China’s “anti-epidemic tsar” and Vice Premier Sun Chunlan held a symposium for the second day in a row, twice mentioning that the pathogenicity of Omicron’s new crown variant virus has weakened, and asked officials to create conditions for improving prevention measures and control further. , releasing the official prevention and control situation Soften the latest signal.
“Shangguan News” reported that Sun Chunlan held a symposium at the National Health and Medical Commission on Thursday (1st) to listen to suggestions from front-line representatives of prevention and control work on improving prevention and control measures. He said the pathogenicity of the Omicron virus has weakened, and public health awareness and literacy have improved significantly.
He said that insisting on making progress while maintaining stability, taking small steps without stopping, and proactively improving prevention and control policies are important experiences in epidemic prevention and control.
Sun Chunlan also said at the National Health Commission symposium on Wednesday, with the weakening of the pathogenicity of the Omicron virus, the popularization of vaccination, and the accumulation of experience in prevention and control, the prevention and control of the epidemic is facing new situations. and new tasks.
Xinhua News Agency also published a commentary on Thursday, stating that “quick sealing and quick release, and everything that should be released” is the proper meaning of adhering to scientific and precise prevention and control, and is an inevitable requirement for an efficient epidemic and coordinated. prevention and control and economic and social development; “quick sealing” is the In order to stop the spread of the epidemic quickly, “Quick Solution” is to reduce the inconvenience caused by the epidemic.
Professor Zhang Wenhong of Huashan Hospital Affiliated to Fudan University of the National Center for Infectious Diseases said on Thursday that “the hope of getting out of the epidemic is becoming clearer.” The front line personnel treated the seriously ill patients in a timely and clear manner. effective way.
At the same time, local governments have also continued to relax epidemic prevention measures. The announcement on the Chengdu Metro microblog shows that from Friday, Chengdu citizens are required to take the initiative to scan the site code when entering the station, show their health code before going through the gate , pass with the green code, and wear a mask throughout the journey, but they do not need to show a nucleic acid test certificate.
