Jilin Province: Set up a special class for Chinese medicine anti-epidemic to implement Chinese medicine intervention

On March 18, the Jilin Provincial Government held the 39th press conference on the prevention and control of the novel coronavirus pneumonia to introduce the latest progress in the prevention and control of the epidemic.

According to Zhang Li, Deputy Director of Jilin Provincial Health Commission, Jilin Province implemented traditional Chinese medicine intervention. Changchun City established a special class for anti-epidemic of traditional Chinese medicine, and organized traditional Chinese medicine experts to station in designated medical institutions. Organize the development and production of preventive medicines for new coronary pneumonia and distribute them to key groups, and provide graded and classified interventions for intensive and sub-intensive isolation personnel, home isolation personnel, and front-line anti-epidemic personnel. A roving expert group was established to guide the isolation personnel at each isolation point to use scientific drugs, monitor the drug use, and carry out personalized interventions.

(Reporter Zhao Wenbin Zhang Chu Xiao Jinwei Xu Yang)