Chinanews.com, Beijing, January 30 (Wei Xianghui) The first Spring Festival holiday after the implementation of the "Class B and B Control" of the new crown virus infection has ended.
On the 30th, the joint prevention and control mechanism of the State Council held a press conference on the situation of epidemic prevention and control during the Spring Festival.
The overall epidemic situation in the country has entered a low epidemic level
According to Mi Feng, spokesperson of the National Health and Medical Commission, during the Spring Festival, the relevant departments of the State Council's joint defense and joint control mechanism continued to provide service guarantees. "The measures are effective.
At present, the overall epidemic situation in the country has entered a low epidemic level, and the epidemic situation in various places has maintained a steady decline.
Mi Feng said that after the Spring Festival, the flow of people returning will increase, and it is necessary to do a good job in the normalization of epidemic prevention and control in crowded places such as vehicles, and insist on personal protection.
Mi Feng pointed out that rural areas are still the top priority of the current epidemic prevention and control.
We must always keep an eye on key links, do a good job in monitoring the health of key populations, and do our best to ensure the medical needs of the masses.
As the number of people entering and leaving the country increases, it is necessary to continue to carry out epidemic monitoring, and dynamically grasp the epidemic trend and virus mutation.
During the morning rush hour on January 28, citizens transfer at Dawang Road Subway Station in Beijing.
Today is the first working day of the Year of the Rabbit.
Photo by China News Agency reporter Yi Haifei
The number of primary care visits is currently falling steadily
Fu Wei, inspector of the Primary Health Department of the National Health Commission, said that since the monitoring began on December 21, 2022, the number of visits to fever clinics and general outpatient and emergency departments in township health centers and community health service centers has generally shown a trend of first increasing and then decreasing. It is currently declining steadily.
According to Fu Wei, during the entire Spring Festival, the volume of diagnosis and treatment in fever clinics was at a low level.
Compared with the peak on December 23, it has dropped by 94%.
On January 27, 2023, the number of general outpatient and emergency visits in grassroots institutions was 2.036 million, a decrease of nearly 30% compared with that before the holiday, and about 44% of the peak value of ordinary outpatient and emergency departments on December 29 last year.
In addition, the overall operation of grassroots medical and health institutions is stable, and they can meet the needs of the masses for fever diagnosis and treatment and other diseases.
During the Spring Festival, all localities actively did a good job in the referral and transfer of key groups and critically ill patients, expanded the transfer capacity of 120, increased the number of telephone seats, and established non-emergency transfer teams to ensure the transfer needs of patients.
At the same time, higher-level medical institutions have established a green channel for referrals to simplify the referral process for critically ill patients and ensure timely admission.
In general, the medical treatment and epidemic prevention and control work of grassroots medical and health institutions during the Spring Festival is stable and orderly.
On January 29, there were many tourists in the ancient city of Datong, Shanxi.
Photo by China News Agency reporter Wu Junjie
Life service consumption recovers significantly during the Spring Festival
At the press conference, Geng Hongzhou, a first-level inspector of the Consumption Promotion Department of the Ministry of Commerce, said that with the continuous optimization of epidemic prevention and control measures, and the continuous implementation of policies to help companies bail out and promote consumption, life service consumption has recovered significantly during the Spring Festival.
According to Geng Hongzhou, the performance of catering consumption is eye-catching. According to relevant platform data, catering consumption during the Spring Festival holiday increased by 15.4% year-on-year, and average store consumption increased by 10.8%.
The New Year’s Eve dinner consumption was better than expected. According to data from the Beijing Catering Association, reservations for private rooms of many brand catering companies are booming, and the turnover rate of private rooms in stores has reached 200%.
At the same time, the increase in tourism has led to a substantial increase in catering consumption in other places. Consumers in other places in Sichuan accounted for about one-third, and the average daily consumption increased by 43% year-on-year, contributing 47.6% to catering consumption.
Geng Hongzhou said that in the next step, the Ministry of Commerce will actively support localities to carry out consumption promotion activities such as the "Chinese Food Club" while doing a good job in epidemic prevention and control, and promote the recovery and development of life service consumption.
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