China News Agency, Beijing, January 8th. Talking about the view that "China's prevention and control policy only has two stages of control and release", Liang Wannian, head of the expert group of the National Health Commission's Epidemic Response and Disposal Work Leading Group, recently interviewed Shi said that "Class B and B management" is by no means letting go.

　　Many members of the public and netizens have reported that China's prevention and control policy only has two stages of control and release, rather than scientific and precise management and regulation all the time.

Regarding this statement, Liang Wannian said that China's epidemic prevention and control is scientific and legal, and is gradually being adjusted, optimized and improved based on the understanding of diseases and other related issues.

Since the beginning of the epidemic in 2020, China has gone through several stages.

From January to April 2020, in the face of the sudden emergence of new infectious diseases, the most important strategy China adopted at that time was emergency containment, and it was an extraordinary emergency containment stage.

After May 2020, China has entered the stage of normalized epidemic prevention and control.

　　Liang Wannian said that during these two stages, China's concept of "people first and life first" has not changed, but the prevention and control strategies have changed.

Now China is going to implement "Class B and B management", which has formed a major strategic change.

"In the past, when we delineated the size of the epidemic area, we used the province as the unit at first, then the prefecture and city as the unit, then the county as the unit, and finally the street, the neighborhood committee, even the doorway, and the class as the unit. These are all changing. of."

　　The expert pointed out that China's dynamic adjustment of the epidemic prevention and control strategy is based on science, considering balance, and finding a "relatively superior trade-off solution" among many factors. This is a basic thinking.

　　From January 8, 2023, China will implement "Class B and B Control" for new coronavirus infection.

Liang Wannian pointed out that from the Class A management of Class B infectious diseases to the Class B management of Class B infectious diseases, the new coronavirus infection is still a legal infectious disease stipulated by China, and this has not changed.

Notifiable infectious diseases must take necessary preventive and control measures, which are stipulated by law, such as disease reporting, patient management and treatment, necessary public health and social intervention measures, monitoring, etc., "so it is definitely not letting go."

　　He also said that it is not enough to rely solely on the government for major infectious diseases, it must be the joint efforts of the government, society, units, departments and even individuals.

"That's why we propose group defense and group control, joint defense and joint control, and everyone has their own responsibilities."

　　"I think we are now very close to the window period of the pre-epidemic state, but we are still in a tight stage of the epidemic, and we need everyone to persevere and work harder. We will definitely be able to overcome the epidemic, and we also look forward to the epidemic before the epidemic. The state will be realized as soon as possible," Liang Wannian said.

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