In the past three years, China has successively issued 9 versions of COVID-19 epidemic prevention and control plan and diagnosis and treatment plan, and issued 20 optimization measures and further optimization measures, which effectively responded to the uncertainty of the epidemic with strategic stability and flexibility.
Mi Feng, spokesperson of the National Health and Wellness Committee and deputy director of the Propaganda Department, said that at present, with the weakening of the pathogenicity of Omicron mutant, the popularization of vaccination and the accumulation of prevention and control experience, China's epidemic prevention and control is facing a new situation and new tasks.
COVID-19 epidemic prevention and control measures ("New Ten Articles");
Today, the joint prevention and control mechanism of the State Council has put forward measures to further optimize the implementation of COVID-19 epidemic prevention and control ("Ten Articles of New China"), and put forward further optimization requirements for the delineation and management of risk areas, ensuring people's demand for medical treatment and drug purchase, vaccination for the elderly, health management of key populations, normal social operation, security, and school epidemic prevention and control.
At the press conference, Wang Hesheng, director of the National Bureau of Disease Control and Prevention, said that in the past three years, China has continuously adjusted and optimized its prevention and control measures, which cannot be adjusted. Every optimization is very cautious and is based on previous prevention and control practices.
Each optimization is conducted in-depth research and demonstration according to the problems found in practice, emphasizing more scientific and accurate focus on virus characteristics, international and domestic epidemic situation and changes in prevention and control strategies at home and abroad, and making adjustments according to the times and conditions.
"Every optimization is people-centered, in order to better protect the normal production and living order of the people and better provide protection for key groups such as the elderly and infants."