Zhong Nanshan: Cannot rely on collective immunization, vaccine is the fundamental solution to the new coronary pneumonia

　　Medical Network March 19" "We are facing a completely new disease that has never been encountered before." "On March 18, at the 46th outbreak prevention and control press conference held in Guangzhou, Zhong Nanshan, head of the high-level expert group of the National Health and Reform Commission and a member of the Chinese Academy of Engineering, said that how to prevent and control the disease, China's practice shows that the use of strong intervention methods is effective
"The transmission coefficient of the new coronary pneumonia virus is close to 3 on average, which is quite high, which is much higher than the flu big outbreak will cause many problems So, in the heart of the outbreak, it's going to be pressed down and the disease's delay Zhong Nanshan said that China's joint defense control has a deep meaning "It's the oldest and best way to prevent all infectious diseases from the source he said that China's control focus is first upstream, blocking high outbreak areas, and second, in other areas to do group control, which has been proven to be effective at present "Our group control core is four 'early': early protection, early detection, early diagnosis, early isolation "
" I don't think it can be solved by collective immunity, and there is no strong evidence that one infection can be immunized for life The next most critical step is to produce an effective vaccine quickly, which requires international cooperation He believes that vaccines are the most fundamental problem in solving the problem of new coronary pneumonia China has been inactivated vaccine, genetically engineered recombinant subunit vaccine, adenovirus vector vaccine, detoxifying influenza virus vector vaccine and nucleic acid vaccine in five directions He pointed out that China's vaccine research and development work is in a hurry, rapid development, will not lag behind other countries No matter which country makes the vaccine first, it will certainly not be available to the world in a short period of time, and countries around the world should learn from each other and make up for each other's shortcomings China has sent many health care workers to support the countries and regions concerned as the epidemic has grown rapidly in different countries around the world In this regard, Zhong Nanshan said, health care workers must first do a good job of self-protection, in order to protect others 　　Recently, Zhong Nanshan has conducted a long-range video conference with experts from Harvard University and the European Respiratory Society "Infectious diseases have no borders, and no country can run away All countries need to act and communicate together "Without control of any country, the earth is not peaceful More close communication, including vaccine development, diagnostic technology and so on can be shared, in order to faster overcome the new coronary pneumonia in humans "
" for the new coronavirus, so far there is no targeted effective treatment, but also found some For example, chloroquine, which is an old medicine, is very safe, probably next week we will have a summary of the effects of the drug He said, "Chinese medicine has some uses Scientists have found in the laboratory that Chinese medicine interventions have an effect In short, through the discovery of some drugs can play a role in alleviating symptoms, speed up recovery, prevention of the development of the disease to the role of serious illness Zhong Nanshan, , said China had adopted the world's strongest intervention in the face of the new crown outbreak, without causing a major outbreak across the country "These two months china's economy has paid a heavy price, but in exchange for the peace of the people, this direction is right Of course, the Chinese approach is not the only one While doing a good job in the prevention and control of the epidemic, it is also very important to do a good job of re-work and return to production This problem should also be well balanced abroad, according to the different characteristics of each country, the population density of various countries to consider He said Zhong Nanshan pointed out that most countries in the world are now in the first wave of the spread of the epidemic, the patient is very infectious, no symptoms when there is infectious, so the input caseshould be noted "You can't just look at the symptoms, you have to give them a professional check-up He stressed that current nucleic acid testing should continue to keep up
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is the cost of doing things for a man, and health needs to be invested Zhong Nanshan shared his health tips in particular "The most valuable is: the first exercise; the second mentality is good; the third do not eat too full, breakfast must eat." "By the age of 80 or 90, we will be very active and contribute more to society (Reporter Ye Qing)