On July 22, the State Information Office held a press conference on the traceability of the new crown virus
At the meeting, a reporter asked: Last week the World Health Organization proposed to conduct a second-stage traceability investigation on China.
"I also wanted to talk a little about my opinion on the second phase of the virus traceability plan released by the WHO on July 15.
Subsequently, on-site experts refuted the so-called evidence that the hypothesis of "China's violation of laboratory procedures caused virus leakage" was established
The so-called evidence is refuted one by one
The so-called evidence is refuted one by one The so-called evidence one is that there are rumors that three employees of Wuhan Virus Institute have been infected
Rumor has 3 staff members of Wuhan Virus Institute infected with the new crown virus? Please give the name of the infected person first
Yuan Zhiming, director of the Wuhan National Biosafety Laboratory of the Chinese Academy of Sciences and a researcher of the Wuhan Institute of Virology, said: Some media have reported that "All three researchers from Wuhan Virus Research visited the hospital in November 2019, and their symptoms are consistent with the new coronavirus.
Chinese Academy of Sciences The so-called evidence two is the virus leakage caused by violation of laboratory procedures
Rumors that the Wuhan laboratory had a virus leak? The joint expert group has conducted a field visit and concluded that it does not exist
"The detailed content of the investigation was posted on the World Health Organization website on March 30.
Yuan Zhiming introduced that Wuhan P4 laboratory is designed, constructed and operated in accordance with international requirements and national standards.
The so-called evidence three is that the virus is man-made
Rumors that the new crown virus is man-made? The Indian scholar's paper was rejected and has been withdrawn
"Researchers in the field of genetic engineering know that there will be traces of artificial modification of viruses.
An Indian scholar once found that part of the sequence of the new coronavirus is similar to HIV, and speculated that the new coronavirus may be man-made.
Papers jointly carried out by scientists from many countries to prove that the virus is of natural origin are being published one after another:
On July 5, 24 internationally renowned experts once again published a paper in The Lancet, stating that there is no scientific evidence to support the theory that the new crown virus leaked from a Chinese laboratory
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On July 7, these scientists from the United States, the United Kingdom, and Australia published a preprinted article on the European scientific data sharing platform Zenodo, stating that “there is no evidence that the new crown virus came from the Wuhan laboratory”
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The original data is not shared? Early information materials have been discussed by the expert group
The original data is not shared? Early information materials have been discussed by the expert group In response to China's unwillingness to provide raw data that may reveal the early spread of the new crown epidemic in Wuhan, Liang Wannian expressed his disapproval
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"The data of the early 174 patients were all displayed during the period in Wuhan, but these data were not allowed to be copied and photographed," Liang Wannian said, because the patient's clinical data, epidemiological survey data, and laboratory test data will be involved.
To personal privacy
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"For the early information and data, we did a lot of work at that time to centralize the database, and the Chinese experts and foreign experts worked together to analyze and research, including what to analyze, what laws can be seen from it, and the final report.
The conclusion is made together
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” Liang Wannian said, but because of the privacy involved, the data cannot be taken away.
This is in line with international practices and was recognized by the expert team at the time
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Early patient data and early animal data are very important for traceability
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Before the joint expert group study in January and February this year, Chinese scientists under the leadership of the Ministry of Science and Technology, the National Health Commission and other relevant departments have carried out relatively extensive and in-depth traceability work
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"Jointly formulating research plans, conducting on-site inspections, analyzing data together, and presenting our research reports and results together" are the principles of joint research
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China has put forward China's proposal for the second stage of traceability
China has put forward China's proposal for the second stage of traceability "The Chinese government has always supported scientifically carrying out virus traceability, and opposed the politicization of traceability.
We believe that the second phase of virus traceability should be extended on the basis of the first phase of virus traceability, especially for those with clear conclusions, we should no longer Repeat
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" Zeng Yixin said
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According to reports, on July 4, the Chinese expert group put forward the Chinese proposal for the second phase of traceability to the World Health Organization and communicated with the World Health Organization experts
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This draft proposal reflects China’s core views.
It is hoped that WHO can truly treat the traceability of the new crown virus as a scientific issue, get rid of political interference, and actively and steadily promote the continuous traceability in multiple countries and regions around the world
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