Beijing is building a regular new coronavirus monitoring system amid other measures to improve its public health system to prepare for a possible rebound of the disease in autumn and winter, state media reports. The commission said it also aims to increase and improve the testing for the virus and other emerging infectious diseases. In addition, standards for equipment used in the city's disease prevention and control measures will be established. Yang, who is more positive about stopping a new outbreak, noted that there has never been a continuous large-scale epidemic of a single infectious disease in China. The surveillance and prevention of plague, intestinal infectious diseases in summer and respiratory diseases in autumn and winter are also the focus of Beijing's guideline.

Source: The Standard June 11, 2020 10:18 UTC