(Fighting against New Coronary Pneumonia) Since March, China has reported more than 56,000 local infections in 28 provinces
China News Agency, Beijing, March 25th (Reporter Ying Ni) Lei Zhenglong, deputy director of the National Health Commission of China's Disease Control Bureau and first-level inspector, said on the 25th that, in response to the current epidemic situation in China, from March 1 to 24, A total of more than 56,000 local infections have been reported nationwide, affecting 28 provinces.
At present, the national epidemic is at a critical stage, and the situation of epidemic prevention and control is still severe and complicated.
On March 25, the Joint Prevention and Control Mechanism of the State Council held a press conference.
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The Joint Prevention and Control Mechanism of the State Council of China held a press conference in Beijing on the same day to introduce the scientific, precise and unremitting efforts to prevent and control the epidemic.
Lei Zhenglong introduced at the press conference that from March 1 to 24, the cumulative number of local infections reported nationwide has exceeded 56,000, affecting 28 provinces.
Among them, the epidemic situation in Jilin Province is still at a high level. From March 1 to 24, a total of more than 29,000 infected people were reported, and the number of new infections exceeded 1,000 per day for several consecutive days. The epidemic situation in Jilin City and Changchun City is in a continuous development stage.
The epidemic situation in Shanghai, Hebei, Fujian, and Liaoning provinces has grown rapidly in recent days, and the risk of community transmission in the places where the epidemic occurred continues to exist.
The epidemic situation in Qingdao, Weihai, Zibo in Shandong Province, Shenzhen and Dongguan in Guangdong Province has been initially controlled.
The epidemic situation in Beijing, Chongqing, Zhejiang Province and other places has stabilized.
"In general, the epidemic situation across the country is currently at a critical stage, and the situation of epidemic prevention and control is still severe and complicated," Lei Zhenglong said.
He said that the comprehensive group of the Joint Prevention and Control Mechanism of the State Council will continue to guide the epidemic-related provinces to strictly implement various epidemic prevention and control measures, so as to block the spread as soon as possible and prevent further spread.
In areas where no epidemic has occurred, it is necessary to consolidate the responsibilities of all parties, implement various measures for normalized prevention and control, make various preparations for emergency response to the epidemic, and do a good job of epidemic prevention and control without slackening.
Mi Feng, spokesperson of the National Health Commission of China and deputy director of the Publicity Department, pointed out at the meeting that at present, the number of newly confirmed cases in the world has rebounded for the second week in a row, and the number of new local infections in China is still at a high level, and the spread to prefectures and cities continues. The epidemic is still developing.
Mi Feng emphasized that we must continue to adhere to the general policy of "dynamic clearing", improve epidemic monitoring, early warning and emergency response capabilities, scientifically organize nucleic acid and antigen testing, and promote the collection of infected people and close contacts. Control measures are implemented in every link to completely block the community transmission of the epidemic, and to achieve social clearance as soon as possible.
It is necessary to continue to promote the vaccination of the new crown in an orderly manner, and build a strong line of defense against group control.
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