Epidemic Prevention and Control: Top of Current Agenda

The novel coronavirus epidemic is a major public health emergency with the fastest spread and the widest range of infections, and has been the most difficult to prevent and control in China since the founding of the People's Republic in 1949.

At the meeting held on January 25, 2020, Xi Jinping emphasized that epidemic prevention and control must be put at the top of current agenda. This underscored the work in this emergency period and set clear coordinates for resolutely winning the war without smoke.

Putting epidemic prevention and control at the top of current agenda – This is because people's lives are of supreme importance, and people's health and safety are the top priority. China will save people's lives at any cost, safeguard their health despite any difficulties, and prevent and control the epidemic without shying away from any hardships. As the epidemic spreads, China will do everything possible to combat it. Only by taking the problem more seriously and implementing more thoughtful measures, can the country outrun the epidemic, gain the initiative to win the war, and effectively curb its spread.

Since the outbreak of the epidemic, Xi Jinping has paid close attention to and made important instructions on virus prevention and control. The CPC Central Committee has issued a circular on strengthening Party leadership and providing strong political support for the battle. The Central Leading Group for COVID-19 Prevention and Control has made timely study and arrangements for relevant work, and the Central Guiding Team dispatched to Hubei province has actively carried out their work. The Joint Prevention and Control Mechanism of the State Council was developed for overall planning and inter-agency coordination, which has promptly solved many pressing issues in epidemic prevention and control. In the meantime, Party committees and governments at all levels have taken active steps to outrun the epidemic. A strong joint force to battle the epidemic has been formed.

把疫情防控工作作為當(dāng)前最重要的工作來抓

新冠肺炎疫情是新中國成立以來在國內(nèi)發(fā)生的傳播速度最快、感染范圍最廣、防控難度最大的一次重大突發(fā)公共衛(wèi)生事件。

在2020年1月25日召開的中共中央政治局常委會專題會議上，習(xí)近平聽取新冠肺炎疫情防控工作匯報(bào)并強(qiáng)調(diào)，“把疫情防控工作作為當(dāng)前最重要的工作來抓”。這是在當(dāng)前疫情防控非常時期的明確定位，為堅(jiān)決打贏這場沒有硝煙的戰(zhàn)役標(biāo)定了清晰坐標(biāo)。

把疫情防控工作作為當(dāng)前最重要的工作來抓，是因?yàn)槿嗣P(guān)天，人民至上，必須把人民群眾生命安全和身體健康放在第一位，做到搶救生命不惜財(cái)物、守護(hù)健康不畏繁難、防控疫情不避艱辛；是因?yàn)楫?dāng)前疫情傳播呈擴(kuò)散態(tài)勢，必須堅(jiān)持“寧可十防九空，不可失防萬一”，只有把問題想得嚴(yán)重一些，把風(fēng)險(xiǎn)想得大一些，把措施定得更周密一些，才能跑贏疫情傳播速度，贏得打贏疫情防控阻擊戰(zhàn)的主動權(quán)，有力有效遏制疫情蔓延勢頭。

疫情發(fā)生以來，習(xí)近平時刻關(guān)注著疫情防控工作，不斷作出重要指示批示。中共中央印發(fā)《關(guān)于加強(qiáng)黨的領(lǐng)導(dǎo)、為打贏疫情防控阻擊戰(zhàn)提供堅(jiān)強(qiáng)政治保證的通知》。中央應(yīng)對疫情工作領(lǐng)導(dǎo)小組及時研究部署工作，前方指導(dǎo)組也積極開展工作。國務(wù)院應(yīng)對新冠肺炎疫情聯(lián)防聯(lián)控機(jī)制加強(qiáng)統(tǒng)籌協(xié)調(diào)，及時協(xié)調(diào)解決防控工作中遇到的緊迫問題。各級黨委和政府積極作為，同時間賽跑，與病魔較量，形成了抗擊疫情的強(qiáng)大合力。