East China’s Jiangsu province held a teleconference Wednesday to cope with the sporadic COVID-19 cases in Changzhou city. Wu Zhenglong, secretary of the CPC Jiangsu Provincial Committee, sent a message to the conference, demanding tough measures to control the outbreak and the spread of the epidemic. Xu Kunlin, governor of Jiangsu, requested targeted efforts to curb the spread of the virus.
When addressing the conference, Xu Kunlin said efforts must be made to deal with the epidemic as quickly as possible as it is a matter of great concern to the overall situation of the province and the country.
Governments at all levels and departments must enhance political stance and strengthen their responsibilities, strengthen their confidence in winning the victory, and win the battle against epidemic prevention and control, Xu said.
The Governor requested targeted measures to gain a full understanding of the current severe situation of the epidemic, resolutely overcome the slackening of vigilance, and scientifically and effectively strengthen prevention and control on the basis of careful analysis and judgment.
Changzhou should make every effort to strengthen the primary task and top priority of epidemic prevention and control, adhere to problem-oriented and effect-oriented, find and fill up loopholes in the work, and implement detailed prevention and control measures, said Xu.
Xu Kunlin requested specific measures in a scientific and pragmatic spirit to grasp the law of spread of the epidemic and the characteristics of the spread of delta strains, so as to strengthen prevention and control more systematically and accurately, effectively cut the transmission chain, and strictly prevent the spillover of the confirmed cases outside the province.
He emphasized that the prevention and control of the epidemic is the current top priority, and various measures must be taken without relaxation and perseverance, adding that it is important to conduct epidemiological investigations and trace the source more quickly, coordinate public health, public security, industry and information, and find out all potential infections as soon as possible.
The governor also required stricter isolation control measures while centralized isolation must be separated. The management of safety, fire protection, and prevention and control of isolation sites must be further strengthened. Home isolation and community management must strictly implement hard regulations to prevent cross-infection, he said.
Xu Kunlin noted that information release must be strengthened and improved to ensure timely, transparent, and authoritative, smooth transmission of people’s appeals and complaints and address the basic needs and individual requirements of the people in centralized isolation points, closed communities, and closed areas, and strengthen psychological counseling.
