Original title: Website of the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection and the National Supervision Commission: Optimization is not "lying flat"
On December 8, the Integrated Group of the Joint Prevention and Control Mechanism of the State Council released the Guidelines for Home Treatment of COVID-19 Infected Persons and held a press conference to introduce the further optimization and implementation of epidemic prevention and control measures.
In the past three years, China has effectively handled more than 100 cluster epidemics. At the most ferocious stage of the virus, it has effectively protected the life safety and health of more than 1.4 billion people. The proportion of COVID-19 cases, severe cases and deaths is at the lowest level in the world. With mass vaccination and COVID-19 mutation, the transmission of the virus has increased, but its pathogenicity has weakened, and the overall health risks to the population have tended to ease. China's epidemic prevention and control is facing new situations and new tasks.
The "New Ten Rules" have made a series of adjustments to the prevention and control work that the masses care about, reflecting optimization and emphasizing accuracy
On December 8, at the press conference of the joint prevention and control mechanism of the State Council, Wang Guiqiang, director of the Infectious Diseases Department of Peking University First Hospital, responded to the concerns of some people about whether the isolation of asymptomatic infected persons, mild cases and close contacts at home would increase the risk of infection. At present, the pathogenicity of the new coronavirus Omikron strain has significantly decreased, After infection, most patients are asymptomatic or mild, and there are very few severe cases, which can effectively control the risk of severe cases and reduce mortality. The virulence of COVID-19 is reduced, so you can treat it with calm, without tension or even fear.
"Home isolation and observation treatment are not open, but more accurate and effective hierarchical treatment." Wang Guiqiang introduced that hierarchical treatment can not only prevent the further spread of COVID-19, but also ensure that limited medical resources are concentrated on the treatment of critical patients, so that people who need treatment, critical patients can be timely and effective referral and treatment.
At present, China's epidemic prevention and control is facing new situations and tasks. On December 7, the Comprehensive Group of the Joint Prevention and Control Mechanism of the State Council issued the Notice on Further Optimizing the Implementation of the Prevention and Control Measures for COVID-19 Epidemic Situation, which proposed ten measures, including nucleic acid testing, management of positive infected persons and close contacts, designation and control of high-risk areas, vaccination of elderly people, and guarantee of medical treatment and medication for the masses, As well as school epidemic prevention and control and epidemic related safety assurance and other prevention and control work to further optimize.
The policy adjustment is based on a solid foundation - on the one hand, the pathogenicity and virulence of the new coronavirus variants have significantly weakened, and the overall health risks to the population tend to ease; On the other hand, the complete vaccination rate of the whole population in China has exceeded 90%, the ability of medical treatment, pathogen detection, epidemiological investigation, etc. has continued to improve, and the health awareness and health literacy of the masses have significantly improved, which provides necessary conditions for policy adjustment.
Optimization is not a complete release, but an active choice rather than a passive release
The ninth version of the prevention and control plan has been issued, and 20 optimization measures have been issued... China has always optimized and improved the prevention and control measures according to the situation, effectively responded to the uncertainty of the epidemic situation with the stability of the prevention and control strategy and the flexibility of the prevention and control measures, and achieved significant positive results in coordinating the prevention and control of the epidemic and economic and social development.
"Insisting on taking small steps, never stopping, and actively optimizing and improving prevention and control policies is an important experience of epidemic prevention and control in China." Liang Wannian, the leader of the expert group of the leading group for epidemic response and disposal of the National Health Commission, pointed out that the "new ten" is precisely based on the characteristics of the new coronavirus mutants and epidemic characteristics currently prevalent in China, through the study and judgment of the dynamics of the epidemic situation, The evaluation on the effectiveness of the current prevention and control measures is made after comprehensive consideration.
As the severity and mortality of the variant strain of Omikjon have decreased, the United Kingdom, Australia, South Korea and other countries have successively adjusted epidemic prevention measures, such as canceling restrictions on population gathering. Why did China choose to adjust its epidemic prevention strategy at this time?
Internationally, the reason why some countries have relaxed their prevention and control measures is that a large number of people have gained natural immunity in the early waves of the epidemic, and some countries have paid a large number of deaths and other costs; Secondly, the coverage rate of vaccination, especially for the elderly, has reached a high proportion; Thirdly, the pathogenicity of the new mutant strain gradually weakened, and it has better medical treatment ability. It should be noted that most countries are not completely open, but the focus of prevention and control has changed. For example, the focus is mainly on preventing medical resource runs, and the adjustment of their strategies and measures is also in order, not in one step.
It takes time to get ready and improve the coping ability, and it cannot be achieved overnight. Liang Wannian pointed out that since the outbreak of the epidemic, China has actively accelerated drug research and development, vaccination, capacity training, material storage and other work while normalizing the prevention and control of the epidemic, and has made positive progress and achievements, significantly improved the ability to fight the epidemic and the resilience of the system, creating conditions for China to further optimize and adjust strategies and measures, It also laid the foundation for the final victory over the epidemic.
The anti epidemic practice in the past three years has greatly guaranteed the life safety of all people
The COVID-19 epidemic has lasted for nearly three years, which is also rare in the history of human diseases, especially pandemic diseases. In this battle with the virus, human beings have paid a heavy price of life.
According to the latest data released by the World Health Organization, as of December 8, Beijing time, there were more than 642 million newly confirmed cases and more than 6.62 million deaths worldwide. In addition, according to an assessment report released by the World Health Organization in May this year, between January 1, 2020 and December 31, 2021, the number of direct or indirect deaths caused by the COVID-19 epidemic, that is, the number of "excess deaths", is about 14.9 million, the actual range is between 13.3 million and 16.6 million, far higher than the official report.
In the face of the epidemic, different countries have different responses. Let people's lives and health be protected to the greatest extent - this is China's choice in the face of the epidemic in the 21st century.
China has the lowest incidence of COVID-19 and the lowest number of deaths among the major countries in the world. Although there is a big gap between the per capita medical resources and the level of medical technology in developed countries, the per capita life expectancy has risen steadily, reaching 77.93 years in 2020 and 78.2 years in 2021.
"In the past three years, we have always adhered to the principle of people first and life first, effectively handled more than 100 cluster epidemics, effectively responded to the impact of five waves of global epidemics, maintained the lowest infection rate and death toll in the world, and forged a great anti epidemic spirit," said Wang Hesheng, deputy director of the National Health Commission and director of the National Bureau of Disease Control.
Epidemic prevention and development, both ends of the balance, as heavy as a thousand. Under the strong leadership of the Party Central Committee with Comrade Xi Jinping at the core, China has embarked on a dialectical path of precisely coordinating epidemic prevention and control and economic and social development.
Win the battle against poverty, build a moderately prosperous society in an all-round way, and become the world's leading major economy to achieve positive economic growth; Last year, the gross domestic product (GDP) topped 110 trillion yuan, ranking second in the world, an increase of 8.1% over the previous year, and the 14th Five Year Plan got off to a good start.
We will promote reform and improve the disease prevention and control system, establish a major epidemic prevention, control and treatment system that combines peacetime and wartime, and coordinate the normalization of accurate prevention and control and emergency response... In the practice of epidemic prevention, China not only attaches importance to repairing safety weaknesses, but also focuses on strengthening the protection network in the long run.
Speed up the construction of a unified national market; In the past three years, it has reduced taxes and fees for individual businesses by more than one trillion yuan; Shenzhou 15 manned spaceship explores the sky, and moves towards a high level of science and technology for self-reliance and self-improvement.
Accelerate the vaccination of the elderly against COVID-19 and be the first person responsible for their own health
The COVID-19 pandemic is not over yet, and epidemic risks still exist. China's "one old and one small" group is large in scale, with many patients suffering from chronic and basic diseases, but the total amount of medical and health resources is insufficient and unevenly distributed. In addition, winter is the season of high incidence of respiratory diseases, and the situation of prevention and control is severe and complex.
"At present, we need to pay close attention to the variation of COVID-19, report the severe disease and death after COVID-19 infection, as well as the occupation of medical resources, and strictly prevent the run on medical resources." Li Bin, deputy director of the National Health Commission, introduced that China's efforts in vaccine and drug research and development, vaccination and drug storage A lot of work has been done in the preparation of medical treatment resources, and relevant measures are also being further strengthened.
China has a high vaccination coverage rate. The complete vaccination coverage rate of the whole population exceeds 90%, but the coverage rate of the elderly population is not ideal. The elderly and other vulnerable people infected with COVID-19 are prone to develop into severe, critical illness and even death, and COVID-19 vaccination has the greatest benefit.
In order to promote the implementation of the "new ten" measures, Longta Street, Yubei District, Chongqing set up a temporary vaccination site for the elderly with new coronal vaccine to facilitate the elderly in the area under jurisdiction to receive new coronal vaccine. The picture shows an elderly person getting vaccinated at the temporary vaccination site of New Crown Vaccine on December 7. Photographed by He Penglei
The joint prevention and control mechanism of the State Council recently issued the Work Plan for Strengthening the Vaccination of COVID-19 among the Elderly. Mi Feng, spokesman of the National Health Commission and deputy director of the Propaganda Department, said that we should speed up the vaccination of the elderly with COVID-19, conduct health survey for the elderly with cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, diabetes, chronic kidney disease, tumor, immune deficiency and other diseases, and provide health services by classification.
Continuous optimization of prevention and control measures is to better respond to the epidemic and reduce the impact of the epidemic on people's normal production and life. This not only requires scientific and accurate implementation of prevention and control measures, but also requires everyone to continue to do a good job in personal protection, maintain healthy and civilized living habits, be the first responsible person for their own health, protect themselves and protect their families.
Epidemic prevention and control can not be separated from everyone's participation, understanding and cooperation, and the society needs to be united, co oriented and peer. In the storm of the epidemic in the 21st century, more than 1.4 billion Chinese people are riding on a ship of common destiny, sharing the same breath, common destiny, shoulder to shoulder, heart to heart. Constantly improve the wisdom of scientific prevention and control, the strategy of overall consideration, and the ability of organization and implementation, we will be able to ride the wind and waves and usher in the dawn of comprehensive victory.
(Original title: Website of the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection and the State Supervision Commission: Optimization is not "lying flat")
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