German virologist: I don't think there will be a second outbreak in China now

BERLIN, June 17 (Xinhua) -- German virologist Jonas Schmidt-Chanasit said in German media on the 17th that China has responded well to the outbreak in Beijing, including rapid response, effective epidemic prevention efforts, large-scale testing and the rapid blockade of some areas. He believes these are very sensible and targeted measures to stop the spread of the virus. He stressed that he did not think there would be a second outbreak in China.
Jonas Schmidt-Chanasit, M.D., is now a professor at the Bernhard-Nocht Institute of Tropical Medicine in Hamburg, Germany, and head of the WHO Cooperative Centre for Insect Vector Viruses and Viral Haemorrhagic Fever, working on new infectious diseases that can lead to epidemic outbreaks. He is often invited by the mainstream German media to answer questions about infectious diseases.
Minister Jonas Schmidt-Chanasit made the above statement in an interview with Deutsche Welle on the same day. Referring to the signs of a second wave of outbreaks, he said that large-scale cross-regional transmission of outbreaks was needed, meaning that only a few areas of a city did not count. "If there were a number of
infections in Beijing, Shanghai, Suzhou, Guangzhou and so on during the same period, as in the UNITED States or Brazil today, it would be the second wave of outbreaks."
" second wave will come, and no one can foresee the future. But I think China's epidemic prevention measures are very strict, trying to prevent the emergence of a second wave of outbreaks. Jonas Schmidt-Chanasit pointed out that China, for example, responded well to the outbreak in Beijing, responded quickly, carried out effective epidemic prevention efforts, conducted large-scale tests, and quickly blocked an area, "these are very sensible and targeted measures to stop the spread of the virus."
On the development of the epidemic after the "unsealing" of EU countries, Jonas Schmidt-Chanasit again recommended the Chinese experience: "A rapid response like Beijing in the hot spots of the epidemic, a strong and rigorous epidemic prevention, where there is a targeted measures, will be the preferred epidemic prevention strategy in the future." "