context: The new announcements came as the media unveils scandals related to fake test results and biotech companies making false claims on Covid-related expenditures. The public is also dissatisfied with healthcare workers breaking into residents' homes to disinfect them without the owners' consent.
State Council Joint Prevention and Control Mechanism for COVID-19 issued three documents to strengthen COVID-19 testing work.
The 'Notice on enhancing full life-cycle supervision and management of COVID-19 testing institutions' highlights
- strengthening the verification and certification of testing personnel and testing sites
- standardising the collection, preservation and transportation of samples
- strengthening the daily supervision and management of COVID-19 testing institutions
- strengthening the supervision of COVID-19 testing institutions in emergency situations
- optimising COVID-19 testing capacity
- introducing withdrawal mechanism to phase out the oversupply of COVID-19 testing capacity
The 'Notice on improving COVID-19 cleaning and disinfection work' stipulates
- improving cleaning and disinfection work in private and public places where COVID patients have lived, stayed, visited, been quarantined and/or treated
- improving communication with property owners before cleaning and/or disinfecting private households
- rolling out preventive cleaning and/or disinfection in public spaces
- strengthening cleaning and disinfection work in vulnerable places
- promoting awareness-raising and public supervision
The 'Guidelines on preventing heat-related illness among healthcare personnel on the COVID-19 frontline' highlights
- staff rotations
- work schedule planning
- emergency treatment