Experts downgraded emergency response levels in multiple provinces

Implement differentiated and precise prevention and control strategies according to law

□ Our reporter Pu Xiaolei

General Secretary Xi Jinping emphasized on the implementation of the new crown pneumonia epidemic prevention and control and economic and social development work deployment meeting held on February 23 that the implementation of divisional and gradual resumption of work and production will be emphasized. Low-risk areas should adjust their prevention and control strategies to external defense inputs as soon as possible to fully restore production and living order, medium-risk areas should resume work and production in an orderly manner according to the prevention and control situation, and high-risk areas should continue to focus their efforts on epidemic prevention and control.

Zou Rong, Executive Deputy Dean of the Institute of Social Governance of East China University of Political Science and Law, said in an interview with the reporter of the Legal Daily today that according to the requirements of this meeting and the recent meeting of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee, the next epidemic prevention and control work, It is necessary to continue to take effective measures to prevent the spread of the epidemic and also to restore economic and social order. The key to coordinating the relationship between the two lies in "improving differentiated prevention and control strategies" and "implementing non-epidemic prevention and control key areas and zoning and precision prevention and control strategies." .

It is worth noting that differentiated prevention and precise control have been implemented in many places. Recently, according to the situation of the new crown pneumonia epidemic prevention and control situation, the emergency response levels of the new crown pneumonia epidemic have been downgraded and adjusted in many places. As of 24:00 on February 24, eight provinces have adjusted their emergency response levels. Among them, Guangdong, Shanxi, and Jiangsu changed their response to major public health emergencies from Grade I to Grade II, and Gansu, Liaoning, Guizhou, Yunnan, and Guangxi adjusted from Grade I to Grade III responses.

"China's law has clearly defined a differentiated response mechanism, and there are differences in the epidemic situation in different regions. This requires different regions to implement differentiated and precise prevention and control strategies. Therefore, according to the overall guiding ideology of prevention and control according to law, it is necessary to distinguish between different regions as soon as possible, and The response level was reduced in an orderly manner until all emergency mechanisms were lifted, and the epidemic prevention and control returned to the daily state adjusted by the Infectious Disease Prevention and Control Law. "Zou Rong said.

Indifference and extensive response strategies are not sustainable

In the morning of January 29, the Tibet Autonomous Region initiated a Grade I response to a major public health emergency. So far, 31 provinces have initiated a Grade I response to a public health emergency.

"At the beginning of the epidemic, 31 provinces launched level-I response mechanisms without discrimination. This kind of difference is not only manifested between provinces, but also means that level-I plans have been implemented in all regions of the province. In fact, the epidemic situation varies greatly between provinces and regions within the province. Therefore, we can say that the original method of initiating the Class I response mechanism without difference did not achieve precise prevention. Control, differentiated prevention and control. "Zou Rong said.

Zou Rong pointed out that this undifferentiated and extensive response strategy is unsustainable. The central government requires that "improving differentiated prevention and control strategies" be reflected in the subsequent epidemic prevention and control, especially "the key areas in non-epidemic prevention and control should take the implementation of zoning and precision prevention and control as the starting point", which is very timely and targeted. of.

Law provides institutional basis for precision prevention and control

After reviewing China's laws on the prevention and control of infectious diseases and emergency response, it can be found that during the legislation, the differences in epidemics or emergencies have been fully noted.

"Every kind of emergency starts from a specific location. As long as the grass-roots governments or social organizations seriously perform their duties and take effective measures, with the support of higher-level governments and the assistance and cooperation of neighboring areas, it is entirely possible Emergency control is in the region until it is eliminated. To this end, China's laws and regulations have made targeted provisions to provide a systematic basis for precise prevention and control. "Zou Rong said.

The Law on Prevention and Control of Infectious Diseases stipulates that when outbreaks and epidemics of infectious diseases occur, local people's governments at or above the county level shall immediately organize forces to prevent and control in accordance with preventive and control plans and cut off the transmission of infectious diseases.

The emergency response law establishes the emergency response principle of "the country establishes an emergency management system with unified leadership, comprehensive coordination, classified management, hierarchical responsibility, and territorial management." It requires governments at all levels and government departments to formulate emergency response systems. The government plans, department plans, and special plans require governments at all levels to strengthen the monitoring, forecasting, and early warning of emergencies and developments, and authorize governments at all levels to take emergency response measures in response to emergencies.

"The above laws and regulations fully reflect the law of infectious diseases and emergencies, and require localities and departments to respond accurately to the current objective situation. Only precision can be effective, and only precision can maximize efficiency. Precise, it must reflect the difference. "Zou Rong said.

Precise prevention and control is not abolition of prevention and control measures

Zou Rong believes that differentiated prevention and control and precise prevention and control should follow the steps of reducing emergency plans step by step until the situation returns to the status of conventional infectious disease prevention and control.

Zou Rong pointed out that when selecting standards for prevention and control plan levels, provinces should adhere to the principle of combining legal system compliance with scientific law compliance, establish their own epidemic research and judgment mechanisms, and determine prevention and control measures in due course through legal procedures.

"When selecting prevention and control measures in each province and in different provinces, special attention should be paid to the management of personnel flow. The concept of zoning is based on administrative divisions, which is determined by the structure of China's social governance system. In terms of physical space, It is inseparable in terms of personnel flow. Therefore, strengthening the monitoring of epidemic diseases among people moving between regions should be the key to implementing differentiated and precise prevention and control. At present, some effective methods can be retained. Zou Rong said.

Implementing differentiated and precise prevention and control is not to cancel prevention and control measures. Even if all emergency mechanisms for this public health emergency are lifted, epidemic surveillance must be strengthened, but only legally switched to the normal state of prevention and control in accordance with the Law on Prevention and Treatment of Infectious Diseases. After all, the country and society and the general public cannot Always in an emergency.

"We cannot rule out that the epidemic in some areas has rebounded or other emergencies will occur after the end of this emergency. When the above situation occurs, differentiated precision prevention and control must still adhere to the principle. But as long as Prevention and control should be carried out in strict accordance with the principles, systems, and mechanisms stipulated in the Law on Prevention and Control of Infectious Diseases. We have reasons to believe that similar major public health emergencies affecting the whole country can be avoided. "Zou Rong said.

Our newspaper, Beijing, February 25