China News Agency, Beijing, December 29th (Ma Shuisha) Regarding whether China is currently underestimating the number of deaths from the new crown, Liang Wannian, head of the expert group of the New Crown Epidemic Response Leading Group of the National Health Commission of China, said in an interview with the media in Beijing on the 29th that from the public From the perspective of hygiene, it is difficult to accurately judge the case fatality rate and death rate during the epidemic and rapid transmission period. Only after the epidemic cycle has passed can a more accurate judgment be made. At this stage, the prevention of severe illness and disease death should be given priority Location.

　　Talking about whether China will adjust the judgment standard of new crown death cases, Jiao Yahui, director of the Department of Medical Affairs of the National Health and Medical Commission, said that the global judgment standards for new crown deaths are mainly divided into two categories. One is nucleic acid positive after infection with new crown virus. Respiratory failure caused by the virus, which directly leads to death, is judged as a new crown death. Second, all deaths within 28 days after infection are counted as new crown deaths.

Since 2020, China has adopted the first category of death standards.

　　Jiao Yahui said that China has always adhered to the principles of seeking truth from facts and openness and transparency in disclosing information on deaths and severe cases, and will continue to uphold this principle in the future.

The death cases previously announced by China include both those who died from the new crown virus and those who died from underlying diseases after being infected with the new crown virus. China has always adhered to scientific death case judgment standards, and it is also in line with international standards.

　　With the cancellation of mass nucleic acid testing, is China underestimating the current death toll from the new crown?

Liang Wannian said that during the epidemic and rapid transmission period, it is difficult to accurately judge the case fatality rate and death rate.

From the perspective of public health, only after the epidemic cycle has passed can we accurately judge the true case fatality rate and death rate, and judge the harm of an epidemic to the population, especially the harm to life safety and health, among which death is a The Chinese expert team and the Chinese government have always attached great importance to important indicators.

　　"At this stage, the prevention of severe illness and disease death should be given priority, which is also a reflection of the key adjustment of prevention and control strategies, and the prevention of death should be given a very high priority." Liang Wannian said.

　　Jiao Yahui said that no matter what kind of pathogen is causing severe illness, on the one hand, the hospital is required to persist in the treatment with all efforts to reduce the severity and death. Publicly, if the nucleic acid test is not performed, it will be reported in the cause of death reporting system of the China Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

　　Wu Zunyou, chief epidemiologist at the Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, further pointed out that there is a calculation method in the field of public health called "excess death", which can assess possible underestimation.

After the outbreak of the new crown epidemic in 2020, the team of the China Centers for Disease Control and Prevention quickly analyzed the possible "excess deaths" caused by the new crown epidemic and published the results publicly.

Regarding the "excess deaths" that may be caused by this wave of epidemics, the team is already doing relevant work, and will provide you with information one after another.

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