BEIJING — Vice-Premier Sun Chunlan on Sept 9 stressed fully implementing COVID-19 prevention and control measures to prevent large-scale outbreaks.

Sun, also a member of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, made the remarks while addressing a teleconference held by the State Council joint prevention and control mechanism against COVID-19.

Highlighting coordinating epidemic prevention and control with economic and social development effectively, Sun underscored closed-loop management of key personnel at ports of entry, quarantine points, and designated hospitals to prevent cross-infection and spillover of the epidemic.

She said that reserve of epidemic prevention supplies must be ensured at quarantine points and temporary hospitals, calling for efforts to advance COVID-19 control capability at the grassroots level.

Sun urged adopting a coordinated approach to COVID-19 control at colleges and universities and students' studies and life, demanding enhanced COVID-19 control capability with targeted and science-based measures to minimize the impact of the epidemic on people's work and life.