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發生的傳播速度最快、感染范圍最廣、防控難度最大的一次重大突發公共衛生事件。

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，習近平聽取新冠肺炎疫情防控工作匯報并強調，“把疫情防控工作作為當前最重要的工作來抓”。這是在當前疫情防控非常時期的明確定位，為堅決打贏這場沒有硝煙的戰役標定了清晰坐標。

把疫情防控工作作為當前最重要的工作來抓，是因為人命關天，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物、守護健康不畏繁難、防控疫情不避艱辛；是因為當前疫情傳播呈擴散態勢，必須堅持“寧可十防九空，不可失防萬一”，只有把問題想得嚴重一些，把風險想得大一些，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的主動權，有力有效遏制疫情蔓延勢頭。

疫情發生以來，習近平時刻關注著疫情防控工作，不斷作出重要指示批示。中共中央印發《關于加強黨的領導、為打贏疫情防控阻擊戰提供堅強政治保證的通知》。中央應對疫情工作領導小組及時研究部署工作，前方指導組也積極開展工作。國務院應對新冠肺炎疫情聯防聯控機制加強統籌協調，及時協調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大合力。