Health authorities to reduce inconvenience caused by COVID-19

A spokesperson for China's National Health Commission (NHC) on Tuesday said that the authorities would try their best to reduce inconveniences caused by the COVID-19 epidemic for the people.

All localities are making solid efforts to prevent and control the epidemic, said Mi Feng, an NHC spokesperson.

According to Mi, efforts should also be made to accurately identify risky areas based on nucleic acid tests and epidemiological investigation, and closed-off management for the sake of epidemic control should be imposed and lifted as quickly as possible to reduce the inconvenience caused by the COVID-19 epidemic to the people.

Mi also stressed science-based classification and treatment of COVID-19 patients, proper treatment and care for children, the elderly, and patients with underlying diseases.

He added that excessive control measures should be continuously rectified, and reasonable requests of the people should be responded to and addressed in a timely manner.