At the press conference of the joint prevention and control mechanism of the State Council held on January 30, Mi Feng, the spokesman of the National Health Commission, said that during the Spring Festival, the relevant departments of the joint prevention and control mechanism of the State Council continued to do a good job in service guarantee, the majority of medical staff and workers in various industries stuck to their posts, the prevention and control work was stable and orderly, and the "Class B and B management" measures were implemented and effective. At present, the overall epidemic situation in the country has entered a low epidemic level, and the epidemic situation in various regions has maintained a steady decline. On the scene of the press conference of the joint defense and control mechanism of the State Council held on January 30. Primary medical and health institutions are the first line of defense for epidemic prevention and control and medical treatment. "In order to better understand the operation and epidemic situation of local primary medical and health institutions, we adhere to the daily monitoring, daily scheduling and daily reporting system of diagnosis and treatment in primary medical institutions. During the Spring Festival, urban and rural primary medical and health institutions have maintained normal operation and provided fever clinic outpatient services." Fu Wei, the supervisor of the Primary Health Department of the National Health Commission, introduced. "Since the monitoring was carried out on December 21, 2022, the number of fever clinics and general outpatient and emergency clinics in township health centers and community health service centers has generally increased first and then decreased, and is now falling steadily." Fu Wei said that during the Spring Festival holiday from January 21 to 27, 2023, the number of fever clinics was at a low level, and the number of diagnosis and treatment in the first day of the year was the lowest. After that, there was a certain increase, but it has been lower than the number of diagnosis and treatment before the holiday, Reduce by about 40%. Compared with the peak on December 23, 2022, it decreased by 94%. On January 27, 2023, the number of ordinary outpatient and emergency treatment in grass-roots institutions was 2036000, a decrease of nearly 30% compared with that before the holiday. "In general, the medical treatment and epidemic prevention and control work of primary medical and health institutions during the Spring Festival is stable and orderly." Fu Wei said that all regions actively do a good job in the referral and transfer work of key populations and critical patients during the Spring Festival, expand the 120 transfer capacity, increase the number of telephone seats, and set up a non-emergency transfer team to ensure the transfer needs of patients. The superior medical institutions also established the referral green channel to simplify the referral process of severe patients and ensure timely treatment. (Xinhua News Agency)