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SCMP: Coronavirus – Hong Kong drops on-arrival PCR tests and vaccine pass 12-28-2022

Hong Kong has taken the most dramatic steps yet to drop almost all Covid-19 measures from Thursday, including axing mandatory polymerase chain reaction (PCR) Covid-19 tests for inbound travellers, the vaccine pass scheme and quarantine requirements for close contacts following similar action by mainland China.

The mask mandate, however, will stay in place, Chief Executive John Lee Ka-chiu said on Wednesday.

“About 2.5 million people have been infected and [when the vaccination rate reaches] 94 per cent, the pandemic risks are controllable,” he said. “We will not return to the old road [of tightening pandemic control].”

Those arriving into Hong Kong will now need to just present negative results from PCR or Rapid Antigen Tests (RAT) conducted within 48 or 24 hours respectively.

The current 12-person ban on public gatherings would be scrapped.

Lee revealed the latest measures on Wednesday afternoon, at a press conference attended also by health secretary Lo Chung-mau and Centre for Health Protection controller Edwin Tsui Lok-kin.
“The Hong Kong SAR government will keep relaxing pandemic restrictions but will not give up its anti-epidemic work,” Lo vowed.

Infected individuals will still be required to undergo a five-day isolation and can only be released after showing negative results on rapid antigen tests (RAT) on the fourth and fifth days.

Beijing earlier announced it would scrap mandatory quarantine and reopen borders from next month, with its National Immigration Administration set to start issuing tourist and business visas to allow Chinese nationals to enter Hong Kong.

From January 8, all incoming travellers to mainland China are only required to present a negative PCR test within 48 hours, without undergoing any quarantine or post-arrival test.

Close contacts are currently required to undergo five days of home quarantine and daily RAT. They can only be released after testing negative on the fifth day.

Incoming travellers have to undergo a PCR test on the first and third day of arrival, and are recommended to conduct daily RATs until the fifth day, with their first day in the city considered Day 0.

The vaccine pass scheme came into effect on February 24, and has been tightened over the year, requiring residents as young as five to be triple-jabbed to enter premises citywide.

In November, authorities dropped mandatory vaccine pass checks at certain venues, including theme parks and museums.

‘Beware of fake news’
Responding to whether “white lungs” and new variants had appeared among Covid-19 patients on the mainland, Lo urged the public to beware of the unverified information and speculation online, as well as to verify sources.

He said Omicron subvariants were still the prevalent strain on the mainland and there were no new virus variants.

Edwin Tsui, controller of the Centre for Health Protection, said the authorities had sufficient stock of paracetamol, with enough for the six months ahead.

He called on residents to stop being picky about the brands when buying pain-relief and fever medicine, as many generic drugs contained paracetamol.
Risk-based planning key to success
John Lee attributed the success of anti-pandemic efforts to the government’s comprehensive and risk-based planning.

“We were able to hold a lot of large-scale events using a targeted approach,” Lee said. “Professor Lo has been very successful in doing risk assessment and implementing precise strategies, that’s how we have come to this stage, when we are able to relax the measures in an orderly manner.”

He stressed: “Everything is planned.”
School rules to be adjusted
John Lee said anti-pandemic rules for schools would also be adjusted and the Education Bureau would make the announcement in due course.

He added that students remained a high-risk group as the vaccination rate among children was relatively lower and they spent a large amount of time together at schools, which might increase the risk of exposure and clusters.

Masks here to stay

The chief executive said the mask mandate was here to stay as the city was now in the middle of a winter flu surge.

He said the city also had to remain vigilant against the emergence of new mutant strains, and mask-wearing could effectively protect people against them.

Hongkongers to have priority healthcare access

Hong Kong residents will have priority access to the city’s healthcare system, while non-residents will be charged HK$1,230 for emergency ward services in public hospitals. Non-residents will have to consult private clinics for services and oral medicines such as Paxlovid. Those who visit public hospitals must pay at least HK$6,000 for each treatment. Hong Kong residents will have access to Covid-19 medication free of charge.

“We have to protect medical services and resources to ensure that the public is being protected,” Lo noted.

He said the Hospital Authority had been strengthening its capacity and ability to deal with emergencies, adding that it would continue its collaboration with the private sector.

The city’s healthcare system had sufficient supply of medicine containing paracetamol, he added, saying that doctors would prescribe drugs precisely to ensure stocks remained sufficient.

Travel curbs dropped

Lee said there would be no more PCR tests for all arrivals, including those from mainland China, Taiwan and Macau. Inbound travellers only need to conduct a daily RAT for five consecutive days.

No more social distancing

Lee said all rules but the mask mandate would be cancelled. This means the quarantine order for close contacts, use of vaccine pass, dining restrictions such as a distance of 1.5 metres between two tables, and any limits on capacity of restaurants as well as other targeted premises will be lifted.

People are still required to wear masks in public places and on public transport.

Bye bye, vaccine pass

The vaccine pass scheme will be dropped from Thursday, with Lo saying the city had built a strong immunity barrier and achieved an ideal vaccination rate at 94 per cent, an important basis for the resumption of socio-economic activities.

“From now, we will focus on lifting the vaccination rate of the elderly and children for greater protection,” Lo said.

https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/health-environment/article/3204782/coronavirus-hong-kong-drop-pcr-tests-arrivals-vaccine-pass-quarantine-requirements-close-contacts

China Covid Surge Update Dec 27th – guest appearance on CGTN Dialogue by MARIO CAVOLO, DEC 27 2022

Its been awhile since my last post but as I believe most of you know, pretty much everyone we know including ourselves here in Shenyang caught Covid around two weeks ago. We’re all recovering fine and appreciate your best wishes. At the bottom of this article you will find the two links to the CGTN Dialogue shows on December 25th and 26th we just recorded and I encourage you to watch for an on the ground up date on the Covid surge happening in China right now.

On CGTN Dialogue, two shows on December 25th and 26th, I had the genuine pleasure to join fellow CCG researchers to update our international audience, for whom I have the utmost respect for, Senior Fellow Andy Mok and Senior Fellow Zoon Ahmed Khan, for an important up to the minute on the ground discussion of what’s happening right now here in China.

I encourage you to watch both of these shows.

CGTN Dialogue with host Xu Qinduo – December 25th

https://www.cgtn.com/tv/replay?id=BAICccA

CGTN Dialogue with host Xu Qinduo – December 25th

https://www.cgtn.com/tv/replay?id=BAIaGcA

Most importantly is to understand that I can fully confirm that Shenyang, Beijing and a few other cities were the first to get hit and peak, that as of now, everyone was sick, is recovered and is back to work. The primary longer term symptom seems to be a lingering cough with some congestion, slowly but surely going away. I am now on day 14 and my cough is almost completely gone.

Second main point, there is no panic at all happening in China and why would there be? There is one main problem for China right now and as usual it is being improperly distorted and misrepresented in the vast majority of western voices, including some whom are genuinely evil, dark, wicked and vile, acting with malice.

I encourage you as always to accept the truthful, rational explanations I offer on China so that you realistically, accurately understand China.

These wicked actors are a truly weird, strange bunch with nothing but malicious intent, I suppose the majority are also pot smokers, drug users, drinkers, etc, so self-obsessed that they self obsessively take credit for every breath I take including my recent decision to stop being active on Twitter, which I had already been concluding for several months was 1) not worth the energy I was putting into it and 2) continues degrading into a more & more toxic gross place like most western social media platforms.

The recent “Elon Musk Twitter files” related melodrama is the most self-serving pointless waste of time I have recently witnessed, a pointless vacuous self-serving circus of social media toxicity that is consuming western society in a very bad way.

I had recently read some articles from a couple years earlier when the focus of this problem was Facebook, Congress interviewing Zuckerberg and all that political circus, and was reminded that in general, social media platforms in the west are very much part of the neoliberal cancerous poisoning of society there, the obvious and relentless decline of the society is all the proof we need. Derogatory uncivil speech is allowed and this serves to destabilize, divide degrade and even make dangerous the society. I have come to believe as many other voices have said, that this is intentional.

This 2021 NIH report on Facebook is disturbing as hell and as far as I can tell, now all of its concerns equally apply to Twitter. Here’s some of it. Sit down before you read it.

“Facebook’s ethical failures are not accidental; they are part of the business model. Facebook’s stated mission is “to give people the power to build community and bring the world closer together.” But a deeper look at their business model suggests that it is far more profitable to drive us apart. By creating “filter bubbles”—social media algorithms designed to increase engagement and, consequently, create echo chambers where the most inflammatory content achieves the greatest visibility—Facebook profits from the proliferation of extremism, bullying, hate speech, disinformation, conspiracy theory, and rhetorical violence. Facebook’s problem is not a technology problem. It is a business model problem. This is why solutions based in technology have failed to stem the tide of problematic content. If Facebook employed a business model focused on efficiently providing accurate information and diverse views, rather than addicting users to highly engaging content within an echo chamber, the algorithmic outcomes would be very different.

Facebook’s failure to check political extremism, willful disinformation, and conspiracy theory has been well-publicized, especially as these unseemly elements have penetrated mainstream politics and manifested as deadly, real-world violence.”

Like I said, this is what they have allowed American society to become infiltrated with and its all the same for Twitter now as far as I can see. Here’s the link:

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8179701/

Lastly, let me note to you that I may decide to engage to counter the voices of malice. They are funded and have an army of scumbags so its not easy. They deserve to be destroyed and stopped, I’m just not clear yet how that fits into the priorities of my time & energy & spirit. Life is too precious perhaps to spend any moment of it pondering what the piece of shit scumbags of the world like serpentza, who is the main ringleader of the malice, do with their time? Ultimately, we all sow what we reap but the second rule is to pick our battles wisely because our time and our life is precious.

I’m so glad I live in China which is far more safe & stable. I am so glad the Chinese government has the wisdom to keep this neoliberal cancerous agenda OUT of China.

Our family has been so blessed this many years and 2022, despite the overall chaotic tone, has been another terrific year for us. So I just focus on doing exactly what I’ve said all along, my work and views are for people who are interested in my work, not to argue with those who aren’t. Do authors write books for the people who want to read their books or for people who don’t want to read their books? Silly question.

So the main problem now in China is the sheer #s of millions of cases and the fact that the vast majority of people outside of or not familiar with China cannot comprehend what is happening in this regard and so are so easily misled, especially by the collective voices acting with malice.

For example, in a typical western city, if there is a huge viral outbreak, that city might have a population of one million and 100 deaths. That’s a low, common death rate for a flu outbreak. However, in China, dozens of cities have massive populations more in the range of 10 million, so you have to accept that the # of deaths is also going to be 10X higher, that’s 1000 deaths. No city in the world has funeral homes, cemeteries, crematoriums prepared to handle that excess capacity in the short term. And so even though the death rate as a % is low and even though there is no panic, and yes, even though it is tragic and sad, the western media portray it as a disaster, focusing on showing you busy crematoriums which then somehow translates into a giant evil conspiracy by the Chinese government. That these western voices use tragedy for their politics is abominable, truly disgraceful and pathetic.

Next. The US and Europe had already both STOPPED COUNTING CASES. So why is it a big deal if China now does the same? It is obvious that that on December 7th, China announced that they STOPPED broad testing and STOPPED required health QR codes. So obviously they stopped tracking cases, how do you expect them after formally announcing that they stopped tracking cases to then track cases? Its a ridiculous argument and just another false excuse to demonize China. Endless…

On CGTN Dialogue, two shows on December 25th and 26th, I had the genuine pleasure to join fellow CCG researchers whom I have the utmost respect for, Andy Mok and Zoon Ahmed Khan, for an important up to the minute discussion of what’s happening on the ground right now and encourage you to watch both of these shows.

CGTN Dialogue with host Xu Qinduo – December 25th

https://www.cgtn.com/tv/replay?id=BAICccA

CGTN Dialogue with host Xu Qinduo – December 25th

https://www.cgtn.com/tv/replay?id=BAIaGcA

That’s all for now, thanks friends, Mario

Oh no, one more thing. Don’t forget it.

Today is December 27th China is the now the largest safe stable successful capable civil & peaceful country on the planet.

Americans got brainwashed by Politicians & US Gov’t mouthpiece medias everyday 美國人每天都被政客和美國政府的喉舌媒體洗腦

Video: HK – Asia’s World City – lives it, love it, Day 3 12-27-22 – HKG mandatory free COVID19 testing, beautiful weather. Highlights of the day was met with UH alumni, former UBS China President at Royal HK Yacht Club to exchange international affairs ideas – HK have received favorable treatment by China since 1997, Asian hate in US allowed HK & China to hire top Chinese scientists not able to do before, top China students are seeking higher education in HK instead of US, HK people left after US supported riots in 2019 are replaced by Chinese from mainland China willing to work much harder than those who left made HK even more competitive, HKSE will start trading stocks in HK$ & RMB in 2023… 香港 – 亞洲的世界城市 – 熱愛它，第3天 12-27-22 香港政府強制免費新冠病毒測試，美麗的天氣. 今天的亮點是與三年沒有見面, 美國夏威夷大學校友，前瑞銀中國區總裁在皇家香港遊艇俱樂部會面，交流國際事務思想, 香港自1997年以來一直受到中國的優惠待遇，香港是中國的天之驕子, 美國對亞洲人的仇恨讓香港和中國聘請了以前無法做到: 在美國的中國頂尖科學家，現在許多中國頂尖學生在香港而不是美國尋求高等教育，那些香港人在 2019 年美國支持的騷亂後離開香港被中國大陸的中國人取代, 他們比離開的人更願意努力工作使香港更具競爭力, 港交所將於2023年開始以港元及人民幣交易股票…
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On December 26, 2022, Ambassador Qin Gang published an opinion article entitled “How China Sees the World” on The National Interest. The full text is as follows:

The 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China (CPC) was held in October. The CPC has thus started on a new journey, and so has China’s development. The thinking of Chinese Communists, as stated at this Party Congress, not only determines China’s direction but also has a sure impact on the world’s future.

Just as people’s worldviews fundamentally shape the ways they choose to engage with the world, the same holds true for countries and political parties. It has been reaffirmed at the Party Congress that China is committed to its foreign policy goals of upholding world peace and promoting common development, and it remains dedicated to building a community with a shared future for mankind. Such an official, open declaration of the CPC’s worldview sheds light on the way it engages with the world.

Looking at the world as a community with a shared future naturally leads to a path of reform, opening up, and win-win cooperation. In the past decade, China has established twenty-one pilot free trade zones and increased the Free Trade Agreements (FTA) it has signed from ten to nineteen, which include the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP), the biggest FTA in the world. Pre-establishment national treatment has been given to foreign investors across the board, and the items on the negative list for their investment have been curtailed to thirty-one from the original ninety-three. China’s market entities have soared to over 160 million. According to the World Bank, China ranks thirty-first globally in the Ease of Doing Business Ranking, up by sixty-five spots in ten years. Given this record, people should think twice about the veracity and true intentions when they hear grumblings about China “moving backwards” in reform and opening up, or “having lost America.”

Looking at the world as a community with a shared future naturally leads to the path of peaceful development. China’s development means a stronger force for peace, not a growing power poised to “break the status quo,” as some call it. The tension across the Taiwan Strait was not created by the Chinese mainland breaking the status quo, but by “Taiwan independence” separatists and external forces continually challenging the status quo of “one China.” In the case of the East China Sea, it was Japan who attempted to “nationalize” Diaoyu Dao ten years ago, altering the “status quo” between China and Japan of agreeing to put aside differences. In the South China Sea, the status quo is that regional countries are consulting on a code of conduct that will lead to meaningful and effective rules for the region. As to the border issues between China and India, the status quo is that both sides are willing to ease the situation and jointly protect peace along their borders.

China is highly concerned about the situation in Ukraine. Though deeply saddening, what has been happening there reveals some important lessons: conflicts and wars produce no winner; there is no simple solution to a complex issue; confrontation between major countries must be avoided. The most urgent task for the moment is to promote peace talks between Russia and Ukraine as well as dialogue between the United States, the EU, NATO, and Russia. In the long term, people must realize that grounding one’s own security on other countries’ insecurity won’t work; it is necessary to establish a balanced, effective, and sustainable European security framework. There is no choice other than this.

Mankind went through multiple crossroads in the twentieth century. Now we have come to the first crossroads of the twenty-first century: the pandemic has not been over after three years; global economic, financial, and energy crises emerge one after another; an economic recession is looming large; and more conflicts seem impending. At such a juncture, will the world continue to embrace a brave new century, or will it succumb to the beaten path of the last century? This depends on the choice of people of all countries, including the American people.

If people choose to see the world from a “democracy vs. authoritarianism” perspective, they will very likely usher in a world of division, competition, and conflict; but if they view the world as a community with a shared future, then openness, cooperation, and win-win outcomes will be the fruits of their choice. As President Xi Jinping stressed in his meeting with President Joe Biden in Bali last month, the world is big enough for the two countries to develop themselves and prosper together. China-U.S. relations should not be a zero-sum game where one side out-competes the other or thrives at the expense of the other. China and the United States now share more common interests, not less. This is how the notion of a community with a shared future for mankind mirrors in China-U.S. relations.

The differences between China and the United States—in history, culture, social system, and development path—will most probably remain in 100 years. But as residents of the same world, we should and can listen to each other, narrow our gap in perceptions of the world, and explore a way to get along based on mutual respect, peaceful coexistence, and win-win cooperation.

The Chinese people are looking to the American people to make the right choice.

China to cancel quarantine for international arrivals from Jan 8 – Global Times 2022-12-27

China will cancel inbound quarantine for international arrivals, and vows to orderly resume Chinese citizens’ outbound travel as part of an overall plan to downgrade the country’s COVID-19 management from January 8 of 2023.

The rules which were released on Monday night, said travelers to China are required to take a nucleic acid test 48 hours before departure and those with negative results can enter the country without having to apply for a green health code from Chinese embassies and consulates abroad. They need to fill in the results in the customs health declaration forms. If they test positive, traveling to China will be allowed after the results turn negative.

Furthermore, COVID-19 testing and centralized isolation for all overseas travelers entering China will be canceled, and those with a normal health declaration and no abnormality in routine quarantines at the customs port can be green-lighted to social mobility, according to the plan.

Additionally, the plan eyes a continued improvement in arrangements for foreign nationals traveling to China for work and production resumption, business, study, family visits and reunions. Visa applications under these scenarios will be facilitated, according to the plan, and passenger entry and exit at sea and land ports will be gradually resumed.

Outbound travel of Chinese citizens will also be resumed in an orderly manner, in accordance with the global epidemic situation and varied service guarantee capabilities.

All airlines should continue to do a good job in on-board epidemic prevention, and passengers must wear masks when boarding, the rules said.

Data from travel platform qunar.com showed that search volume for international air tickets increased by 7 times within 15 minutes after China announced to scrap COVID-19 flight ban and load factor for inbound passenger flights and vowed to orderly resume citizens’ outbound travel. The popular destinations are Thailand, Japan and South Korea.

The booking volume of international hotels has gradually increased since December. Among them, Macao, Hong Kong, and overseas countries with visa-free policies are the first choice for domestic tourists, according to data from qunar.com.

The number of Macao hotel reservations on the Qunar platform has doubled from the beginning of December. Overseas regions, such as the Philippines, France, and Thailand have higher hotel reservations. The booking for Philippines hotels has more than doubled.

More overseas carriers are mapping more inbound routes back to the Chinese mainland.

Asiana Airlines will have 10 round-trips of direct flights between China and South Korea in January, including nine cities including Tianjin and Chengdu.

On December 21, Air France announced that the Shanghai-Paris route will increase to three flights a week starting from February 4, 2023. The newly added third flight will be operated by Boeing 777-300ER, which can carry up to 381 passengers. Air France will gradually increase passenger capacity to meet the growing demand in the Chinese market.

KLM Royal Dutch Airlines announced on December 19 that it will add three flights per week on the route between the Netherlands and China, including two flights between Amsterdam and Shanghai every week and one flight between Amsterdam and Hangzhou. The above flights will start operating from January 30, 2023.

From December 20, Qatar Airways increased the frequencies from Hangzhou to Doha and resumed the route from Shanghai to Doha.

https://www.globaltimes.cn/page/202212/1282693.shtml

Notice on Distributing the Overall Plan for the Implementation of “Class B and B Controls” for Novel Coronavirus Infection – China Government Network 关于印发对新型冠状病毒感染实施“乙类乙管”总体方案的通知 – 中国政府网 2022-12-27 Posted on 北京 – 来源：健康中国微信

关于印发对新型冠状病毒感染实施“乙类乙管”总体方案的通知

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为贯彻落实党中央、国务院决策部署，平稳有序实施新型冠状病毒感染“乙类乙管”，国务院应对新型冠状病毒感染疫情联防联控机制综合组制定了《关于对新型冠状病毒感染实施“乙类乙管”的总体方案》。现印发给你们，请认真组织实施。各地各部门在执行过程中如有相关建议，请及时反馈机制综合组。

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关于对新型冠状病毒感染实施“乙类乙管”的总体方案

为贯彻落实党中央、国务院决策部署，高效统筹新型冠状病毒感染疫情防控和经济社会发展，稳妥有序将新型冠状病毒感染从“乙类甲管”调整为“乙类乙管”，有力有序有效应对调整后可能出现的风险，依据《中华人民共和国传染病防治法》，制定本方案。

一、制定背景

新型冠状病毒感染疫情发生以来，以习近平同志为核心的党中央高度重视疫情防控，全面加强对防控工作的集中统一领导，明确了疫情防控的体制机制、策略原则、目标任务、工作要求，为打赢疫情防控的人民战争、总体战、阻击战和做好常态化疫情防控工作提供了根本遵循和科学指引。我国的疫情防控始终坚持人民至上、生命至上，各地区各部门密切协作、履职尽责，因时因势动态优化调整防控措施，不断提高科学精准防控水平。14亿人民同心抗疫、坚韧奉献，有效应对全球先后五波疫情流行冲击，成功避免了致病力相对较强的原始株、德尔塔变异株的广泛流行，极大减少了重症和死亡，也为疫苗、药物的研发应用以及医疗等资源的准备赢得了宝贵的时间。我国疫情流行和病亡数保持在全球最低水平，人民健康水平稳步提升，统筹经济发展和疫情防控取得世界上最好的成果，有力彰显负责任大国担当，创造了人类同疾病斗争史上的防控奇迹。

当前，随着病毒变异、疫情变化、疫苗接种普及和防控经验积累，我国新型冠状病毒感染疫情防控面临新形势新任务，防控工作进入新阶段。从病毒变异情况看，国内外专家普遍认为病毒变异大方向是更低致病性、更趋向于上呼吸道感染和更短潜伏期，新冠病毒将在自然界长期存在，其致病力较早期明显下降，所致疾病将逐步演化为一种常见的呼吸道传染病。从疫情形势看，奥密克戎变异株已成为全球流行优势毒株，虽然感染人数多，但无症状感染者和轻型病例占比超过90%，重症率和病亡率极低。从我国防控基础看，我国目前累计接种新冠病毒疫苗超过34亿剂次，3岁以上人群全程接种率超过90%；国内外特异性抗病毒药物研发取得进展，我国筛选出“三药三方”等临床有效方药；广大医疗卫生人员积累了丰富的疫情防控和处置经验，防治能力显著提升。

综合评估病毒变异、疫情形势和我国防控基础等因素，我国已具备将新型冠状病毒感染由“乙类甲管”调整为“乙类乙管”的基本条件。

二、总体要求

（一）指导原则。以习近平新时代中国特色社会主义思想为指导，充分发挥制度优势，坚持人民至上、生命至上，坚持科学防治、精准施策，完善应对准备，调整防控措施，统一规则、分类指导、防范风险，平稳有序实施“乙类乙管”。

（二）工作目标。围绕“保健康、防重症”，采取相应措施，最大程度保护人民生命安全和身体健康，最大限度减少疫情对经济社会发展的影响。

（三）进度安排。2023年1月8日起，对新型冠状病毒感染实施“乙类乙管”。依据传染病防治法，对新冠病毒感染者不再实行隔离措施，不再判定密切接触者;不再划定高低风险区；对新冠病毒感染者实施分级分类收治并适时调整医疗保障政策；检测策略调整为“愿检尽检”；调整疫情信息发布频次和内容。依据国境卫生检疫法，不再对入境人员和货物等采取检疫传染病管理措施。

三、主要措施

（一）进一步提高老年人新冠病毒疫苗接种率。我国大规模的疫苗接种实践证明，我国的新冠病毒疫苗是安全、有效的。要进一步加强组织动员力度，科学评估接种禁忌，加快提高疫苗加强免疫接种覆盖率，特别是老年人群覆盖率，优先采取序贯加强免疫，努力做到“应接尽接”。在第一剂次加强免疫接种基础上，在感染高风险人群、60岁及以上老年人群、具有较严重基础疾病人群和免疫力低下人群中推动开展第二剂次加强免疫接种。

（二）完善新型冠状病毒感染治疗相关药品和检测试剂准备。做好治疗新型冠状病毒感染相关中药、对症治疗药物、抗新冠病毒小分子药物、抗原检测试剂的准备。县级以上医疗机构按照三个月的日常使用量动态准备新型冠状病毒感染相关中药、抗新冠病毒小分子药物、解热和止咳等对症治疗药物；基层医疗卫生机构按照服务人口数的15%-20%动态准备新型冠状病毒感染相关中药、对症治疗药物和抗原检测试剂，人口稠密地区酌情增加；药品零售企业不再开展解热、止咳、抗生素和抗病毒4类药物销售监测。各地联防联控机制（领导小组、指挥部）切实担负起药品试剂准备的领导责任。

（三）加大医疗资源建设投入。重点做好住院床位和重症床位准备，配足配齐高流量呼吸治疗仪、呼吸机、ECMO等重症救治设备,改善氧气供应条件。各地按照“应设尽设、应开尽开”的原则，二级以上医院均设置发热门诊，配备充足的医疗力量；有条件的基层医疗卫生机构应设置发热门诊或者诊室。定点医院重症床位和可转换重症床位达到总床位数的20%。二级综合医院应当独立设置重症医学科，二级传染病、儿童专科医院应当设置重症监护病房。三级医院要强化重症医疗资源准备，合理配备重症医护力量，确保综合ICU监护单元可随时使用，通过建设可转换重症监护单元，确保需要时24小时内重症监护资源增加一倍。根据人口规模，将符合条件的方舱医院提标改造为亚（准）定点医院，其他方舱医院仍然保留。加强对基层医疗卫生机构的设备配备和升级改造，尽快实现发热诊室（门诊）“应设尽设、应开尽开”。各地要加大投入，按照填平补齐原则，确保完成建设改造。

（四）调整人群检测策略。社区居民根据需要“愿检尽检”，不再开展全员核酸筛查。对医疗机构收治的有发热和呼吸道感染症状的门急诊患者、具有重症高风险的住院患者、有症状的医务人员开展抗原或核酸检测。疫情流行期间，对养老机构、社会福利机构等脆弱人群集中场所的工作人员和被照护人员定期开展抗原或核酸检测。对社区65岁及以上老年人、长期血液透析患者、严重糖尿病患者等重症高风险的社区居民、3岁及以下婴幼儿，出现发热等症状后及时指导开展抗原检测，或前往社区设置的便民核酸检测点进行核酸检测。外来人员进入脆弱人群聚集场所等，查验48小时内核酸检测阴性证明并现场开展抗原检测。在社区保留足够的便民核酸检测点，保证居民“愿检尽检”需求。保障零售药店、药品网络销售电商等抗原检测试剂充足供应。

（五）分级分类救治患者。未合并严重基础疾病的无症状感染者、轻型病例，采取居家自我照护；普通型病例、高龄合并严重基础疾病但病情稳定的无症状感染者和轻型病例，在亚定点医院治疗；以肺炎为主要表现的重型、危重型以及需要血液透析的病例，在定点医院集中治疗；以基础疾病为主的重型、危重型病例，以及基础疾病超出基层医疗卫生机构、亚定点医院医疗救治能力的，在三级医院治疗。

全面实行发热等患者基层首诊负责制，依托医联体做好新型冠状病毒感染分级诊疗，加强老年人等特殊群体健康监测，对于出现新冠病毒感染相关症状的高龄合并基础疾病等特殊人群，基层医疗卫生机构密切监测其健康状况，指导协助有重症风险的感染者转诊或直接到相应医院接受诊治。

确保重症高风险人员及时发现、及时救治。统筹应急状态医疗机构动员响应、区域联动和人员调集，进一步完善医疗救治资源区域协同机制。动态监测定点医院、二级以上医院、亚定点医院、基层医疗卫生机构的医疗资源使用情况，以地市为单位，当定点医院、亚定点医院、综合医院可收治新型冠状病毒感染患者的救治床位使用率达到80%时，医疗机构发出预警信息。对于医疗力量出现较大缺口、医疗服务体系受到较大冲击的地市，省级卫生健康行政部门视情通过省内协同方式调集医疗力量增援，必要时向国家申请采取跨地区统筹方式调派医疗力量增援，确保医疗服务平稳有序。

（六）做好重点人群健康调查和分类分级健康服务。摸清辖区65岁及以上老年人合并基础疾病（包括冠心病、脑卒中、高血压、慢性阻塞性肺疾病、糖尿病、慢性肾病、肿瘤、免疫功能缺陷等）及其新冠病毒疫苗接种情况，根据患者基础疾病情况、新冠病毒疫苗接种情况、感染后风险程度等进行分级，发挥基层医疗卫生机构“网底”和家庭医生健康“守门人”作用，提供疫苗接种、健康教育、健康咨询、用药指导、协助转诊等分类分级健康服务。社区（村）协助做好重点人群健康服务工作，居（村）民委员会配合基层医疗卫生机构围绕老年人及其他高风险人群，提供药品、抗原检测、联系上级医院等工作。

（七）强化重点机构防控。养老机构、社会福利机构等人群集中场所结合设施条件采取内部分区管理措施。疫情严重时，由当地党委政府或联防联控机制（领导小组、指挥部）经科学评估适时采取封闭管理，并报上级主管部门，防范疫情引入和扩散风险，及时发现、救治和管理感染者，建立完善感染者转运机制、与医疗机构救治绿色通道机制，对机构内感染人员第一时间转运和优先救治，控制场所内聚集性疫情。医疗机构应加强医务人员和就诊患者个人防护指导，强化场所内日常消毒和通风，降低场所内病毒传播风险。学校、学前教育机构、大型企业等人员聚集的重点机构，应做好人员健康监测，发生疫情后及时采取减少人际接触措施，延缓疫情发展速度。疫情严重时，重点党政机关和重点行业应原则上要求工作人员“两点一线”，建立人员轮转机制。

（八）加强农村地区疫情防控。做好农村居民宣教引导。充分发挥县、乡、村三级医疗卫生网作用，做好重点人群健康调查，加强医疗资源配置，配足呼吸道疾病治疗药物和制氧机等辅助治疗设备。依托县域医共体提升农村地区新型冠状病毒感染医疗保障能力，形成县、乡、村三级联动的医疗服务体系，建立村-乡-县重症患者就医转介便捷渠道，统筹城乡医疗资源，按照分区包片的原则，建立健全城市二级及以上综合医院与县级医院对口帮扶机制。畅通市县两级转诊机制，提升农村地区重症救治能力，为农村老年人、慢性基础疾病患者等高风险人群提供就医保障。根据区域疫情形势和居民意愿，适当控制农村集市、庙会、文艺演出等聚集性活动规模和频次。

（九）强化疫情监测与应对。动态追踪国内外病毒变异情况，评估病毒传播力、致病力、免疫逃逸能力等特点变化，及时跟踪研判并采取针对性措施。监测社区人群感染水平，监控重点机构暴发疫情情况，动态掌握疫情流行强度，研判疫情发展态势。综合评估疫情流行强度、医疗资源负荷和社会运行情况等，依法动态采取适当的限制聚集性活动和人员流动等措施压制疫情高峰。

（十）倡导坚持个人防护措施。广泛宣传倡导“每个人都是自己健康第一责任人”的理念，坚持戴口罩、勤洗手等良好卫生习惯，在公共场所保持人际距离，及时完成疫苗和加强免疫接种。疫情严重时，患有基础疾病的老年人及孕妇、儿童等尽量减少前往人员密集场所。无症状感染者和轻型病例落实居家自我照护，减少与同住人接触，按照相关指南合理使用对症治疗药物，做好健康监测，如病情加重及时前往医疗机构就诊。

（十一）做好信息发布和宣传教育。制定疫情信息报告和公布方案，逐步调整疫情发布频次和内容。全面客观宣传解读将“乙类甲管”调整为“乙类乙管”的目的和科学依据，充分宣传个人防护、疫苗接种、分级分类诊疗等措施对于应对疫情的关键作用，筑牢群防群控的基础。

（十二）优化中外人员往来管理。来华人员在行前48小时进行核酸检测，结果阴性者可来华，无需向我驻外使领馆申请健康码，将结果填入海关健康申明卡。如呈阳性，相关人员应在转阴后再来华。取消入境后全员核酸检测和集中隔离。健康申报正常且海关口岸常规检疫无异常者，可放行进入社会面。取消“五个一”及客座率限制等国际客运航班数量管控措施。各航司继续做好机上防疫，乘客乘机时须佩戴口罩。进一步优化复工复产、商务、留学、探亲、团聚等外籍人士来华安排，提供相应签证便利。逐步恢复水路、陆路口岸客运出入境。根据国际疫情形势和各方面服务保障能力，有序恢复中国公民出境旅游。

四、组织保障

（一）强化组织领导。国务院联防联控机制落实党中央、国务院决策部署，统筹领导各有关部门分工负责、协调配合，优化调整各工作组职责，建立健全有关工作专班，积极稳妥推进实施新型冠状病毒感染“乙类乙管”各项措施。

（二）强化责任落实。地方各级党委和政府要守土有责、守土尽责，压实主体责任，切实增强紧迫性和责任感，主要负责同志亲自抓，结合实际细化本地实施方案，明确责任分工，加强力量统筹，周密组织实施，按照国家要求抓紧抓实抓细各项工作。国务院联防联控机制综合组向地方派出督查组，督促指导各地做好应对准备和措施调整工作。

（三）强化培训指导。国务院联防联控机制综合组协调相关工作组或专班，通过全国疫情防控视频会商会、调度会等方式，对疫苗接种、药物储备、医疗资源准备、分级分类诊疗、疫情监测、宣传引导等工作开展部署培训和政策解读，明确工作目标，细化工作要求，推动工作落实。各行业主管部门及时调整相关政策，加强督促指导，确保相关要求落实到位。

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