Xu Kunlin, governor of Jiangsu, called on all-out efforts to rein the sporadic resurgence of the COVID-19 epidemic by following General Secretary Xi Jinping’s important instructions on epidemic prevention and control and implementing the requirements of the national teleconference on epidemic prevention and control. He made the remarks Sunday in Lianyungang city at a provincial meeting on the joint prevention and control of the covid-19 epidemic.
Xu Kunlin pointed out that the current resurgence of the COVID-19 epidemic in Jiangsu has made the situation extremely severe, and the task of prevention and control extremely arduous.
He demanded that epidemic prevention and control be the top priority at present, further optimize and upgrade prevention and control measures, adhere to the general strategy of preventing inbound cases from overseas and sporadic resurgence at home and use the strictest means to stop the spread of the epidemic.
The governor required further efforts to strengthen the epidemic prevention and control at schools, construction sites, nursing homes, prisons and farmers markets.
He called for immediate large-scale nucleic acid testing by combining antigen screening and nucleic acid diagnosis and improve the sensitivity of monitoring and early warning.
Measures should be taken to standardize the management of isolation points, designated hospitals, and nucleic acid testing sites, reduce group gatherings, and race against time to quickly and completely eliminate the epidemic in Lianyungang, said the governor.
On Sunday morning, Xu Kunlin visited a nucleic acid testing site in Lianyungang, requesting a reasonable arrangement of regional nucleic acid testing plans to ensure fast, orderly, and efficient testing, strict sampling in accordance with norms, guiding people to maintain a safe distance, and strictly preventing cross-infection.
When inspecting a logistics center, Xu Kunlin made a detailed inquiry into the prices, logistics and warehousing of grain, oil and vegetable so as to strengthen allocation of provisions, boost logistics channels, and strengthen supervision and supervision to ensure sufficient supply of residents' daily necessities and stable prices.
