Abstract

Despite the high morbidity and mortality rates of COVID-19 infection china witnessed during the first two months of 2020, and compared to the short time of the epidemic among Wuhan city population in Hubei territory, the response of the health system to the disaster in this country was significantly effective, despite what seemed clear in the early days that the virus was fierce to the point of conquering the capabilities of the country, and it is so explosive, we all had the feeling that China was on the verge of complete collapse within few weeks. The massive response of the health system in China was tremendous and built on two major strategies, recognizing that the existing battle is an existential battle for which all available energies were to be enrolled whatever losses happen, on the other hand, strict control and preventive public health measures applied through highest available protocols, standards and guidelines no matter what it costs of sacrifices, thus the response led aggressively by health system leadership along with political leadership. The measures and steps applied were quite radical and extremely through the following tactics: