China News Service, March 22 (Reporter Yuan Xiuyue) On the 22nd, the Joint Prevention and Control Mechanism of the State Council held a press conference.

Liang Wannian, head of the expert group of the National Health Commission's Leading Group for Epidemic Response and Disposal, responded to why it was necessary to continue to adhere to the dynamic clearing policy: (1) The new crown pneumonia epidemic is still in a pandemic period, and it is still a sudden outbreak of global concern. Public health incidents, especially in some countries and regions around my country, the epidemic situation is still on the rise, and the pressure of external defense import still exists; the current domestic situation has shown a multi-point, wide-ranging and frequent epidemic situation, and internal anti-proliferation is also an important task.

(2) From the perspective of the harm of the Omicron variant, the relative pathogenicity of the delta virus, especially the severe and lethal rates, has decreased, but the transmission is very strong, and this strong transmission makes the infection The number of people is very large, and a large number of infected people multiplied by its morbidity or fatality rate will form an absolutely large number of severely ill groups, or even dead groups.

(3) my country has the foundation and conditions for "dynamic clearing" and is more capable, and the prevention and control over the past few years has proved that the implementation of "dynamic clearing" is an effective practice and experience in China, which is also in line with China's actual situation.

On March 22, the Joint Prevention and Control Mechanism of the State Council held a press conference on the situation concerning the prevention and control of the epidemic in a strict and realistic manner.

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