This article is reproduced from [CCTV.com];
On March 22, the State Council’s joint prevention and control mechanism held a press conference on the situation of the epidemic prevention and control work in a strict and realistic manner.
At the meeting, Lei Zhenglong, deputy director of the National Health Commission’s CDC and first-level inspector, introduced that from March 1 to 21, more than 41,000 local infections were reported nationwide, affecting 28 provinces. . The epidemic situation in Jilin Province is at a high stage of development. From March 1 to 21, a total of more than 22,000 infected people have been reported. Since March 14, the number of new infections each day has exceeded 1,000 for 8 consecutive days. The epidemic is mainly concentrated in Jilin City and In Changchun City, the risk of social transmission in the two cities still exists.
Generally speaking, the current national epidemic situation is at a high stage, and the epidemic prevention and control is facing a severe situation of complexity, arduousness and repetition. On March 21, the Joint Prevention and Control Mechanism of the State Council dispatched inspection teams to 10 provinces to carry out inspections, check loopholes, make up for shortcomings, and urge the implementation of rectification in a problem-oriented manner. The comprehensive team of the Joint Prevention and Control Mechanism of the State Council has dispatched working groups in various provinces to continue to guide the outbreak areas to scientifically and decisively delineate risk areas, make full use of information technology to strengthen the overall coordination of nucleic acid screening, strengthen the reserve and efficient deployment of transport forces, and optimize medical and isolation resources. use and strictly control cross-infection, and block community transmission as soon as possible.