China News Service, September 29. The State Council's Joint Prevention and Control Mechanism held a press conference on the 29th to do a good job in epidemic prevention and control during the National Day.

At the meeting, Lei Zhenglong, director of the Department of Communication and Prevention of the National Center for Disease Control and Prevention, said that as the National Day holiday is approaching, all localities must follow the ninth edition of the prevention and control plan, resolutely compact the "four parties' responsibilities", and strictly implement the "four should and four". "Exhaust" and other epidemic prevention and control measures, early detection, early disposal, and prevention of spillovers, resolutely guard the bottom line of no large-scale epidemic, and prevent simplification, one-size-fits-all, and layer-by-layer overweight.

  Lei Zhenglong mentioned that at present, the epidemic situation across the country still shows the characteristics of "more points and wide areas".

The recent outbreaks are mainly concentrated in Tibet, Ningxia, Guizhou, Heilongjiang and other provinces, mainly in the subclades of Omicron variant BA.5 and BA.2.76.

Compared with August, the number of new infections per day has dropped significantly, and the scope of the epidemic has been shrinking.

All localities adhered to the principle of fast control and scientific and precise implementation of various prevention and control measures. Hainan, Xinjiang and other provinces with severe epidemics in the early stage achieved staged victories in epidemic prevention and control. The epidemic situation in Tibet improved steadily, and the epidemic in Guizhou was brought under control.

The epidemic situation in Ningxia and Heilongjiang Province is in the developing stage, and the state has sent working groups to guide the local epidemic situation.

  Lei Zhenglong pointed out that experts believe that with the approaching of the National Day holiday, the flow of people visiting relatives, tourism, etc. has increased, coupled with the characteristics of the occult and strong transmission ability of the Omicron variant strain, my country is still facing the importation of overseas epidemics. The risk of local epidemic spread and the risk of clustered epidemics in multiple places still exist.

  All localities must follow the ninth edition of the prevention and control plan, resolutely consolidate the "four parties' responsibilities", strictly implement epidemic prevention and control measures such as "four actions and four measures", early detection, early disposal, and spillover prevention, and resolutely prevent large-scale occurrences. The bottom line of the epidemic is to prevent simplification, one-size-fits-all and layer-by-layer overweight.

All localities should strengthen normalized prevention and control measures, guide the orderly flow of personnel, implement closed-loop management measures for employees in high-risk positions, and provide vaccination services for the new coronavirus.

Provinces where the epidemic has occurred should increase the efforts to deal with the epidemic and prevent the spillover of the epidemic, so as to achieve social zero as soon as possible.