China has released a slew of COVID-19 response measures to instruct society and medical institutions to better address the surge of cases and achieve the goal of guaranteeing medical treatment and the prevention of severe cases as the country announced to downgrade COVID-19 management from Class A to Class B since January 8.
Newly released measures include the expansion of medical resources and setting up a daily base mobilization mechanism to treat severe cases promptly, as well as conducting epidemic monitoring among key populations, key venues and viral mutation trends.
A medical worker dispenses medicine in a makeshift fever clinic of Beijing Chaoyang Hospital in Chaoyang Gymnasium in Beijing, capital of China, Dec.In order to facilitate fever patients to seek medical treatment and ensure residents medical needs, some hospitals in Beijing set up makeshift fever clinics in gymnasiums to provide services such as diagnosis, prescription issuing and medicine dispensing for citizens. (Xinhua/Zhang Chenlin)
Aiming to deepen understanding and friendship between people of China and other countries, promote the development of offline sports, and enrich the cultural life of diplomats, the Friendship Cup Football Tournament, co-sponsored by the Global Times Foundation, Tuchong, IC photo and AMD, kicked off at the Chaoyang Gymnasium in Beijing on Saturday. The team of the Serbian Embassy in China won the championship after an intense competition.