The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) Politburo held a meeting on February 21 to discuss the control and prevention work on the novel coronavirus. The meeting pointed out, “While the wide spread of the epidemic has been initially controlled and the number of new cases nationwide and the suspected cases have been declining, we must understand it clearly. The turning point of the nationwide epidemic’s development has not come yet.”
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Excerpt in Chinese:
2月21日中共中央政治局召开会议，研究新冠肺炎疫情防控工作。会议指出，经过全党全军全国各族人民团结奋战，目前疫情蔓延势头得到初步遏制，防控工作取得阶段性成效，全国新增确诊病例数和疑似病例数总体呈下降趋势，治愈出院人数较快增长。同时，要清醒看到，全国疫情发展拐点尚未到来，湖北省和武汉市防控形势依然严峻复杂。
“拐点尚未到来”，是基于疫情发展的一个客观判断。当前，在以习近平同志为核心的党中央的高度重视和坚强领导下，全国各地全面动员，全力防控，付出艰苦努力，让疫情蔓延的势头得到初步控制。但是，我们需要充分认识新冠肺炎疫情的复杂性与严峻性。重点地区收治规模仍然很大，疫情的传播途径仍然没有有效掌握，还有类似核酸检测结果阴性仍然不能确诊等问题，说明对于疫情的认知我们仍然存在不少盲区。关于“拐点”，我们不能仅仅根据数字的下降进行判断，而是要与疫情防控的整体情况综合起来分析，在当前阶段，万万不可放松警惕、掉以轻心。“拐点尚未到来”正是在此关键时刻，给予我们的一个及时又清醒的告诫，也是一个重要的结论，是需要被认真吃透、认真把握的信号。
Source: Xinhua, February 22, 2020
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