Public Health Measures and the Control of COVID-19 in China

In December 2019, the COVID-19 pandemic quickly spread throughout China and beyond, posing enormous global challenges. With prompt, vigorous, and coordinated control measures, mainland China contained the spread of the epidemic within two months and halted the epidemic in three months. Aggressive co...

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Published in:Clinical reviews in allergy & immunology 2023-02, Vol.64 (1), p.1-16
Main Authors: Cheng, Zhangkai Jason, Zhan, Zhiqing, Xue, Mingshan, Zheng, Peiyan, Lyu, Jiali, Ma, Jing, Zhang, Xiaohua Douglas, Luo, Wenting, Huang, Huimin, Zhang, Yong, Wang, Hongman, Zhong, Nanshan, Sun, Baoqing
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Airports
Allergology
China - epidemiology
Clinical practice guidelines
Contact tracing
Coronaviruses
COVID-19
Disease prevention
Disease transmission
Epidemics
Hospitals
Humans
Immunology
Infectious diseases
Internal Medicine
Medicine
Medicine & Public Health
Pandemics
Pandemics - prevention & control
Provinces
Public Health
Quarantine
Respiratory diseases
Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2
Transplants & implants
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Summary:In December 2019, the COVID-19 pandemic quickly spread throughout China and beyond, posing enormous global challenges. With prompt, vigorous, and coordinated control measures, mainland China contained the spread of the epidemic within two months and halted the epidemic in three months. Aggressive containment strategy, hierarchical management, rational reallocation of resources, efficient contact tracing, and voluntary cooperation of Chinese citizens contributed to the rapid and efficient control of the epidemic, thus promoting the rapid recovery of the Chinese economy. This review summarizes China’s prevention and control strategies and other public health measures, which may provide a reference for the epidemic control in other countries.
ISSN:1559-0267
1080-0549
1559-0267
DOI:10.1007/s12016-021-08900-2