Addressing the PBSC meeting on March 18, Chinese President Xi Jinping said there has been a positive trend in preventing and controlling the epidemic and restoring normal production. Everyday life has quickened. However, new situations and problems, especially the overseas spread of the virus and its negative impacts on the world economy, have brought new challenges. He said work priorities and response measures should be tailored to changing situations to win the 'people's war' against the epidemic, and secure a decisive victory in building a moderately prosperous society in all respects and fighting poverty. Cautioning that the epidemic situation at home and abroad are complex and severe, he added that the tasks of medical treatment, community prevention and control and follow-up work remain arduous in Hubei Province and the city of Wuhan. Xi Jinping cautioned that the risk of outbreak rebounding still exists in other regions due to increasing personnel mobility and gathering of crowds. He referred specifically to the mounting risk of imported cases as the COVID-19 has rapidly spread across the world. Xi Jinping said "We should never allow the hard-won and continuous positive trend to be reversed".
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