Central authority inspects local COVID-19 prevention

BEIJING -- China's central authority has sent inspection teams to multiple regions in the country in a supervision campaign to check COVID-19 containment measures and make sure these localities are ready to prevent a resurgence of infections in autumn and winter.

Respective teams, sent by the State Council's joint prevention and control mechanism against COVID-19, went to provincial-level regions including Liaoning, Guangxi, Inner Mongolia, and Tianjin to supervise local authorities' work in fixing anti-epidemic loopholes, strengthening containment measures in key areas, implementing resurgence prevention measures, and improving regular containment work.

In Liaoning, the inspectors listened to local officials' reports, checked relevant documents, held forums, and visited local ports, hospitals, schools, railway stations, quarantine sites, disease control centers, markets, and resident communities.

In Guangxi, a border region where the work to prevent imported cases is under greater pressure, the inspectors visited a border point of entry and gave some suggestions to local anti-epidemic authorities, including increasing local epidemiological investigation personnel and enhancing nucleic acid testing capability.

Another team of inspectors went to Inner Mongolia and visited a closed temporary hospital that remains ready to receive new patients.

In Tianjin, the team inspected the city's anti-epidemic headquarters, disease control center, ports, communities, and nursing homes, warning of infection risks at some medical facilities.