or she can receive treatment with traditional Chinese medicine, on the one hand to improve immunity, on the other hand to prevent these asymptomatic mild diseases from evolving into severe or critical diseases.
The third aspect is that due to the centralized isolation and observation, if the patient develops into a severe disease, it can be detected and transferred in time.
[Commentary] Wu Zunyou said that vaccines have played a huge role in preventing infections, preventing severe illness, and reducing deaths.
[Explanation] It is understood that as of April 11, a total of 3.328 million doses of the new coronavirus vaccine have been reported nationwide, and the number of people who have completed the whole process is 1.244923 billion.
Reporter asked Baokui to report in Beijing
Responsible editor: [Luo Pan]