Guidelines and Requirements for Reporting on Pandemic Prevention and Control Measures

The next censorship directions have been leaked and distributed on-line.

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Tips and Necessities for Reporting on Pandemic Prevention and Management Measures (13)

(December 24, 2022)

All media ought to vigorously publicize China’s persevering with optimization of pandemic prevention and management measures in gentle of the altering pandemic state of affairs. From the promulgation of the “Protocol for Prevention and Management of COVID-19 (Version 9)” to the introduction of the “Twenty Optimization Measures” and “Ten New Optimization Measures,” there have been steady enhancements to replicate the evolution and present traits of the pandemic. Pandemic prevention coverage is scientific, proactive, and underneath management, and is being carried out in a deliberate and measured method. This runs counter to false prices, leveled by america and the West, that China was “compelled to calm down its grip” or is “unprepared.” The important thing central exterior propaganda media retailers ought to concentrate on getting this message throughout abroad. The Central Our on-line world Administration of China is requested to coordinate the promotion of related reporting.

Scope of notification: All main information organizations of the Central Committee; the Secretariat of the Central Our on-line world Administration of China.

Cc: Propaganda Division of the Nationwide Well being Fee; Basic Affairs Division of the Nationwide Administration of Illness Management and Prevention. [Chinese]

After practically three years of adhering to its “dynamic zero-COVID” coverage, the Chinese language authorities signaled a leisure of COVID controls in early November, 2022. Later that month, following a lethal fireplace in Urumqi and a nationwide wave of protests by which demonstrators expressed anti-lockdown and anti-government sentiments, the federal government issued an extra set of tips that put an finish to the zero-COVID coverage. December noticed a surge of Omicron circumstances, with many netizens sharing their tales of testing constructive for the virus, isolating at dwelling, caring for sick members of the family, or scrambling to search out medicines and medical provides. Though the precise variety of new COVID circumstances and COVID-related deaths is unclear, it seems that the present outbreak has led to a rise in “extra mortality,” amid rising tales of “packed ICUs (and) crowded crematoriums” in lots of cities and cities.

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