Beijing - China

22 - Jan.- 2023

Edited by | Sue wang " China new - CJ" Reporter

BEIJING, Jan. 21 (Xinhua) --

Chinese Lunar New Year is an annual festival that is celebrated by more than one billion people in all the Chinese provinces and this is considered a national festival that represents their cultures and traditions throughout history...
This year the feast comes at a special time as the nation suffering from spreading the corona disease covid-19 and so the Chinese administration took responsibility for a safe feast.

Chinese health administration took serious decisions and joined in its implementation to follow the anti-COVID protocols. Also, the local culture and tourism authorities are also making efforts to ensure both a sound COVID response and the smooth operations of cultural and tourism sites and activities.

According to the officials and health, experts said that
medical services are working as usual with the consideration that we take care of COVID response measures in all places at all levels and in all sorts of venues, so be sure we will have a safe and sound Spring Festival holiday

 

The treatment of COVID-19 patients is smooth and orderly as day-to-day diagnoses and treatments gradually resume, Guo Yanhong, director of the Health Emergency Response Office of the National Health Commission, said at a press conference of the State Council joint COVID-19 prevention and control mechanism on Thursday.

The number of severe COVID-19 cases in hospitals nationwide reached its peak on Jan. 5 and has dropped by 44.3 percent as of Tuesday, Guo said.

She added that the numbers of patients in fever clinics and emergency rooms peaked on Dec. 23 and Jan. 2, respectively, and have decreased by 94 percent and 44 percent as of Tuesday.

COVID patient numbers have been declining in day-to-day medical services centers, with 99.5 percent of outpatients and 85 percent of hospitalized patients nationwide being non-COVID-19 patients on Tuesday, Guo said.

As for the newly detected XAY.2 variant of the coronavirus, Chang Zhaorui, a research fellow at the Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, said it is yet to be detected in China. Chang warned that personal protection measures are still necessary and that inbound travelers who have COVID-19 symptoms should monitor their health properly and seek medical treatment when necessary.
Chinese health authorities have also provided community-level medical facilities with the necessary equipment. Jiao Yahui, head of the Bureau of Medical Administration under the NHC, said that 1.17 million finger-clip oximeters have been distributed to village clinics across the country.

As of Thursday, community-level medical institutions in China have been equipped with nearly 2.48 million finger-clip oximeters and 191,000 oxygen generators.

Moreover, 31 provinces and the Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps have established a special contact system to reach key groups in a timely manner and address their needs, as efforts are being made to distribute more medical supplies to rural areas and send more medical personnel to communities, said Mao Dezhi, deputy head of the Department of Rural Cooperative Economy under the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs.
The travel rush this year is the first of its kind since the country's COVID-19 prevention and control work entered a new stage, with a notable recovery of passenger flows," said Zhou Min, a Ministry of Transport (MOT) official.

To reduce infection risks, the MOT has stepped up efforts to enforce ventilation and sanitation measures at transport hubs and strengthen the protection and management of relevant personnel.

The ministry is also raising the quality of transport services and its capacity to ensure safer trips, with measures such as promoting contactless ticket purchases and ticket-checking services.

It is estimated that over 60 percent of trips during this year's holiday season will be road trips. To ensure the safety of road travel, the MOT has taken targeted measures to maintain a well-sanitized, sterilized and ventilated environment at highway service stops with high traffic flows and has set up special zones at eligible stops to treat travelers infected with COVID-19 or feeling ill, Zhou said.