Guo Yanhong, Director of the Medical Emergency Department of the National Health Commission, responded to the problem that some netizens reported that fever clinics in many hospitals had been stopped due to the epidemic situation at the press conference of the joint prevention and control mechanism of the State Council held on November 22. She stressed that it was very important to open the fever clinic round the clock, because one of the functions of the fever clinic was to identify whether the fever patients or patients with suspected symptoms were infected with COVID-19. The fever clinic is "responsible for the first diagnosis". "We require the fever clinic to strictly implement the first diagnosis responsibility system, and identify suspicious patients as soon as possible." Guo Yanhong stressed that if the diagnosis is positive for COVID-19, the fever clinic should be quickly transferred to the designated hospital or shelter hospital for isolation treatment, so as to truly achieve the "four early", that is, early detection, early report, early isolation and early treatment. Fever clinic is the key link for people to diagnose suspected symptoms. Therefore, the National Health Commission requires fever clinic to disclose address, telephone and other information. Guo Yanhong said: "Let the people know which fever clinic nearby to provide corresponding diagnosis and treatment services if there are suspected symptoms." Guo Yanhong stressed that it is very important to set up and open all fever clinics. In this regard, the National Health Commission has issued documents many times to guide local governments to set up fever clinics in all hospitals above Grade II. It can't be closed at once. It is necessary to quickly seal and solve the problem. Recently, several hospitals in some epidemic areas issued outpatient and emergency stop notices, which caused inconvenience to the public. "Once a positive case occurs in a medical institution, it is necessary to quickly identify the risk and try not to block the control. If necessary, the principle of blocking the control is' quick sealing, quick screening, quick elimination and quick release '." Guo Yanhong stressed that the prevention and control should be scientific and accurate, and not "one close, one seal". For some departments that need to temporarily stop diagnosis, information disclosure should be strengthened. "For medical institutions and relevant departments that really need to be sealed and controlled with risks, we should strengthen the emergency response mechanism, carry out environmental disinfection and sterilization, risk screening and other work in a timely manner, and eliminate the risk of infection as quickly as possible." Guo Yanhong stressed that it is required to be able to quickly seal and release, and to timely announce to the society after reaching the conditions for release, so as to restore the corresponding diagnosis and treatment services. In particular, the emergency room, dialysis room, operating room, delivery room, intensive care unit and other important treatment departments should be "unnecessary and not closed". "We require all localities to further enrich and scientifically dispatch pre hospital emergency services, scientifically set up 120 emergency calls and convenient service channels, ensure that patients' demands can be responded to and resolved in a timely manner, minimize the impact of epidemic prevention and control on medical institutions' daily medical services, and effectively meet the people's medical needs." Guo Yanhong said. This month, 253000 cases of COVID-19 infection have been reported accumulatively. "At present, the epidemic situation in China is still severe and complex, and the spread of the epidemic in some areas is accelerating, making prevention and control more difficult." Hu Xiang, the second level inspector of the Department of Communication and Prevention of the National Bureau of Disease Control and Prevention, said that since November 1, 253000 cases of infection have been reported nationwide, with an average of 22200 cases reported every day in the past week, a double increase over the previous week. The epidemic has spread widely and the transmission chain is complex. Densely populated cities have become key areas for epidemic prevention and control, and personnel gathering activities have intensified