The meeting also discussed other matters.
Editor: Jiang Ziwei
Xinhua News Agency, Beijing, February 16 The Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee held a meeting on February 16 to listen to the recent report on the prevention and control of the COVID-19.
The meeting pointed out that over the past three years, China’s anti epidemic and prevention process has been extremely extraordinary. Effectively protecting the safety and health of the people, it has won valuable time in winning the battle against epidemic prevention and control. Since November 2022, we have continued to optimize and adjust the prevention and control measures around the “health care and prevention of severe diseases”, and achieved a smooth transition in the prevention and control of the epidemic in a relatively short time. More than 200 million people have been diagnosed and treated, nearly 800000 patients with severe diseases have been effectively treated, COVID-19’s mortality rate has remained at the lowest level in the world, and a major and decisive victory in the prevention and control of the epidemic has been achieved, creating a miracle in the history of human civilization that a populous country has successfully emerged from the epidemic. Practice has proven that the Party Central Committee’s major judgments on the epidemic situation, major decisions on prevention and control work, and major adjustments to prevention and control strategies are completely correct, the measures are powerful, the masses are recognized, and the results are enormous.
The meeting emphasized that the current national epidemic prevention and control situation is generally improving, and has smoothly entered the normalized prevention and control stage of “Class B and Class B management”. However, the global epidemic is still prevalent, and the virus is still constantly mutating. Each region and department should have a sense of responsibility that they cannot rest assured of at all times, deeply summarize the experience and practices of over three years, especially in the recent period, improve relevant mechanisms and measures, focus on the prevention and control of the epidemic in the new stage, build a strong health service system, and firmly consolidate the hard won major achievements.
The meeting requires that the decisions and deployments of the Party Central Committee be conscientiously implemented, the “four party responsibilities” be compacted, key links be closely monitored, risk personnel management and control be carried out, and further progress and implementation be made on the basis of existing work. We need to strengthen the construction of epidemic monitoring and normalized early warning capabilities, improve the epidemic monitoring system and information reporting system, timely and accurate early warning, and take necessary emergency prevention and control measures. We need to scientifically plan the next stage of vaccination work based on virus mutation and vaccine protection, and promote the continuous increase of vaccination rates among the elderly. We need to focus on the construction of a normalized, hierarchical, and decentralized medical and health system, continue to optimize resource layout, and build a three-level medical and health service network with public medical institutions as the main body. We need to strengthen the production and supply guarantee of medical materials, improve the reserve system and inventory, consolidate and improve the mechanism for coordinating the allocation of personnel and materials, and effectively solve the shortcomings and weaknesses in grassroots frontline capabilities, drugs, equipment, and other aspects. We need to coordinate and promote scientific and technological breakthroughs in the field of health, and accumulate.Gather efforts from all parties to improve the level of life and health technology. We must cherish the important achievements of the anti epidemic struggle, tell the story of China’s anti epidemic campaign well, and inspire the entire party and people of all ethnic groups in the country to firmly establish their confidence in victory, and to overcome difficulties and forge ahead bravely in the new era and new journey.
The meeting also discussed other matters.
Editor: Jiang Ziwei