A senior official of China’s National Health Commission (NHC) has just said COVID-19 epidemic in China has entered infectious stage at a low level with number of new cases decrease.
When the Lunar New Year holiday ended, on January 30, the Joint Prevention and Control Mechanism of the State Council (Chinese Government) held a press conference on the situation during the holiday.
At the press conference, NHC officials emphasized that disease prevention in large rural areas will remain a top priority.
The NHC said that since December 21, 2022, fever clinics and general clinics in town and community-level health facilities have decreased compared to the previous upward trend and the number of patients since December 21, 2022. January 21-27 is still at a low level.
For example, the number of patients on January 27 at general clinics in primary health facilities was 44% compared to December 29, 2022.
The statistics released at the press conference are consistent with the statistics published by the Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in the latest issue of the weekly academic journal, showing that The epidemic wave recently peaked at the end of December 2022, and by the end of January 2023, the overall spread of SARS-CoV-2 throughout China had dropped to a lower level, easing the pressure on the country. health system of this country.
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NHC said that in the context of the epidemic situation across China entering the low-contagion stage, prevention in rural areas remains a top priority, and emphasized the need to pay more attention to follow-up. monitor the health of key groups.
It is known that the grassroots government has detailed requirements for rural and town clinics, including equipping at least one ambulance and ensuring that emergency calls can be received 24 hours a day. /24 hours to facilitate patient transportation; monitor the health of the elderly with other diseases for timely treatment.
With the latest wave of COVID-19 coming to an end, senior Chinese officials and public health experts have called for continued efforts in prevention against the possibility of a potential new wave of COVID-19 outbreaks. a second or more increase in infections caused by foreign variants.
Tien Trung (VNA/Vietnam+)