Chinese authorities introduce expert teams and mobile epidemic prevention centers to enhance emergency response to infectious disease outbreaks.

Chinese health authorities have introduced new measures to enhance emergency response to infectious disease outbreaks, including expert teams and mobile epidemic prevention centers. These units consist of emergency management workers, technical professionals, and logistical support staff, with professional technical personnel specializing in epidemiology, lab testing, clinical medicine, IT, and psychology. The measures also emphasize the need to strengthen local emergency response teams from the county to provincial levels to improve China's overall capability to manage acute outbreaks.

June 05, 2024
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