Today (December 27), the Joint Prevention and Control Mechanism of the State Council held a press conference to introduce the implementation of the "Class B and B Control" measures for the new crown virus infection.
Li Bin, deputy director of the National Health Commission, said that starting from the characteristics of infectious diseases, health impacts, epidemic situation and the needs of prevention and control work, the adjustment of an infectious disease from Class B and A to Class B and B requires relevant conditions.
This is clearly required by the Law on the Prevention and Control of Infectious Diseases, and it is a clear manifestation of lawful prevention and control.
In the past three years, we have withstood the impact of five waves of the global epidemic through strict management of the new crown pneumonia "Class B and A", and successfully avoided the widespread prevalence of relatively strong pathogenic original strains and delta variants. It has greatly reduced severe illness and death, bought precious time for the R&D and application of vaccines, drugs, and the preparation of medical resources, effectively protected the lives and health of the people, and made great progress in coordinating epidemic prevention and control with economic and social development. results.
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 my country 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 changes in the epidemic situation, accelerate the promotion 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 us to adjust the legal classification of new crown virus infections. .
Therefore, the adjustment to "Class B and B pipes" is a battle of preparation, not a passive release.
Judging from 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.
International and domestic monitoring data show that the virulence of the Omicron mutant strain is weaker than that of the original strain and other mutant strains of concern, and the symptoms caused are mainly fever and upper respiratory tract symptoms.
From the perspective of population immunity, my country's new crown vaccination has been popularized.
At present, the country has received a total of more than 3.4 billion doses of the new crown virus vaccine, and the number of people covered by vaccination and the number of people who have been fully vaccinated account for more than 92% and 90% of the total population of the country respectively.
The people's health awareness and health literacy have been further improved, and their personal protection capabilities have gradually improved.
From the perspective of prevention and control work, by improving the hierarchical diagnosis and treatment system, strengthening the capacity building of grassroots medical and health institutions, adding fever clinics, increasing intensive care beds, ICUs and related treatment equipment and material reserves in designated hospitals, the medical treatment capacity has been improved, and gradually realized as a whole The treatment and daily medical service guarantee for people infected with the new crown.
Progress has been made in the research and development of specific antiviral drugs at home and abroad, and clinically effective prescriptions such as "three medicines and three prescriptions" have been screened out in my country.
The vast number of medical and health personnel have accumulated rich experience in epidemic prevention and control and handling, and their prevention and control capabilities have been significantly improved.
The focus of the current epidemic prevention and control work is to protect health and prevent severe diseases.
The adjustment of the new crown virus infection from "Class B and A management" to "B and B management" in accordance with the law is a major adjustment of the epidemic prevention and control strategy. It will help better adapt to virus mutations and changes in the epidemic situation, help to concentrate prevention and control resources on protecting key populations such as the elderly with underlying diseases, pregnant women and children, and help to better ensure normal production. Life and medical and health needs help minimize the impact of the epidemic on economic and social development.
Li Bin also mentioned that the current global pandemic is not over yet, and the direction of the epidemic is still uncertain.
Most countries and regions in the world still maintain prevention and control measures against the new crown epidemic that are higher than those of ordinary infectious diseases.
After the new crown virus infection is adjusted to "Class B and B Control", it is by no means left alone, and it by no means means the withdrawal of all prevention and control measures, but to strengthen services and guarantees.
Next, we will pay close attention to the preparation of medical treatment resources, focus on ensuring the drug needs of the masses, do our best to protect and treat key groups such as the elderly and children, effectively strengthen the prevention and control of epidemics in rural areas, and strive to ensure the health and safety of the people.
(Headquarters reporter Shi Yingchun and Jin Danni)