COVID-19: How China fought the war
Wuhan, the hardest hit Chinese city by the COVID-19
outbreak, lifted outbound travel restrictions on April 8. This marks a notable
turning point in the city’s months-long battle with the virus and sending a
message of hope to a world grappling with the pandemic.
All across China, the situation in beating the COVID-19
pandemic is moving steadily in a positive direction. Life and work are quickly
returning to normal.
How did China do it? You may wonder. C.H.I.N.A did it, I
should say.
C: Curbing the
transmission
Wuhan, the capital city of Hubei Province with a population
of over 11 million, is the major transportation hub and the most populous city
in Central China. On January 23, the government decided to block off Wuhan’s
transport system — or what we refer to as launching the lockdown of the city.
Till the lift on April 8, the people in Wuhan had been staying at home for 76
days.
The continuous trend for better situation in China proves
that the lockdown of Wuhan is a least costly and most effective approach to
quarantine the infections and cut off every possible method and channel,
containing the pandemic.
H: Highest priority
On January 25, the first day of Chinese Lunar New Year,
President Xi Jinping chaired a meeting of the Standing Committee of the
Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China Central Committee. He heard
reports on the prevention and control of the outbreak and decided in the
meeting to set up a CPC Central Committee leading group to oversee the work,
and also send groups to Hubei Province and other hard-hit regions to direct the
work on the ground.
On February 3 and 8, the 1000-bed Huoshenshan Hospital and
1500-bed Leishenshan Hospital were put into use respectively. Both of the
makeshift hospitals were built in less than 10 days. With the rapid completion
of another 16 temporary hospitals, the number of hospital beds in Wuhan rose
from 5,000 to 23,000 in a few days.
I: International
cooperation.
China is by no means alone in its fight against the COVID-19
pandemic. China received strong political support and assistance in various
means from the governments and people around the world.
By sharing the genome sequencing of the virus at the
earliest opportunity as well as the control and treatment experience without
reservation, China has won admiration and support from the international
community.
N: Nationwide efforts
By fighting the pandemic with concerted efforts, Hubei and
Wuhan, the hardest-hit areas in China, received full-scale support nationwide
timely.
43,000 medical workers from over 340 medical teams had been
dispatched from all across China to Hubei province, Wuhan in particular, since
the outbreak.
4,000 military medics were quickly dispatched to Wuhan.
Nineteen provinces paired up with the cities in Hubei to provide one-on-one
support.
A: All-society
mobilization
With the perseverance and devotion and in response to the
government’s call, the Chinese people stayed indoors, all wore masks, kept
social distance and sacrificed their normal lives in order to contain the
spread of the virus.
The outbreak of the pandemic in China has been effectively
controlled in less than three months, behind which are the efforts of everyone
in the whole society.
Major infectious disease is the enemy of all. For now, the
COVID-19 outbreak is spreading worldwide, posing enormous threat to life and
health.
It is imperative for the international community to
strengthen confidence, act with unity and work together in a collective
response.
Source:People’s
Daily Online
(Illustration from People’s Daily Online)
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