East China’s Jiangsu province has demanded tough measures to contain the sporadic resurgence of the COVID-19 epidemic in some parts of the province, according to a virtual meeting on epidemic prevention and control held on Tuesday. Wu Zhenglong, secretary of the CPC Jiangsu provincial committee, gave written instructions. Governor Xu Kunlin addressed the meeting.
Wu Zhenglong asked government authorities at all levels in the province to further enhance their political stance, adhere to the general strategy of preventing inbound cases from overseas and sporadic resurgence at home, ensure dynamic zero case policy so as to make every effort to curb the spread of the epidemic, and resolutely prevent the spillover of the epidemic.
The CPC provincial chief called for immediate large-scale nucleic acid testing by combining antigen screening and nucleic acid diagnosis, strengthening epidemiological investigations, strengthening gene sequencing comparisons, identifying the chain of infection and the source of infection as soon as possible, and strive to identify all potential infected persons as soon as possible.
He called for strong measures to speed up the transfer and isolation of infected persons, strengthen traffic control, inspect various checkpoints, entrances and exits at provincial and municipal boundaries, prevent the spread of the epidemic, strengthen the management of key personnel and places, and strengthen the prevention and control of construction sites, ports, schools, hospitals and fever clinics, nursing homes, prisons, farmers markets, enterprises, cold chain logistics, and imported goods yards.
The Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee also demanded stringent efforts to treat patients, strengthen the prevention and control of hospital infection, respond to people's concerns, meet people's needs for basic living, medical treatment and purchase of medicines, ensure material reserves and stable prices, and resolutely win the battle of epidemic prevention and control.
Noting 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, Governor Xu Kunlin demanded that epidemic prevention and control be the top priority and 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 farm produce marts.
Measures should be taken to standardize the management of isolation sites, designated hospitals, and nucleic acid testing sites, reduce group gatherings, and race against time to quickly and completely eliminate the epidemic in Suzhou, Lianyungang, Changzhoiu, Zhenjiang and Wuxi.
At another meeting held on Wednesday morning, Xu Kunlin called for strong measures to speed up the transfer and isolation of infected persons, strengthen traffic control, inspect various checkpoints, entrances and exits at provincial and municipal boundaries, prevent the spread of the epidemic, strengthen the management of key personnel and places, and strengthen the prevention and control of construction sites, ports, schools, hospitals and fever clinics, nursing homes, prisons, farmers markets, enterprises, cold chain logistics, and imported goods yards.
He also demanded all-out efforts to treat patients, strengthen the prevention and control of hospital infection, respond to people's concerns, meet people's needs for basic living, medical treatment and purchase of medicines, ensure material reserves and stable prices, and resolutely win the battle of epidemic prevention and control.
