China plans to set up of new disease control agency

An employee works on Covid-19 coronavirus detection kits in a laboratory of the Chinese company Biotech & Biomedicine Group in Shenyang, in northeastern China's Liaoning province on Dec14, 2020. - STR/AFP

BEIJING (Reuters): China is considering setting up a new disease control agency as part of its public health reforms following the deadly Covid-19 pandemic, Caixin reported on Monday (Dec 14).

The government body will oversee work aimed at preventing future outbreaks and managing emerging ones, Caixin said, citing two government insiders and three public health experts.