Keep healthy and prevent serious illness! Top leaders of the party and government in many provinces held meetings over the weekend to step up deployment

Written by Xiong Yingqi

Epidemic prevention and control work has entered a new stage! The current work goal is to protect health and prevent serious illness.

The Central Economic Work Conference held this week once again emphasized this point - we must better coordinate epidemic prevention and control and economic and social development, optimize epidemic prevention and control measures according to the situation, and conscientiously implement the new stage of epidemic prevention and control. We will control various measures to ensure the public's access to medical treatment and medication, focusing on the prevention and control of the elderly and groups with basic diseases, and strive to protect health and prevent severe disease.

Just on Saturday, "protect health and prevent severe disease" once again became the key words at the meeting of the leading groups for the prevention and control of the new coronavirus epidemic in many provinces, and various regions have begun to step up deployment.

Adequate emergency transport capacity

On December 17, Yin Li, secretary of the Beijing Municipal Party Committee and leader of the prevention and control leading group, chaired a meeting of the Beijing New Crown Pneumonia Epidemic Prevention and Control Leading Group meeting. Acting Mayor Yin Yong attended the meeting.

The meeting pointed out that the current epidemic situation is still at a high level, the number of infected people is increasing, and Beijing has withstood the impact of the epidemic. All departments and units at all levels must adhere to the combination of prevention and treatment, strengthen medical treatment, focus on protecting health and preventing severe illness, and implement the "New Ten Articles" and various detailed measures of the city to ensure that the optimization and transition of prevention and control measures is smooth and orderly, and better Coordinate epidemic prevention and control with economic and social development.

During the current epidemic in Beijing, two key tasks have attracted much attention from the people - buying medicine and seeking medical treatment.

In this regard, this meeting also emphasized:

The current supply of medicines in Beijing is in a tight balance, and municipal-level coordination must be strengthened to give full play to the role of the city’s special emergency support team for medical supplies. , speed up the transfer of urgently needed drugs from production to wholesale and retail links, and distribute drugs to medical institutions, social pharmacies, and community health service centers at all levels in a targeted manner based on supply and demand, so that citizens can buy and use them.

Focusing on key groups such as the elderly, the young, the sick, the disabled and pregnant women, the community can find out the bottom line in time and smooth the green channel for medical treatment. Allocate sufficient emergency transport capacity and improve the connection of various processes to ensure that key groups can be quickly sent to the hospital in case of emergencies.

The meeting also specifically mentioned that recently, some communities have established drug sharing and economic platforms through WeChat groups to promote the spirit of neighborly mutual assistance, alleviate some emergency drug needs, and reflect unity and friendship. , *** overcome the difficulties.

For hospitalized patients, the meeting emphasized that after admission, treatment work should be carried out to reduce severity and death, and adhere to one case, one plan, so that severe and critically ill patients can receive timely and effective treatment.

Continue to strengthen early warning assessment

Shanghai also held a municipal leading group for the prevention and control of the new coronavirus epidemic on the 17th. Municipal Party Committee Secretary Chen Jining presided over the meeting and delivered a speech. Mayor Gong Zheng attended the meeting and delivered a speech.

The meeting pointed out that it is necessary to accurately grasp the new situation and new tasks of epidemic prevention and control, conscientiously implement various measures for epidemic prevention and control in the new stage, seize the window period, and take the initiative.

In terms of material supply, the meeting put forward requirements:

Continue to strengthen early warning assessments, and ensure that all work such as medical supplies, epidemic prevention material reserves, production guarantees, and market supply have been fully implemented. Implement the measures in place, further promote the sinking of resources and forces, and effectively ensure the people's medical use;

It is necessary to speed up the establishment and improvement of the emergency support working mechanism, improve the material reserve dispatching and command mechanism, and the information integration mechanism, and fully Give full play to the enthusiasm of all districts and departments to effectively improve the overall dispatch efficiency of medical supplies and epidemic prevention supplies, and ensure the efficient and orderly production, supply, storage, and distribution of key supplies.

For key personnel, the meeting pointed out that

focus on the prevention and control of the elderly and groups with basic diseases, and strive to protect health and prevent serious illness;

Focus on important functional institutions, key infrastructure, and people in key positions, coordinate and dispatch resources, and make emergency plans to ensure the normal operation of the city's core functions and the safe and orderly operation of the city.

Try to delay the arrival of the first wave of infection peak

Zhejiang Province will also hold a meeting on Saturday.

Yi Lianhong, Secretary of the Zhejiang Provincial Party Committee, chaired a meeting of the Provincial Leading Group for COVID-19 Prevention and Control, and Governor Wang Hao attended.

Yi Lianhong emphasized that the current epidemic prevention and control has entered a new stage, facing new situations, new problems, and new challenges, and the people also have new demands and new expectations.

It is necessary to further shift the focus of epidemic prevention and control from "preventing infection" to "protecting health and preventing severe disease", try to delay the arrival of the peak of the first wave of infections and flatten the infection curve.

Yi Lianhong also emphasized that we should look at the problem from the perspective of the masses, think of ways, and take practical measures:

Resolutely crack down on hoarding, wanton price increases, market disruption, etc. that harm the people Acts of vital interest;

Ensure that we can survive the first wave of the epidemic in a safe, stable and orderly manner, make good "advanced moves" and fight "active battles", constantly improve the hierarchical and classified diagnosis and treatment system, and speed up the improvement of medical treatment. capabilities, and do our best to ensure the people’s basic drug needs;

Respond to the public’s concerns in a timely manner, clarify rumors and rumors, guide the public to rationally view the optimization and adjustment of epidemic prevention measures and changes in the epidemic situation, and enhance anti-epidemic confidence and cooperation for all sectors of society. We will take epidemic measures and maintain normal order to create a good atmosphere.

In view of future epidemic risks, the meeting will require that we must effectively respond to risks, insist on responding to the uncertainty of epidemic risks with work certainty, and consider more and understand the risks we may face. You have to go deeper and be more prepared.

At the same time, Zhejiang Province also launched seven measures. This includes advocating “no nucleic acid tests unless necessary, and no nucleic acid certificate checks unless necessary”; in addition to nursing homes, welfare homes, child care institutions, primary and secondary schools and other places, in order to facilitate the public, party and government agencies, enterprises and institutions at all levels across the province have taken the lead, No longer checking nucleic acid certificates; make good use of Internet hospitals, etc.

Pharmaceutical companies maintain 24-hour operations

Further stocking up on medical drugs and solving drug use problems for the masses are also one of the focuses of recent epidemic prevention and control efforts from the central to local governments.

Xinhua News Agency reported on the 17th that in order to ensure the public’s demand for medical supplies under the new situation of epidemic prevention and control, the State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission of the State Council, in accordance with the work requirements of the Joint Prevention and Control Mechanism of the State Council, comprehensively strengthened organization and coordination and established a special task force for medical supplies support. , establish a daily work scheduling mechanism, supervise and guide China Resources Group, General Technology Group, Sinopharm and other central pharmaceutical-related enterprises to go all out to ensure the supply of medical supplies.

According to reports, the above three central pharmaceutical-related enterprises have established a leading group to ensure the supply of medical supplies and established a 24-hour working mechanism. The enterprises maintain 24-hour operation to ensure the implementation of various measures to ensure production and supply. in place.

In provinces such as Jilin and Guangxi, the provincial-level epidemic prevention and control headquarters has set up special teams to ensure drug supply and stationed in key production enterprises, making every effort to ensure drug supply and the collection and storage of scarce materials. Ensure that enterprises operate at full capacity 24 hours a day to produce anti-epidemic drugs, and go all out to ensure the production and supply of anti-epidemic drugs.

The Hunan Provincial Drug Administration has proposed six measures, requiring drug regulatory departments at all levels in the province to make every effort to promote the production and supply of drugs and medical devices for the prevention and control of the new coronavirus epidemic. Among them, emergency inspection and testing channels are actively opened. Establish an emergency inspection working group, open a 24-hour emergency inspection and testing channel for new coronavirus diagnosis and treatment drugs and medical devices, provide inspection, testing and consulting services to new coronavirus diagnosis and treatment drugs and medical device manufacturers, and ensure 24-hour on-site inspection for emergency inspections.

Extended reading:

At the critical moment, the party newspaper spoke out for three consecutive days. What signals did it reveal?

The "epidemic prevention and control" work is facing new situations and new tasks, and how to successfully survive the epidemic period has attracted much attention from the outside world.

In this context, in the past few days, "People's Daily" has published articles signed "Zhong Yin" one after another. The focus topics are "Enlightenments from coordinating epidemic prevention and control and economic and social development in the past three years."

The three articles are:

December 16, "Decision-making in accordance with the times and circumstances, scientific and precise prevention and control"

December 17, "Continuously building a prevention and control barrier to protect people's health and safety"

On December 18, "Effectively ensuring the improvement of people's livelihood during epidemic prevention and control"

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< p>A few details are worth mentioning.

First, during the recent period, "Zhongyin" has published articles continuously on optimization measures for epidemic prevention and control.

On November 10, the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee studied and deployed 20 measures to further optimize prevention and control work. On November 11, the "Notice on Further Optimizing the Prevention and Control Measures for the New Coronavirus Epidemic and Doing a Scientific and Accurate Prevention and Control Work" was released, announcing 20 measures to further optimize the prevention and control work.

Since November 12, "People's Daily" has published articles signed by "Zhong Yin" for 19 consecutive times, continuing to speak out for winning the battle against normalized epidemic prevention and control.

On December 7, the Comprehensive Team of the Joint Prevention and Control Mechanism of the State Council issued the "Notice on Further Optimizing and Implementing Prevention and Control Measures for the New Coronavirus Epidemic."

Since then, "People's Daily" has published a number of articles signed by "Zhong Yin" to speak out for the implementation of optimized measures for epidemic prevention and control after the release of the "New Ten Articles".

Second, the articles published by "Zhongyin" in the past three days have repeatedly affirmed the anti-epidemic strategies in the past three years. For example, the article mentioned:

In the past three years, we have effectively dealt with more than a hundred cluster epidemics

Scientific decision-making and creative and precise responses are the fundamental ways to turn crises into opportunities. The anti-epidemic strategy in the past three years is an effective measure that is in line with my country's national conditions and has been tested in practice. It is the anti-epidemic plan with the lowest comprehensive social cost.

Our anti-epidemic measures are scientific, precise, timely and efficient, effectively curbing the spread of the epidemic on a large scale, effectively changing the dangerous process of virus spread, and achieving the greatest prevention and control effect at the lowest cost. .

Our epidemic prevention and control policies have been recognized by the people and can stand the test of history.

We protect people's production and life to the greatest extent and achieve the greatest prevention and control effect at the lowest cost.

my country’s socialist system has extraordinary organizational and mobilization capabilities, overall coordination capabilities, and implementation capabilities. It can reduce the adverse effects of the epidemic and ensure the The economy and society continue to develop healthily and steadily.

Third, on December 18, Xinhua News Agency issued an article stating that currently, the number of newly infected people is in a period of rapid growth, and a new wave of epidemic peak is coming. The focus of epidemic prevention and control is changing.

The Central Economic Work Conference was held from December 15th to 16th this year. This meeting specifically mentioned:

It is necessary to optimize and adjust epidemic prevention and control policies in accordance with the deployment of the Party Central Committee, strengthen overall coordination, organize implementation in an orderly manner, successfully survive the epidemic period, and ensure a smooth transition and stable social order. .

"Optimization and adjustment" are still inseparable from seeking truth from facts.

The "People's Daily" mentioned in the article that the epidemic prevention and control in the past three years has fully demonstrated that respecting science is an effective weapon in the fight against the epidemic, and seeking truth from facts is an important magic weapon in the fight against the epidemic.

“At present, the virus is weak and we are strong. Epidemic prevention and control are facing new situations and new tasks. We seize the opportunity to optimize epidemic prevention and control policies, efficiently coordinate epidemic prevention and control and economic and social development, and make prevention and control more effective. More operable and targeted. No matter how the situation and tasks change, scientific precision is always the answer.”

Fourth, “vaccination” is one of the next priorities.

The above three articles of "People's Daily" mentioned that "vaccination is a powerful tool to defeat the epidemic and is a key variable that directly determines whether a society can withstand the impact of the epidemic." "Currently, vaccination is With precise advancement, all localities insist on focusing on the elderly over 60 years old, consolidate local responsibilities, increase mobilization efforts, and further increase the vaccination rate of key groups."

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On December 17, at the 2022 Sino-US High-end Forum on Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, Professor Zhang Wenhong, director of the Department of Infectious Diseases at the National Medical Center for Infectious Diseases and Huashan Hospital Affiliated to Fudan University, said that at this stage, the peak period of infection is about to come. In reality, the elderly must be well protected.

He said, "If the elderly have not been vaccinated, they should reduce their activity and be sure to wear a mask when they go out. When going to see the elderly, you should also wear a mask before going. In the end I hope that the elderly can be vaccinated and have better drugs to protect them.”

Fifth, “solving the problem of people’s medical use of drugs” is also a key topic that has been mentioned frequently recently.

The "People's Daily" article mentioned:

It is necessary to speed up the solution of the problem of medical medication for the masses, rationally allocate medical resources according to the epidemic situation, severity of illness, etc., and further improve service efficiency and quality ;

It is necessary to strengthen health monitoring and service guarantees for key groups, and provide timely consultation and guidance;

It is necessary to coordinate the supply and price stabilization of important livelihood commodities and ensure the supply of coal, electricity, oil and gas transportation, We will ensure the payment of wages to migrant workers and strive to provide relief to small, medium and micro enterprises and individual industrial and commercial households.

Zheng Zhijun noticed that recently, meetings have been held in many places to emphasize issues such as medical medication. The latest case is Zhejiang.

On December 17, Yi Lianhong, Secretary of the Zhejiang Provincial Party Committee, presided over a leading group meeting.

The meeting in Zhejiang mentioned that it is necessary to ensure that the first wave of the epidemic peak is passed safely, smoothly and orderly, to make good "advanced moves" and to fight "active battles", to continuously improve the hierarchical and classified diagnosis and treatment system, and to speed up improvement. Medical treatment capabilities, do our best to ensure the basic drug needs of the people, and be fully prepared to fight big, tough, and victorious battles.

The meeting also mentioned that it is necessary to strengthen publicity and guidance, give full play to the role of mainstream media in strengthening confidence, gathering people's hearts, warming people's hearts, and building unity, respond to people's concerns in a timely manner, clarify rumors and rumors, and guide the people to view epidemic prevention measures rationally Optimize adjustments and changes in the epidemic situation to create a good atmosphere for all sectors of society to enhance their confidence in fighting the epidemic, cooperate with anti-epidemic measures, and maintain normal order.