(Combating new crown pneumonia) National Health Commission: China has passed the peak of the current epidemic

China News Agency, Beijing, March 12 (Reporter Li Yanan) The State Council ’s joint prevention and control mechanism held a press conference on the 12th. Mi Feng, spokesperson for the State Council of National Health Committee and deputy director of the Department of Publicity, said that China has passed the current epidemic At the peak, the number of new cases continued to decline, and the overall epidemic remained low.

According to the latest official data, from 04:00 to 24:00 on March 11, 8 new cases were confirmed in Wuhan, which has fallen to single digits; all cities in Hubei except Wuhan have had no new confirmed cases for 1 week; provinces outside Hubei, Seven new cases were confirmed, of which six were imported cases.

Based on the above information, Mi Feng pointed out that China has passed the peak of the current epidemic, but it is still necessary to give top priority to medical treatment, not paralyze, war-hard, and relax, and do not relax and grasp various prevention and control tasks.

Mi Feng also said that on March 11, the World Health Organization assessed that the new crown epidemic has the characteristics of a pandemic, and emphasized that the epidemic was called a pandemic, in order to reiterate the call for member states to invest more in changing the trend of the epidemic. Political commitment and more resources.

He pointed out that since the outbreak, China has taken the strength of the whole country to take the most comprehensive, strictest and most thorough prevention and control measures, and has won precious time for the country and other countries and regions in the world to prepare for the outbreak.

He emphasized that China will pay close attention to the continuous and rapid development of the current global epidemic situation and feel the pressure on the prevention and control work of various countries. China is willing to continue to maintain an open, transparent and highly responsible attitude towards global health security and people's health, strengthen effective cooperation with WHO, relevant countries and regions, and make China's contribution to the global fight against the epidemic. (Finish)