China News Service, Beijing, July 31 (Mar Shuaisha Li Chun) The World Health Organization Secretariat recently proposed the second phase of the new crown virus traceability work plan, which has attracted widespread public attention.
What is the focus of the research on the traceability of the new coronavirus in the next phase? How should the global traceability of the new crown virus be carried out in the future? Wang Guangfa, director of the Department of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, Peking University First Hospital, accepted an exclusive interview with a reporter from China News Agency for interpretation
Wang Guangfa first affirmed the role played by Chinese scientists in the discovery of the new coronavirus
According to the research results of scientists from many countries, the emergence of the new coronavirus in many places around the world was earlier than the time of the outbreak in Wuhan.
In this regard, Wang Guangfa pointed out that the traceability work of the new coronavirus must first clarify the time sequence of the emergence of the virus.
the truth Wang Guangfa believes that possible channels for the spread of the virus include personnel movement and cold chain transmission
Wang Chen, academician of theChinese Academy of Engineering , dean of Peking Union Medical College, and director of the National Center for Respiratory Medicine, previously suggested that in the further traceability of the virus, the cold chain should be used as a key traceability clue
academician In this regard, Wang Guangfa said that the new coronavirus can remain active in a low-temperature and humid environment, although it does not replicate
Wang Guangfa further pointed out that although other viruses such as avian influenza virus have similar characteristics, new coronary pneumonia is a respiratory infectious disease.
For a period of time, in order to shift the responsibility of their own ineffective fight against the epidemic, individual big countries have achieved the political purpose of discrediting and suppressing other countries, and politicized the epidemic
How should the global traceability research of the new coronavirus be carried out in the future? Wang Guangfa pointed out that the first thing to do is to abandon political prejudice, and at the same time to allow scientists to carry out research in accordance with scientific thinking, scientific laws and scientific principles, and to trace the source at multiple locations around the world
He pointed out that traceability is not a simple identification.
Wang Guangfa emphasized that the reason why traceability is important is not for accountability, but mainly to avoid the recurrence of similar virus transmission
"We should look at the issue of tracing the source of the new coronavirus objectively.
Focus on the new crown pneumonia epidemic
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