Discussion on China's anti‐epidemic response based on the Protocol on Prevention and Control of Coronavirus Disease 2019 from Chinese Authority

Zhihui Zhao, Yi Zhou, Weihong Li, Xiaohong Fan, Qingsong Huang, Zhaohui Tang, Han Li, Jiexin Wang, Jialiang Li and Jing Wu

International Journal of Health Planning and Management, 2022, vol. 37, issue 3, 1205-1220

Abstract: Eight versions of the Protocol on Prevention and Control of Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID‐19) (the Protocol) were issued successively by the Chinese authority to guide the local responses since the first COVID‐19 case appeared in Wuhan, China. This study aimed to investigate the evolution of the overall strategy and specific measures in these Protocols, and several recommendations were provided after analysing China's response to the epidemic resurgence. As a result, we found a gradual expanding trend in case surveillance, early screening, and epidemiological investigation, as well as a progressively rigorous tendency in isolation measures and close contact management. With the Protocol's guidance, China had achieved success in several recent fights against domestic COVID‐19 resurgences. The city lockdown and multiple city‐wide nucleic acid tests adopted were deemed necessary in COVID‐19 resurgence's battle. Besides, the large‐scale distance centralised quarantine, which is, quarantine in a purpose‐built isolation station away from communities where people under quarantine lived, was promoted in rural areas. China's anti‐epidemic achievements provide ideas for the global battle against COVID‐19.

Date: 2022
References: View complete reference list from CitEc
Citations: View citations in EconPapers (2)

Downloads: (external link)
https://doi.org/10.1002/hpm.3419

Related works:
This item may be available elsewhere in EconPapers: Search for items with the same title.

Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text

Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:bla:ijhplm:v:37:y:2022:i:3:p:1205-1220

Ordering information: This journal article can be ordered from
http://www.blackwell ... bs.asp?ref=0749-6753

Access Statistics for this article

International Journal of Health Planning and Management is currently edited by Calum Paton

More articles in International Journal of Health Planning and Management from Wiley Blackwell
Bibliographic data for series maintained by Wiley Content Delivery ().