(Two Sessions Express) China plans to improve the surveillance system for infectious disease epidemics and public health emergencies
China News Service, Beijing, March 5. The draft of China's 2021 national economic and social development plan was submitted to the Fourth Session of the 13th National People's Congress for review on the 5th.
The draft proposes to improve the surveillance system for infectious disease epidemics and public health emergencies.
On March 5, the Fourth Session of the Thirteenth National People's Congress opened in the Great Hall of the People in Beijing.
Photo by China News Agency reporter Sheng Jiapeng
The draft stated that we should pay close attention to "outside defense input and internal defense rebound", and do a scientific and effective normalized epidemic prevention and control.
Persist in the organic combination of normalized precision prevention and control and local emergency response to improve the ability to respond to emergencies.
Specifically, continue to optimize normalized epidemic prevention and control measures.
Regard "foreign import prevention" as the top priority, strictly implement remote prevention and control measures, improve the port public health system, and fully cover overseas nucleic acid testing for entry personnel.
Strengthen the preventive and comprehensive disinfection of imported goods such as cold chain food, increase the inspection and investigation of personnel, environment, and articles in key places, and improve the national and provincial-level platform for the traceability management of imported cold chain food.
Scientifically promote the development, production, and use of vaccines to ensure safety and effectiveness.
Implement the requirements of the "four mornings" and further improve the treatment work.
Proactively release epidemic information to the public in a timely manner to ensure openness and transparency.
In terms of accelerating the improvement of the national public health emergency management system, the draft stated that it will implement and improve the implementation plan of the public health emergency material guarantee system, the public health prevention, control and treatment capacity building plan, and strengthen the prevention and control materials and technical reserves.
Strengthen the construction of public health facilities, and improve the response plan system for public health emergencies.
Reform and improve the operating mechanism of the disease prevention and control system, and improve the surveillance system for infectious disease epidemics and public health emergencies.
Optimize the distribution of medical resources and rescue forces, build a hierarchical and regionally divided medical treatment system for major epidemics, and strive to improve the ability to respond to major public health emergencies.
Support the construction of medical waste disposal facilities.
The draft also proposes to actively promote international joint prevention and control of the epidemic.
Support the World Health Organization to coordinate and integrate resources and distribute vaccines fairly and effectively.
Continue to provide assistance to countries and regions that are weak in responding to the epidemic, play the role of the world's largest supplier of anti-epidemic materials, and promote the construction of a human health community.
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