China News Service, April 12th. On the 12th, the joint prevention and control mechanism of the State Council held a press conference on the situation of strictly and earnestly grasping the epidemic prevention and control work.
At the meeting, Mi Feng, spokesperson of the National Health and Medical Commission and deputy director of the Publicity Department, said that it is necessary to speed up nucleic acid testing, construction of makeshift hospitals, and admission of infected people, so as to block social transmission as soon as possible.
It is necessary to strengthen risk management and control, quickly screen, identify potential sources of infection, and timely transfer and isolate.
It is necessary to effectively guarantee the people's basic life and the needs for medical treatment and purchase of medicines, and actively help solve problems.
Mi Feng introduced that from 0 to 24:00 on April 11, 31 provinces (autonomous regions and municipalities) and the Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps reported 1,251 new local confirmed cases and 23,295 new local asymptomatic infections.
1,641 new local cases were cured and discharged, and 2,520 local asymptomatic infections were released from medical observation on the same day.
Among them, 273 new local cases were cured and discharged in Shanghai, and 380 local asymptomatic infections were released from medical observation on the same day.
Since February 26, a total of 986 local cases have been cured and discharged in Shanghai, and a total of 4,873 local asymptomatic infections have been released from medical observation.
Mi Feng pointed out that at present, the epidemic is still running at a high level, and the scope of the epidemic is further expanding, and prevention and control are in a critical period.
It is necessary to continue to adhere to the general policy of "dynamic clearing" without hesitation or wavering, strengthen confidence, be more determined and decisive, and implement various prevention and control measures in every link.
Mi Feng said that it is necessary to always do personal protection and actively vaccinate against the new crown virus, especially to accelerate the vaccination of the elderly.
As of April 11, a total of 3.328 million doses of the new coronavirus vaccine have been reported nationwide, and 1.244923 billion people have completed the whole course of vaccination.
Mi Feng revealed that according to the decisions and arrangements of the Party Central Committee and the State Council, as of now, the National Health and Health Commission has dispatched more than 40,000 medical personnel from 16 provinces across the country and has the ability to test 2.38 million tubes of nucleic acid every day to support Shanghai, together with medical personnel in Shanghai. Carry out new coronary pneumonia medical treatment and nucleic acid testing.