China News Service, May 23. The State Council's Joint Prevention and Control Mechanism held a press conference on the 23rd. Lei Zhenglong, deputy director of the National Health and Health Commission's Disease Control Bureau and first-level inspector, said in response to a reporter's question that recently, the overall epidemic situation in the country has shown Steady decline.
In the past week, the number of new local infections in the country has dropped to less than 1,200 every day, and the scope of infection has further narrowed.
Lei Zhenglong said that at present, the epidemic situation in Shanghai continues to improve as a whole, and the number of newly reported infections has continued to decline, with less than 1,000 new cases per day for 8 consecutive days. The results of epidemic prevention and control still need to be further consolidated.
The clustered epidemic in Beijing and sporadic cases are intertwined, and there are still risks of infection transmission in local areas and key groups.
The Linshui epidemic in Guang'an, Sichuan is in a period of fluctuation and decline, and the risk of epidemic transmission is lower than that in the previous period.
There have been clusters of epidemics in Tianjin and Jilin recently, and it is necessary to speed up the detection and investigation of risk points.
The epidemic situation in Henan, Anhui, Jiangxi, Liaoning and other places has been effectively contained, and the epidemic situation has stabilized.
Lei Zhenglong pointed out that at present, the epidemic situation in my country is still relatively severe and complex. The National Health Commission will continue to guide all localities in scientific and precise prevention and control, strengthen confidence and determination, improve the prevention and control system, further optimize prevention and control measures, and focus on the treatment of clustered epidemics. , strengthen the ability of early prevention and control, improve the classification and treatment system, continue to promote vaccination and other work, strive to control the sudden epidemic with the smallest scope, the shortest time and the lowest cost, and resolutely build a strong epidemic prevention and control barrier.