Wu Zhenglong, secretary of the CPC Jiangsu provincial committee, demanded tough measures to contain the sporadic resurgence of the COVID-19 epidemic. He made the remarks Monday in Nanjing city when going on an inspection tour on the joint prevention and control of the covid-19 epidemic.
The novel coronavirus antigen self-test product produced by Nanjing Vazyme Biotech Co.,Ltd has been marketed after being approved by the State Drug Administration.
When visiting the company, Wu Zhenglong learned in detail about the detection principle, clinical trials, detection time, detection rate, raw material reserve, maximum daily output, and difficulties and problems encountered in production.
Noting that the organic combination of antigen screening and nucleic acid diagnosis is conducive to early detection of the epidemic, the secretary of the provincial party committee hoped that the company will make persistent efforts to strengthen staff allocation, raw material organization, equipment maintenance, and provide more anti-epidemic products.
He urged the company to step up scientific research, make greater breakthroughs in non-contact testing, vaccines and therapeutic drugs as soon as possible, and make greater contributions to epidemic prevention and control.
Wu Zhenglong asked relevant provincial and municipal departments to increase coordination, help enterprises solve problems, smooth the industrial chain and supply chain, and make every effort to ensure that enterprises expand production, adding that all localities should strengthen the publicity and application of antigen detection methods, and strictly regulate the disposal of anti-epidemic waste.
When inspecting the Nanjing Rehabilitation Center, Wu Zhenglong asked the public security, public health, industry and information departments to maintain close cooperation, speed up the tracking and traceability, strengthen information push and regional investigation, and go all out to curb the spread of the virus.
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 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.
