China News Service, October 13. The Joint Prevention and Control Mechanism of the State Council held a press conference on the 13th on scientific and accurate epidemic prevention and control. Lei Zhenglong, director of the Department of Communication and Prevention of the National Center for Disease Control and Prevention and a first-level inspector, attended the meeting. He said that at present, the national epidemic situation is severe and complex, showing the characteristics of "multiple points, wide areas, and frequent occurrences". The risk of localized cluster epidemics still exists, but it is generally controllable.

  A reporter asked at the meeting: Recently, Xinjiang, Inner Mongolia and other places have reported more new positive infections, and Sichuan and Gansu also showed a high development trend. From a national perspective, what is the development trend of the epidemic in my country?

  In this regard, Lei Zhenglong said that recently, my country has continued to face the dual risks of the importation of overseas epidemics and the spread of local epidemics, and the epidemic has rebounded in some areas.

The epidemic situation in Xinjiang has been repeated, but it is generally controllable. The epidemic situation in Inner Mongolia has improved significantly, and the number of cases has dropped significantly. The epidemic situation in Sichuan, Gansu, Shanxi and other places has been gradually brought under control, and the epidemic situation in Ningxia and Tibet has stabilized and improved.

At present, the national epidemic situation is severe and complex, with the characteristics of "multiple points, wide areas, and frequent occurrences". The risk of localized cluster epidemics still exists, but it is generally controllable.

  Lei Zhenglong also said that the National Health and Health Commission and the National Center for Disease Control and Prevention have strengthened overall planning, instructing localities to implement epidemic prevention and control measures before and after the National Day, and dispatched working groups to strengthen epidemic prevention and control in Xinjiang, Inner Mongolia, Ningxia, Yunnan, Shanxi, Tibet and other places. Control power.

All localities must consolidate the "quartet of responsibilities", seek truth from facts, report and publish epidemic data in a timely and objective manner, continue to strengthen epidemic prevention and control and response, and resolutely guard the bottom line of preventing large-scale epidemics.