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National Health Guide: Vice-Premier Stresses Measures to Curb COVID-19 Spread
Vice-Premier Sun Chunlan emphasized solid efforts to prevent and control COVID-19 outbreaks during her inspection in Nanjing, focusing on quarantine, disinfection, and efficient epidemic response.
Amid a new wave of local infections in Nanjing, Vice-Premier Sun Chunlan called for strengthened measures to curb the spread of COVID-19, highlighting the importance of quarantine, disinfection, and improved epidemic investigation.
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Overview of the Vice-Premier's Inspection
Vice-Premier Sun Chunlan, a member of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, inspected Nanjing, the capital of East China's Jiangsu province, from July 29 to August 1, 2021, to oversee COVID-19 prevention and control efforts.
During the inspection, Sun learned about local work including treatment of COVID-19 patients, epidemiological investigation, nucleic acid testing, prevention of hospital infections, and supply of daily necessities.
Key Measures Stressed
Sun stressed measures of quarantine and disinfection, urging efforts to improve the efficiency of epidemiological investigation by using information technology and ensuring the accuracy of nucleic acid testing.
She also demanded local authorities ensure daily supplies for residents, provide psychological counseling, enhance efforts to treat and save patients, and improve the training of medical personnel.
National Coordination and Prevention
During the inspection, Sun met with relevant departments and experts to analyze the current epidemic situations across the country and sent work groups to the provinces of Hunan and Henan, where local outbreaks also emerged.
Stressing the key task of guarding against imported COVID-19 cases, Sun said local governments should establish a mechanism to switch between regular prevention and emergency response measures, step up risk monitoring, and limit the number of vi
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