National Health Commission: no time to prepare medical resources

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The Foreign Liaison Department of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China (CPC) held a special briefing on China’s epidemic prevention policy yesterday (6). Senior diplomats of more than 130 countries in China, including more than 30 ambassadors and chargés d’affaires, attended the briefing. The spokesman of the National Health and Wellness Commission introduced at the briefing that in the past three years, the virus has frequently mutated, the epidemic situation has constantly changed, and the prevention and control strategy has constantly been adjusted, but the philosophy of China’s epidemic prevention has not changed, which is to always adhere to the people first and life first.

The National Health Commission spokesman Mi Feng: In optimizing the prevention and control strategy, China has always insisted on optimizing and improving the prevention and control strategy according to the time and situation, we have encountered the threat of the original strain of the new coronavirus and several global epidemic mutations, and the prevention and control work has gone through several stages, respectively, the emergency containment stage of the sudden outbreak, the exploration stage of normalized epidemic prevention and control, and the comprehensive prevention and control stage. We have effectively dealt with more than 100 aggregated outbreaks and successfully avoided the widespread prevalence of the more pathogenic original strain, Delta variant, which greatly reduced serious illnesses and deaths, and also won a valuable window period for the development and application of vaccine drugs and the preparation of medical and other resources. We have always followed up on the new characteristics of virus mutations and changes in the epidemic situation, and have developed 900 prevention and control programs and treatment protocols, especially for the characteristics of the Omicron mutant strain, introducing 20 optimized measures and a new 10 further optimized ones, and adjusting the new crown infection from category B A control to category B B control.

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In the past three years, all treatment costs for neo-crown patients have been borne by the state, treatment drugs have been included in medical insurance, vaccination is free for all, and the cure rate of neo-crown patients in China has been maintained at over 90%. It has always focused on key populations such as the elderly, pregnant women and children, carried out health surveillance, and provided graded management and classified services according to high, medium and low risk levels. In terms of scientific research and development, China now has 13 new crown vaccines approved for use, covering four technical routes, with a complete vaccination rate of over 90% for the whole population. In terms of international exchange, China has provided hundreds of billions of anti-epidemic materials to 153 countries and 15 international organizations, and has supplied more than 2.2 billion doses of New Crown vaccine to more than 120 countries and international organizations.

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National Health and Wellness Commission spokesman Mi Feng: Currently our focus is shifting from infection prevention and control to medical treatment, ensuring that the adjustment of prevention and control measures to turn the section is smooth and orderly. In the face of the epidemic, we are increasing the focus on the problems and needs of the masses, strengthening the protection of vulnerable groups, improving the ability to receive treatment, and constantly building a strong line of defense that the epidemic should be prevented, the economy should be stabilized, and development should be safe. In the stormy seas of the epidemic of the century, more than 1.4 billion Chinese people are riding in a big boat with a common destiny, so let’s step up our efforts again.

The National Health Commission: do a good job of preparing medical resources without delay

In yesterday’s briefing, the relevant person in charge of the National Health and Health Commission’s Medical Secretary introduced, with the diminishing pathogenicity of Omicron virus, the popularity of vaccination, the accumulation of experience in prevention and control, China’s epidemic prevention and control into a new phase.

Jiao Yahui, Director General of the Medical Department of the National Health and Wellness Commission: At present, the epidemic is generally in a fast-rising stage throughout China, influenced by various factors such as the level of the previous epidemic, and the peak time of the epidemic will vary from place to place. Most of the provinces and cities are passing through the peak of infection. The number of serious illnesses associated with the new crown continues to increase, and as the national epidemic prevention and control enters a new phase, coupled with the impact of factors such as the Spring Festival and the Spring Festival holiday movement of people, there will be some places ushering in a rapid rise in the epidemic, urban and rural areas at the same time the infection rate growth, the task of medical treatment is still facing challenges.

Jiao Yahui introduced, China around the “health, prevention of serious illness” goal, without delay to do a good job in preparing medical resources to achieve the fever clinic and fever clinic “should be set up as much as possible, should open as much as possible”. Up to now, nearly 57,000 fever clinics (clinics) have been set up and opened nationwide. At present, the utilization rate of critical care beds in hospitals above the second level is about 80%. Grass-roots level to carry out a comprehensive health survey of key populations and strengthen health monitoring. So far, the survey classification of 190 million people over 65 years old nationwide has been completed.