Prevention and control mechanism for coronavirus disease 2019 epidemic at the primary level: perspective from China.
After the 2003 SARS epidemic, China started constructing a primary-level emergency response system and focused on strengthening and implementation of policies, resource allocation. After 17 years of restructuring, China's primary-level response capabilities towards public health emergencies have greatly improved. During the coronavirus disease 2019 epidemic, primary-level administrative and medical personnel, social organisations, volunteers, etc. have played a significant role in providing professional services utilising the primary-level emergency response system of 17 years. However, China's organisations did not learn their lesson from the SARS epidemic, and certain problems are exposed in the system. By analysing the experience and shortcomings of China's disease prevention and control system at the primary level, we can focus on the development of disease control systems for major epidemics in the future.
['Zhang|Xiaoyan|X|0000-0002-1815-5188', 'Wang|Yuxuan|Y|0000-0002-1613-5140']
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primary-level emergency public health COVID-19 epidemic prevention and control mechanism