China News Service, April 6th, talking about the current overall epidemic situation in the country, Lei Zhenglong, deputy director and first-level inspector of the National Health Commission's Disease Control Bureau, said at a press conference held by the State Council's joint prevention and control mechanism on the afternoon of the 6th, 3 From April 1st to April 5th, a total of 176,455 local infections were reported nationwide, affecting 29 provinces, showing a wide range of epidemics.
Lei Zhenglong said that since mid-March, with the effective implementation of epidemic prevention and control measures in various places, Guangdong, Shandong, Hebei, etc., of the five provinces and cities where the epidemic was more serious before, have all shown a positive trend, but the epidemic situation in Shanghai and Jilin is still in the middle. development status.
The epidemic in Shanghai is at its peak, with more than 90,000 reported cases of infection. There has been a lot of community transmission and spilled over to many provinces and cities. The prevention and control situation is very severe.
Jilin Province has reported more than 60,000 cases of infection. The epidemic situation in Changchun City continues to progress and is still at a high level; the fluctuation of the epidemic situation in the main urban area of Jilin City has decreased.
Lei Zhenglong pointed out that the effective control of the epidemic in many places has proved that strict and strict measures such as isolation, control, sealing and control, and screening are still effective to deal with the local clustered epidemic caused by the Omicron variant, which is a scientific necessity. Yes, the established policy of "dynamic clearing" can be achieved.
In the next step, the comprehensive team of the Joint Prevention and Control Mechanism of the State Council will continue to guide all localities to improve their ability to respond to large-scale epidemics, raise awareness and unify their thinking. , carefully and practically implement various prevention and control measures, and resolutely build a strong epidemic prevention and control barrier.