By controlling the reporting of infection numbers, the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) has portrayed China as having come out of the coronavirus outbreak. However, on March 30, Li Keqiang delivered a different message.
Xinhua reported that, on March 30, Li Keqiang hosted a Central Novel Coronavirus Epidemic Prevention and Control Leading Group meeting. Li is the Chairman of the group. Wang Huning, another Politburo Standing Committee member in charge of the CCP’s propaganda and the Vice Chair of the Leading group, also attended the meeting.
Li stated that no country can keep itself clean while the pandemic is widely spreading in the world. People should have a clear head and fully understand the risk and challenge of China’s pandemic prevention.
Li stressed again that the local government must publish transparent information and is absolutely prohibited from hiding or under-reporting infection counts to pursue a “zero” result. (Li made a similar statement at the March 23 meeting. See Chinascope posting: Leadership: Li Keqiang Asked Officials Not to Hide Data and Prepare for Long-Lasting Work)
Li also asked that the efforts be increased to monitor and inspect the asymptomatic carriers. Once found, those people must be transferred immediately to a centralized location for quarantine and medical care.
Related postings on Chinascope:
- Leadership: Li Keqiang Asked Officials Not to Hide Data and Prepare for a Long-Lasting Work
- Leadership: The Widespread of a WeChat Posting Calling for Politburo Meeting to Remove Xi Jinping
- Leadership: Beijing May Hold “Lianghui” (“The Two Conferences”) in Late April or Early May
- Leadership – Xi Jinping’s Fake Wuhan Show
- Leadership: Political Signs of Xi Jinping’s Visiting to Wuhan
Excerpt in Chinese:
3月30日电 3月30日，中共中央政治局常委、国务院总理、中央应对新冠肺炎疫情工作领导小组组长李克强主持召开领导小组会议。
中共中央政治局常委、中央应对新冠肺炎疫情工作领导小组副组长王沪宁出席。
但全球疫情正处于大流行阶段，任何国家都不能独善其身。要实事求是科学研判疫情形势，保持清醒头脑，充分认识我国疫情防控面临的风险压力和工作艰巨性。
各地要坚持公开透明发布信息，不允许为了追求病例零报告而瞒报漏报，这既有利于引导公众做好防护，也有利于积极有序推动复工复产。
会议指出，当前巩固疫情防控成果，防止出现防控漏洞，必须突出做好无症状感染者监测、追踪、隔离和治疗。要有针对性加大无症状感染者筛查力度，将检测范围进一步扩大至新冠肺炎病例和已发现的无症状感染者的密切接触者、有特殊要求的重点地区和重点人群等。一旦发现无症状感染者，要立即按“四早”要求，严格集中隔离和医学管理，公开透明发布信息，坚决防止迟报漏报，尽快查清来源，对密切接触者也要实施隔离医学观察。抓紧在疫情重点地区抽取一定比例样本，开展无症状感染者调查和流行病学分析，研究完善防控措施。同时，做好患者出院后按要求复查，加强复阳人员医学管理等工作。
Source: Xinhua, March 30, 2020
http://www.xinhuanet.com/politics/2020-03/30/c_1125790169.htm