Strategy adjustment in foreign prevention and control of COVID-19 and the related focus in China

ABSTRACT

This study introduces the current status of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) epidemic, the adjustment of response initiatives, and the global variation of novel coronaviruses and vaccination in Europe, the United States, Japan, and Singapore. It summarizes the achievements in prevention and control efforts in China during COVID-19 epidemic. In addition, it describes the key public health issues in Chinese response strategy that includes promoting the establishment of a population immunization system;optimizing health certification by unifying health codes, trip codes, and vaccine passes as a triple-identification at the national level;retaining nucleic acid testing as a technical means of detecting the source of infection and epidemiological investigation of close contacts;adhering to the requirements of public places, public transportation and other measures such as wearing masks;strengthening the surveillance of COVID-19 and respiratory infectious diseases;normalizing the timing of implementation of prevention and control strategies.