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China will reform its disease prevention and control system to address the weaknesses exposed by the coronavirus outbreak, a senior health official said on Saturday.
China has been criticized at home and abroad for being initially slow to react to the epidemic, which first erupted on a large scale in Wuhan. Since then, the virus has spread worldwide, infecting nearly 4 million people and killing nearly a quarter of a million of the Covid-19 disease it causes.
“This coronavirus epidemic is a great test of our country’s capacity for governance and government, and exposed the weak links in the way we approach the main epidemic and public health systems,” Li Bin, deputy minister of the China National Health Commission.
The commission intends to build a “centralized and efficient” chain of command and reform, and modernize the disease prevention and control system, he said.
The commission also aims to make better use of big data, artificial intelligence and cloud computing to better analyze the disease, track the virus and distribute resources.
He said the commission plans to step up research on core technology, improve health insurance and better guarantee the availability of emergency materials.
China has seen no new deaths from coronavirus in 24 days.
– Reuters
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