China News Service, August 4th (Reporter Chen Jing) The menacing new crown virus Delta (Delta) mutant strain has really changed recently.
How to treat and respond to the mutation of the new coronavirus?
Zhang Wenhong, leader of the Shanghai New Coronary Pneumonia Clinical Treatment Expert Team, said on the 4th that using vaccines as a weapon can effectively prevent the widespread spread of Delta mutant strains.
He believes that vaccination should be further expanded.
He pointed out: "China's accumulated experience in the prevention, control and treatment of the epidemic is still very effective so far."
At the press conference on the prevention and control of the new crown pneumonia epidemic in Shanghai that day, Zhang Wenhong emphasized the self-health monitoring of the people and called on the people to go to the hospital as soon as possible if they show related symptoms.
Zhang Wenhong introduced that as an RNA virus, the new coronavirus has mutated characteristics.
The Delta strain of the new coronavirus spreads faster and has a relatively high viral load.
He pointed out that the recent spread of the new crown epidemic in China has something to do with the faster spread of the Delta strain.
"But it cannot be assumed that we do not have the ability to deal with the Delta strain." Zhang Wenhong also admitted frankly that after the Delta strain has spread globally, the medical community has obtained more and more data in clinical and real-event research.
"Recently, we have accumulated some data after confronting the Delta strain head-on, which is more consistent with foreign data: that is, the number of infection vaccine breakthrough cases caused by the Delta strain has increased compared with the original virus strain."
"The protective effect of the current vaccine on the Delta strain is unquestionable." Zhang Wenhong bluntly stated that using vaccines as the main weapon to prevent the new crown epidemic, especially the global spread of the Delta strain, is by global scientists and governments. And what is recognized by the World Health Organization.
Zhang Wenhong said that the virus will continue to mutate, and the more effective the vaccine protection is, "our solution is to further expand the vaccination, and to deal with the mutation of the virus through vaccination."
Faced with the menacing Delta strain, Zhang Wenhong confessed that the input of the Delta strain has made epidemic prevention and control more difficult.
"Everyone must have confidence in China's accumulated experience in epidemic prevention since the epidemic."
Zhang Wenhong pointed out that in general, we are very confident in China's epidemic prevention strategy.
He called on people to slow down social mobility in the recent period.
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