China News Service, August 19th. On the afternoon of the 19th, the Joint Prevention and Control Mechanism of the State Council held a press conference on the prevention and control of the autumn and winter epidemics and the role of medical and health workers in the fight against the new crown pneumonia epidemic. At the meeting, Wang Bin, the inspector of the CDC of the National Health Commission, introduced that as of August 18, the country has tracked and managed more than 800,000 close contacts, carried out scientific and standardized environmental destruction, and created a clean, clean and assured environment. The environment, cut off the spread of the virus, and curb the spread of the epidemic.
In addition, Mi Feng, deputy director of the Propaganda Department of the National Health and Medical Commission, introduced at the press conference that the current epidemic in my country is effectively controlled, but the risks facing it cannot be ignored. As of 24:00 on August 18, there have been reports of newly imported confirmed cases for 49 consecutive days, and there are more than 200 confirmed imported cases. Recently, clusters of epidemics have occurred in some areas in China. As autumn and winter approach, respiratory infectious diseases such as influenza are prevalent, which brings greater challenges to prevention and control. We must always tighten the string of epidemic prevention and control, and always carry out personal protection, timely detection and rapid disposal.