On November 11, the Joint Prevention and Control Mechanism of the State Council issued the "Notice on Further Optimizing COVID-19 Prevention and Control Measures and Doing a Scientific and Accurate Prevention and Control Work", which proposed 20 measures to further optimize prevention and control work (hereinafter referred to as " 20"). Among them, areas where no epidemic has occurred strictly carry out nucleic acid testing for risk positions and key personnel in accordance with the scope determined by the ninth edition of the prevention and control plan, and the scope of nucleic acid testing is not allowed to be expanded. Generally, nucleic acid testing is not carried out for all employees according to administrative regions. It is only carried out when the source of infection and the chain of transmission are unclear, and the community transmission time is long, and the bottom line of the epidemic is unknown. Formulate specific implementation measures to standardize nucleic acid testing, reiterate and refine relevant requirements, and correct unscientific practices such as "two tests a day" and "three tests a day."

According to incomplete statistics from China Business News, as of press time on November 14, Zhenping County in Shaanxi Province, Fuzhou City in Fujian Province, Guangchang County in Jiangxi Province, Yanji City in Jilin Province, Hefei City in Anhui Province, and Shanghai City have already Actively adjust the current epidemic prevention policy and announce the cancellation or temporary suspension of nucleic acid testing for all employees in the region .

Sanya announced on the 11th that it had canceled nucleic acid testing for all employees in the region. At noon on November 11, Sanya City, Hainan Province issued a notice requiring all residents and tourists within the jurisdiction of Sanya City to participate in nucleic acid testing this Saturday (12th). Those who fail to participate in nucleic acid sampling as required will be assigned a yellow code. . Seven hours later, Sanya City issued another notice, saying that it was implementing the latest epidemic prevention and control policies and that the previously issued regional nucleic acid tests would no longer be implemented. Nucleic acid testing will be carried out on a regular basis on November 12, 2022. Citizens and tourists can arrange their own time and take samples nearby.

Since then, Shaanxi, Fujian, Jiangxi, Liaoning, Shanghai and many other places have announced the cancellation of nucleic acid testing for all employees in the region.

In the early morning of the 12th, the Epidemic Prevention Office of Zhenping County, Shaanxi Province issued a notice announcing the cancellation of the 16th round of nucleic acid testing for all employees in the county on that day.

On the same day, Fuzhou City, Fujian Province held a press conference to report the latest status of epidemic prevention and control. It is proposed that in view of the fact that Cangshan District has not yet achieved social clearance, according to relevant regulations, Cangshan District will carry out regional nucleic acid testing daily from 6:00 to 12:00 am from November 12 to 15; Gulou District, Taijiang District, Shanxi District An District, Minhou County, and High-tech Zone will no longer conduct nucleic acid testing for all employees in the region.

On the 12th, the Guangchang County Epidemic Prevention and Control Emergency Headquarters Office in Jiangxi Province also announced that in view of the fact that the regional nucleic acid test results for the three days from November 8th to 10th were all negative, according to the spirit of the latest relevant documents from superiors, after comprehensive research and judgment by an expert group , decided to cancel the regional nucleic acid testing work from November 13th to 14th.

On November 13 , the Yanji City Epidemic Prevention Department issued an announcement announcing that it  would stop nucleic acid testing for all employees from November 14  . Previously, Yanji City issued an announcement on November 7 , deciding to carry out a seven-day round of nucleic acid testing for all employees in designated streets and towns from the 8th to the 14th .

On the same day, Shanghai also announced the optimization, adjustment and detailed implementation of relevant prevention and control measures, announcing that it will generally no longer carry out nucleic acid testing for all employees by administrative region, and will only conduct nucleic acid testing in epidemic situations where the source of infection and transmission chain are unclear, and community transmission time is long. Expand when the number is unclear. At the same time, we will further organize regular nucleic acid testing and community convenience screening.

According to the "Hefei Release" news, experts from the Hefei Epidemic Prevention and Control Emergency Headquarters in Anhui Province stated that Hefei has entered the stage of normalized epidemic prevention and control. In principle, nucleic acid testing of all employees will no longer be carried out by administrative region. Only the source of infection and It is carried out when the epidemic situation is unknown, such as the chain of transmission is unclear and the community transmission time is long.

Source: China Business Network