Public Health Measures and the Control of COVID-19 in China

• Published in: Clinical reviews in allergy & immunology Vol. 64; no. 1; pp. 1 - 16
• Main Authors: Cheng, Zhangkai Jason, Zhan, Zhiqing, Xue, Mingshan, Zheng, Peiyan, Lyu, Jiali, Ma, Jing, Zhang, Xiaohua Douglas, Luo, Wenting, Huang, Huimin, Zhang, Yong, Wang, Hongman, Zhong, Nanshan, Sun, Baoqing
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: New York Springer US 01.02.2023; Springer; Springer Nature B.V
• Subjects: Airports; Allergology; China - epidemiology; Clinical practice guidelines; Contact tracing; Coronaviruses; COVID-19; Disease prevention; Disease transmission; Epidemics; Hospitals; Humans; Immunology; Infectious diseases; Internal Medicine; Medicine; Medicine & Public Health; Pandemics; Pandemics - prevention & control; Provinces; Public Health; Quarantine; Respiratory diseases; Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2; Transplants & implants; China; COVID-19 pandemic; China; Infection control and management; Public health
• ISSN: 1559-0267; 1080-0549; 1559-0267
• DOI: 10.1007/s12016-021-08900-2

In December 2019, the COVID-19 pandemic quickly spread throughout China and beyond, posing enormous global challenges. With prompt, vigorous, and coordinated control measures, mainland China contained the spread of the epidemic within two months and halted the epidemic in three months. Aggressive containment strategy, hierarchical management, rational reallocation of resources, efficient contact tracing, and voluntary cooperation of Chinese citizens contributed to the rapid and efficient control of the epidemic, thus promoting the rapid recovery of the Chinese economy. This review summarizes China’s prevention and control strategies and other public health measures, which may provide a reference for the epidemic control in other countries.