Instant China
Written by: Wang Jingjing
2020-01-22 01:11
Last updated: 2020-01-22 02:15The outbreak of the new coronavirus in Wuhan continues. In order to further strengthen the epidemic prevention and control efforts, the National Health and Medical Commission issued a statement on January 21 and gave instructions.
The pneumonia epidemic in Wuhan showed a wider spread. As of 21:00 on the 21st, a total of 309 patients with new-type coronavirus pneumonia were confirmed in China. (AP)
The National Health Commission issued a statement on January 21, 2020, providing guidance on the epidemic. The original text is as follows:
I. Pneumonia infected by the new coronavirus is included in the management of class B infectious diseases, and measures for the prevention and control of class A infectious diseases are taken. At the same time, it is included in the management of infectious diseases in frontier health and quarantine. Various localities, departments, and various types of medical and health institutions can take preventive and control measures such as patient isolation and treatment, close contact isolation and medical observation.
2. The National Health and Health Commission led the establishment of a joint prevention and control working mechanism for pneumonia epidemic in response to new coronavirus infections, with a total of 32 departments. Under the joint prevention and control work mechanism, there are working groups for epidemic prevention and control, medical treatment, scientific research, publicity, foreign affairs, logistical support, and forward work. The relevant ministries and commissions are responsible for the leadership of the comrades. They have clear responsibilities and work in coordination to form an epidemic prevention and control Effective synergy.
3. Strengthen the work of epidemic monitoring and reporting, and implement a daily report and zero-report system for pneumonia cases of new types of coronavirus infections nationwide from January 20, and from January 21, the National Health and Health Commission will release and summarize all provinces in the country daily. Confirmed case data.
4. Instruct Wuhan City to formulate and improve technical schemes for case diagnosis and treatment, emergency surveillance, epidemiological investigation and disposal, sampling and testing. National medical experts stationed in Wuhan to guide medical treatment, implement "one person, one case" for severe cases, and do our best to reduce severe cases and deaths.
V. Increase research efforts on epidemic prevention and control, give full play to the role of relevant scientific research, professional and technical institutions, and experts, identify sources of infection and transmission routes as soon as possible, closely track and monitor changes in virus virulence and transmission, and respond to changes in the epidemic. Technical preparations to start the research and development of specific antiviral drugs and vaccines in a timely manner.
6. To further strengthen international exchanges and cooperation, continue to proactively strengthen the communication of epidemic information with the World Health Organization, relevant countries and Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan regions, and carry out timely and regular exchanges of expert-level control technical details with the World Health Organization and other parties, and jointly discuss and improve the epidemic prevention and control. Measures.
7. Deploy the national health and health system to strengthen on-duty duty, strictly implement preventive and control measures during the Spring Festival, and require health administrative departments and medical units at all levels to deploy personnel familiar with the work to perform on-duty work during the Spring Festival, hospitals and disease control at all levels. The organization should keep sufficient staff.
At the regular press conference on the 21st, Foreign Ministry spokesman Geng Shuang also emphasized that China will join the other countries affected by the epidemic at the invitation of the WHO to participate in the meeting of the IHR Emergency Committee on the evening of the 22nd. Participating countries, WHO and relevant experts will share outbreak information and conduct scientific research and judgment on the outbreak.
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