Are the deaths in China serious?

Expert: It does not mean that the epidemic prevention situation is more severe. We must pay more attention to the elderly

　　[Global Times reporter Li Sikun Xu Keyue] After 12 days, there was another new death case of new coronary pneumonia in my country: Tonghua City, Jilin Province notified on the 26th that there was a new death case on the 25th.

On the 13th, Hebei also reported a death case.

Does this mean that our national defense epidemic situation has become more severe?

　　At the Tonghua City Epidemic Prevention and Control Press Conference on the 26th, Wang Yongjie, director of the Department of Critical Care Medicine, Jilin Provincial People’s Hospital, notified the details of the new deaths: the patient was 87 years old, had close contact with asymptomatic infections before onset, and the nucleic acid test was positive Later, it was clinically diagnosed as critically severe with new coronavirus pneumonia.

After a joint consultation by the national and provincial expert groups, the patient's condition once improved after treatment. However, due to underlying heart diseases and viral infections, on January 25 he developed tachyarrhythmia, blood pressure drop, and respiratory and cardiac arrest.

　　Wang Guangfa, director of the Department of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine at Peking University First Hospital, said in an interview with the Global Times reporter on the 26th that “this patient from Tonghua died after contracting the new crown, which is distressing.” But he also emphasized the age of the patient. He has reached 87 years of age and has underlying diseases, which is in line with the characteristics of death from the new crown. This is an individual case. The public need not panic.

　　Wang Guangfa believes that the general fatality rate of the new coronavirus is not high, but the fatality rate for people with basic diseases, especially the elderly, is significantly higher.

Wang Peiyu, deputy dean of the School of Public Health of Peking University, also agreed with the above view, "Respiration (lung) is closely related to circulation (heart)."

　　Professor Yang Zhanqiu of the Institute of Virology of Wuhan University School of Medicine told the Global Times reporter on the 26th that the heart and lungs are the main human organs. Patients infected with the new coronavirus usually have lung problems.

The reported death case itself has underlying heart disease, so the patient has problems with two major organs in his body, making it more likely to die.

"Patients with underlying diseases, such as coronary heart disease, diabetes, and high blood pressure, are relatively more likely to die after being infected with new coronary pneumonia. Even if they are not infected with new coronary pneumonia, the probability of death is high, and then contracting new coronary pneumonia is equivalent to It's getting worse."

　　There have been two consecutive deaths from the new crown in more than ten days. Does this mean that my country's current epidemic prevention situation has become more severe?

Yang Zhanqiu said, "You can't think so."

He said that there are nearly 2,000 confirmed cases of new coronary pneumonia in my country, and two deaths occurred under this premise. It should be said that my country's treatment level and improvement of patient survival rate are very high compared to foreign countries.

Nevertheless, Yang Zhanqiu said that it is impossible for my country to achieve "zero death" at present.

"It is possible that deaths will continue in the future, and the probability is very high."

　　Wang Guangfa told the Global Times reporter that the current situation in Tonghua is serious, the aging degree is relatively high, and the elderly population is relatively large. We need to arouse our attention, strengthen external support for medical supplies and medical personnel in the place, and help overcome local difficulties. .

The current epidemic situation in Jilin still needs to be isolated and protected to prevent the spread of the epidemic.

Yang Zhanqiu said that for elderly patients, the first thing to do is to solve the basic diseases of these patients as much as possible, and the best treatment is comprehensive treatment.

"Currently, there is no medicine for the treatment of new coronary pneumonia, but only symptomatic treatment. This requires keeping the patient's breathing unobstructed, and on this basis, focusing on the harm caused by the underlying disease to the patient.

　　At 0-24 o'clock on the 25th, 31 provinces (autonomous regions and municipalities) and the Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps reported 82 new confirmed cases of new crowns, including 69 local cases (53 in Heilongjiang, 7 in Jilin, 5 in Hebei, 2 in Beijing) Example, 2 cases in Shanghai).

"Global Times" reporter combed and found that in recent times, the number of confirmed cases in Heilongjiang has increased rapidly. From January 20 to 25, the number of newly diagnosed cases in Heilongjiang accounted for more than half of the newly diagnosed cases in my country.

Why is the epidemic in Heilongjiang so "violent" recently?

Yang Zhanqiu told the "Global Times" reporter that the source of this round of the epidemic in Heilongjiang and the "patient zero" are still unclear, making it more difficult to control the epidemic.

“The source of the epidemic in Hebei is relatively clearer. As long as the relevant villages and people are controlled, the epidemic will come down immediately.”

　　Yang Zhanqiu believes that the reasons for the continued tension in Heilongjiang include the very low local temperature and the long survival time of the virus. In addition, in the northern winter, people go out relatively rarely, and generally like to gather at home or indoors, which is more likely to cause mutual transmission.

　　However, there is also good news: Hebei Province, where the epidemic was once tense, has kept the number of newly confirmed cases below 20 consecutively since January 19, and dropped to 5 on the 25th.

For Shijiazhuang, Xingtai, and Langfang cities that have implemented closed management across the region, is it about to "lift the ban"?

In accordance with the requirements of the State Council’s response to the joint prevention and control mechanism of the new crown pneumonia on scientific division, precise prevention and control, starting from January 24, 2021, the Shijiazhuang Qiaoxi District Baijin Apartment, China Resources Vientiane City, Luquan District Guanfeng Jiadi Community Adjusted to a low-risk area.

At present, the entire Gaocheng District of Shijiazhuang, the entire Xinle City, and the entire Nangong City of Xingtai are still high-risk areas.

Yang Zhanqiu believes that Hebei now has very few confirmed cases, and that prevention and control measures are also done well. It is possible to consider liberalizing the low-risk areas in the province.

"The Chinese New Year is about to come, and the people should have more time to prepare for the Spring Festival. You cannot blindly adopt mandatory and strict closed management measures."

　　However, experts also reminded that people still need to be vigilant about the epidemic and consciously abide by relevant regulations.

Some media disclosed on the 26th that Ms. Li, who returned to Beijing from the United States from the United States in March 2020, had been sentenced to one year’s imprisonment and one year’s probation for the crime of obstructing the prevention and treatment of infectious diseases.