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Xinhua Headlines: China prioritizes people's health in COVID-19 fight-

BEIJING, Dec. 24 (Xinhua) -- Unlike the ordeal at the onset of the COVID-19 epidemic three years ago, Wuhan resident Huang Jianmei was not in a state of panic a

As most hospitals in Beijing have begun to receive epidemic infections in recent days, Beijing Ditan Hospital, the designated medical provider for COVID-19 patients since the outbreak, will only accept patients in severe and critical conditions after experts' evaluation, according to the hospital.

The focus of COVID-19 control measures has shifted to intervention in potentially severe cases as the milder Omicron variant spreads more widely, experts said.

After China released 10 new measures aimed at further optimizing its COVID-19 response, top Chinese epidemiologists predicted this wave of infection will peak within a month. To cope with the possible surging number of caseloads, hospitals nationwide have upped the preparation of ICU beds and medical workers, as well as restructuring hospitals to make sure patients in need get timely treatment, as well as preventing the medical system from being overloaded.