The National Health Commission issued a notice promoting the prevention and control of key vector-borne infectious diseases.

On April 10, the National Health Commission issued a notice on effectively carrying out the prevention and control of key vector-borne diseases according to the law, and simultaneously released the 2026 version of the prevention and control plan for dengue fever, chikungunya fever, and fever with thrombocytopenia syndrome. The notice requires the establishment of a monitoring system integrating human, animal, and environmental factors, and promotes a comprehensive prevention and control approach for key mosquito-borne infectious diseases including monitoring and early warning, prevention and intervention, emergency response, disease management, and law enforcement. The notice emphasizes the strategy of prevention and control, which includes focusing on environmental management, with biological and physical control as supplementary measures, and using chemical control when necessary. In high-risk epidemic areas, coordination among departments will be strengthened, and hygiene management in key locations will be enhanced to eliminate blind spots to the maximum extent. Furthermore, the notice calls for the improvement of the public health cooperation mechanism at ports, and proper coordination in handling imported epidemics and providing point-to-point prevention and control and treatment. It also stresses the importance of implementing the "four early" requirements and the first diagnosis responsibility system, enhancing training for grassroots medical staff, and improving the ability of differential diagnosis and treatment. During the peak season of outbreaks, fever clinics should be fully operational, and in areas with local outbreaks, all suspected cases should be tested, while in areas with clustered outbreaks, everyone with a fever should be tested.