Chinanews.com, Beijing, December 27th (Ma Shuisha) In response to China's legal adjustment of the new crown virus infection from "Class B and A" to "B and B", Li Bin, deputy director of the National Health Commission of China, said in Beijing on the 27th , What we are fighting is a prepared battle, not a passive let go.
On the same day, the joint prevention and control mechanism of the State Council held a press conference on the implementation of the "Class B and B Control" measures for the new crown virus infection. Li Bin made the above remarks at the meeting.
Li Bin said that in the past three years, through the strict management of the "Class B Control" of new coronary pneumonia, "we have withstood the impact of five waves of epidemics around the world, and successfully avoided the outbreak of the original strain with strong pathogenicity and the delta variant strain. The widespread epidemic has greatly reduced severe illness and death, and has also won precious time for the development and application of vaccines and drugs, as well as the preparation of medical and other resources, effectively protecting the lives and health of the people, and coordinating epidemic prevention and control with economic and social development. Positive outcome."
He pointed out that at present, with the mutation of the virus, the change of the epidemic situation, the popularization of vaccination and the accumulation of experience in prevention and control, the prevention and control of the new crown epidemic in China has entered a new stage, and the prevention and control work is facing new situations and new tasks.
"We closely track the characteristics of the virus, study and judge the epidemic situation, accelerate the recommendation of vaccination and drug supply, strengthen the construction of medical treatment and prevention and control systems, and improve emergency response capabilities, all of which have created conditions for adjusting the legal classification of new coronavirus infections." Li Bin said, therefore, the adjustment to "Class B and Class B management" means that "we are fighting a prepared battle, rather than passively letting go."
He said that from the perspective of the epidemic situation and virus mutation, the Omicron mutant strain has become the dominant strain in the world. Although the number of infected people is large, the severe disease rate and mortality rate are low; Vaccination has been popularized; from the perspective of prevention and control work, medical treatment capabilities have been improved, and the treatment of people infected with the new crown and daily medical service guarantees have been gradually coordinated.
Li Bin further stated that at present, the focus of the epidemic prevention and control work is "protecting health and preventing severe illness". The adjustment of the new crown virus infection from "Class B and A management" to "B and B management" is a major adjustment of the epidemic prevention and control strategy. , which embodies seeking truth from facts, taking the initiative, and optimizing and improving prevention and control policies according to the time and situation, which will help to better adapt to virus mutations and changes in the epidemic situation, and help to concentrate prevention and control resources on protecting people with underlying diseases. The participation of key groups such as the elderly, pregnant women, and children will help better guarantee normal production and life and medical and health needs, and help minimize the impact of the epidemic on economic and social development.
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