[International Criticism] How is China's response to the epidemic? Hear from WHO experts
"The Chinese method is the only method we know so far that has proved successful." Bruce Elward, senior adviser to the Director-General of the World Health Organization, said on the 24th that it was impressive.
On the same day, the China-WHO New Crown Pneumonia Joint Expert Inspection Team held a press conference in Beijing. The inspection team believes that China has taken unprecedented public health response measures, achieved significant results in slowing down the spread of the epidemic, blocking human-to-human transmission of the virus, and avoiding or at least delaying hundreds of thousands of new cases of pneumonia. They also suggested that other countries should quickly re-evaluate measures taken against China.
As the foreign leader of the expedition, Elward admitted at the meeting that he used to be ambiguous about non-drug interventions like everyone else. The Chinese approach is that since there is no medicine and no vaccine, use whatever you have, adjust it as needed, adapt to it, and save lives.
These objective and fair evaluations come from in-depth investigations on the front lines of epidemic prevention and control. In 9 days, a WHO expert group composed of 12 international people, together with Chinese counterparts, conducted on-site inspections in Beijing, Guangdong, Sichuan, Hubei and other places.
How is China's response to the epidemic? Based on the conclusions of the field investigation, it is obviously authoritative and credible.
The new crown pneumonia epidemic is a major public health emergency that has been facing the fastest spread, the widest range of infections, and the most difficult prevention and control since the founding of New China.
For China, this is a crisis and a big test. And China is surrendering such answer sheets:
China ’s top leader Xi Jinping personally directed the deployment and presided over the highest decision-making meetings to determine the general requirements and goals of the epidemic prevention and control; the State Council of China established a joint prevention and control mechanism; the central steering group went to the epidemic center to supervise the command ... Winning the epidemic prevention and control blockade provides strong leadership.
From the decisive and temporary closure of Wuhan's external corridors, to the unified action of various places and the establishment of an epidemic prevention and control network covering urban and rural grassroots; from the rapid establishment of a batch of centralized hospitals in Wuhan, to the deployment of more than 330 medical teams and more than 40,000 medical staff in various places and the military Emergency support from personnel; From organizing medical material production enterprises to resume work and production quickly to giving priority to ensuring the supply of various materials in epidemic areas, Chinese society has shown amazing Chinese speed, Chinese scale and Chinese efficiency in the fight against the epidemic.
The latest data shows that on the 24th, the number of newly confirmed cases in mainland China except Hubei dropped to single digits. China has downgraded emergency response levels for public health emergencies. This is just as China ’s top leader emphasized in a video conference for about 170,000 people recently. Practice has proved that the central government ’s judgment of the epidemic situation is accurate, all work deployment is timely, and the measures adopted are effective and effective. Yes, it once again showed the significant advantages of the leadership of the Communist Party of China and the socialist system with Chinese characteristics.
Indeed, for the international community, China has achieved remarkable results in epidemic prevention and control in more than a month, providing a live sample for analyzing issues such as social systems and governance effectiveness.
US political writer Sarah Flanders wrote a few days ago that China's measures against new coronaviruses are unheard of in capitalist countries. The fundamental nature of Chinese socialism determines that in a crisis or emergency, the well-being of the people takes precedence over capitalist profits.
Robert Lawrence Kuhn, chairman of the Kuhn Foundation in the United States, believes that the Chinese government's ability to organize and mobilize has no precedent in the history of global health, and it is difficult for other countries to do so. China's timely containment of the epidemic was mainly due to the centralized and unified leadership of the Communist Party of China.
At the press conference on the 24th, Elward praised the "great" decision of Chinese leaders, the synergies that China showed in fighting the epidemic, and the collective will of the entire government and society, calling it "in the true sense. Unity. "
It is precisely because of the high degree of solidarity and full use of institutional advantages of Chinese society that major disasters and epidemics in history often lead to social chaos and disorder, which have not occurred in China.
Many foreign netizens commented: "There are non-stop water, non-stop electricity, non-stop heating, non-stop communication, non-stop supply of social goods, and unordered social order throughout China, which I would not dare to imagine abroad." The side shows the improvement of China's social governance capabilities.
It is noted that the WHO Director-General, Tan Desai, announced on the 24th that the peak of China's epidemic has passed and has not yet constituted a global pandemic. John Netz, president of the International Society for Anti-Virus Research and professor of virology at the University of Leuven, Belgium, pointed out that a series of measures taken by China have been decisive and effective, and have earned valuable time for the international community to effectively respond to this epidemic challenge.
As Elward suggested, the world needs China's experience to deal with the epidemic. At present, some measures that have been proven effective by China are being adopted and adopted by other countries with outbreaks. For example, the Italian government has announced that it has adopted closed management measures for 11 municipalities.
Because the new coronavirus is a new pathogen, humans have a perfect process of understanding it, and the epidemic prevention and control must not be lax. But as Tandersee put it, "The key message that should bring hope, courage and confidence to all nations is that this virus can be controlled."
As a country that is highly responsible for global public health, China will continue to take advantage of its system to combat the epidemic, share experience in prevention and control with all parties, strengthen cooperation in the development of antiviral drugs and vaccines, and provide assistance to the best of its ability.
Working together and strengthening confidence, the world can weather this crisis at an early date. (International Critics Reviewer)