What does "Category B B control" mean? Does the policy change mean a return to the pre-epidemic status?

On January 8, 2023, our State Council adjusted the new coronavirus infections from "Category B A control" to "Category B B control". Liang Wannian of the National Health Commission said that the adjustment to "B class B management" is to better adapt to the new situation of epidemic prevention and control. The overall domestic epidemic is in a rapidly rising stage, the future of the epidemic everywhere will face the pressure of the epidemic one after another.

New coronavirus from "Category B A" adjusted to "Category B B" because the new coronavirus mutated into omicron virus, that is to say, now infected with the new coronary, the harm to the people has changed, and the new coronavirus has been changed. There are fewer severe cases and lower mortality rates. The Omicron variant is now the dominant strain in the epidemic, with more than 90% of asymptomatic infections and mild cases. Our country made this decision based on the world outbreak of New Crown infections, feeling that this would better protect our normal life and development, and minimize the harm done by the epidemic prevention to the people of China.

Now our country stipulates that there are forty kinds of infectious diseases a***,

1, Category A infectious diseases (that is, the first class of infectious diseases), a*** is two kinds of plague and cholera.

2, Category B infectious diseases (that is, the second level of infectious diseases) a *** is twenty-seven kinds, which includes the new crown now, some years ago the epidemic of SARS, AIDS and viral hepatitis and so on.

3, C infectious diseases (that is, the third level of infectious diseases) *** eleven, influenza and mumps and some other diseases.

Now our country has confirmed that the infection of the new coronavirus is a high-quality mutation, the harm to our body has been very small, do not need to go through the first level of infectious diseases to prevent service, the next level of infectious disease prevention, that is, "Category B A tube" for "Category B B tube The next step in the process of secondary infectious disease defense, which is to say, "Class B A" to "Class B B", is to revert to the process of secondary infectious disease defense. Gone will be the days when we were subjected to three years of excessive immunization against the new coronavirus, and we will have to return to normal life in the future.

After the SARS pneumonia in 2003, the avian influenza in 2005, and the H1N1 influenza in 2009, infectious diseases, our country learned of their dangers and implemented the control measures of Class A infectious diseases for Class B infectious diseases. Infectious diseases although raging, but in our country's strict control, quickly controlled their transmission, very good protection of people's health, after a period of time, the epidemic prevention policy downward. Leaving a memory in our hearts of SARS, avian influenza, are "B A tube", the epidemic was controlled, the policy was randomly downgraded to "B B tube" .

While our national policy will be the new coronavirus from "Category B A" adjusted to "Category B B", after the infection of the new coronavirus disease patients are no longer isolated, there is no close, and will not be delineated the risk area, the prevention of epidemic prevention will also be adjusted to the willingness to detect the disease. The prevention of epidemics will also be adjusted to the willingness to check the self-test, but we should not be paralyzed, also need to pay attention to the virus mutation reports.

Now the new crown epidemic is still in the global mutation epidemic, now facing the arrival of the Chinese New Year, it is the time of high population mobility, people's immunity are not the same, the future we face the infection will be more, more powerful, we have to be sure to do a good job of personal epidemic prevention. The best is to reduce the number of times to go out, as much as possible to stay at home, we should understand is that the face of the new crown virus or rely on us is their own immunity, if infected with the new crown virus, must pay attention to rest, drink more water, eat more fresh fruits and vegetables, to ensure that the nutritional intake, maintain a good mood, to improve the body's immunity.

Summary: the new type coronavirus from the "B A tube" to "B B tube", policy adjustments, although it does not mean that back to the status of the epidemic before, but already is the liberalization of the epidemic policy, will not be like the previous epidemic prevention! The new coronavirus as strict, the country will have a certain means of epidemic prevention to prevent the new coronavirus, only to relax the epidemic prevention policy, will not be as strict as the previous epidemic prevention. Only we can improve our own immunity is the hard truth. The only way to get rid of the virus is to get rid of it.