China News Service, February 18 (Xinhua) According to a comprehensive report, on the 17th local time, California Governor Newsom announced that for the first time, the state turned to "endemic" epidemics to deal with the new crown epidemic, emphasizing prevention and rapid response.
Data map: People wait in long lines at the vaccination site at the Disneyland Resort in California, USA.
According to reports, according to California's plan, "coexisting with the new crown" means strengthening relevant monitoring, including monitoring of virus residues in wastewater; masks are not required, but are encouraged in many cases; if higher contagiousness is detected, of the virus, health officials will analyze its genotype to determine whether it is a new variant, etc.
The plan also sets specific targets, such as stockpiling 75 million masks, adding 200,000 vaccinations and 500,000 tests a day, and adding 3,000 medical workers to affected areas within three weeks.
With that in mind, Newsom said, "the disease (coronavirus) is not going away." With that in mind, he said, the California government is trying to create a plan "that would allow us to be prepared without being paranoid, and not be paranoid." Anxious situations are more alert to what is happening around us.”
Newsom expects other U.S. states and the federal government to follow suit soon, the report said.
As of now, California has accumulated more than 8.87 million confirmed cases of new crowns and more than 83,000 deaths.