Chinanews.com, March 4th. Recently, the situation of the prevention and control of China ’s new crown pneumonia epidemic has continued to improve, and the number of new cases has dropped sharply. The WHO and international mainstream media have praised China ’s achievements in fighting the epidemic, and they have captured the epidemic. Bits and pieces of lifestyle changes. At the same time, with the spread of the epidemic in many countries around the world, the WHO called on all countries to make every effort to curb the epidemic, saying that China's experience in fighting the epidemic is worth learning.

On March 2nd, with the increasing number of resumption enterprises in Shanghai and the increase in the passenger flow of subways, in order to avoid excessive congestion of the carriages, the Shanghai Metro adopted restrictive measures for 17 stations with high pedestrian flow during the early rush hours on weekdays. Photo by Zhang Xinwei of China News Agency

China's war "epidemic" action is effective

In recent days, new cases of new coronary pneumonia in China have continued to decline, and the number of cured patients has continued to rise.

AFP issued a statement on the 3rd, saying that after a large number of epidemic prevention efforts, the number of cases in China has generally declined.

Britain's Reuters noted on the 2nd that as patients have been discharged from hospitals, a temporary shelter in Wuhan, Hubei will cease to operate, and since the outbreak, there have been 16 such hospitals.

The Associated Press said that with the thousands of patients discharged from hospital in Wuhan, the "inflection point" of this epidemic crisis seems to be forming.

At present, Chinese companies are returning to work in an orderly manner, which has given the international community confidence in China's economic development prospects. On March 3, the International Investment Bank Nomura released a report speculating that the rate of return to work in the affected industries in mainland China could rise to 72% in March.

The Spanish "Economist" predicted that with the gradual slowdown of the spread of the epidemic and the resumption of production and production of Chinese enterprises, China's economic activities are expected to resume within one month.

On February 20, workers at Fuzhou Changle International Airport passed an intelligent thermometer. Photo by Lu Ming, China News Agency

The international community affirmed China's national defense epidemic initiative

From an average of over a thousand new cases a day ago, to an average of about 100 new cases per day, how has China made progress in fighting the epidemic?

AsiaNews analysis said that in order to curb the development of the epidemic, the Chinese government mobilized more than 200 medical teams and built multiple medical facilities at "unprecedented speed"; it gave strict instructions to governments at all levels to improve the public health environment, Isolate potential patients and share experience and expertise. These unprecedented responses appear to have slowed the spread of the virus at home.

The China-WHO New Crown Pneumonia Joint Expert Inspection Team also praised the Chinese government's anti-epidemic measures. In a report released on February 28, experts said that China's "bold measures" have changed the process of new crown pneumonia escalation.

On March 2, the foreign leader of the WHO Wuhan pneumonia investigation team and Canadian medical expert Bruce Elward said in an interview with the Vaux website in the United States that they will quickly isolate patients and provide free disease detection and treatment. Taking measures such as online auscultation and courier dispensing can effectively curb the spread of the epidemic in China. "Thanks to this positive response, thousands of Chinese have been prevented from contracting new crown pneumonia," he said.

Al Jazeera also noted that China has also used artificial intelligence and big data in its anti-epidemic operations. Several railway stations have put electronic thermometers into use, reducing the contact between passengers and flight attendants.

On March 3, at the gate of a community in Chaoyang District, Beijing, the courier carried courier items for the residents. Affected by the epidemic, many citizens have "homes" at home, online shopping has become the mainstream of consumption, and the number of online orders has also exploded. Photo by Zhao Xin from China News Agency

Epidemics spawn emerging lifestyles?

At present, despite the positive trend of the new crown pneumonia epidemic, the government still calls on people to reduce unnecessary going out. The emerging lifestyles such as "zero contact" and "home at home" have attracted the attention of mainstream international media.

The Financial Times reports that, with the gradual maturity of remote office software, tens of millions of people in China have been working from home for several weeks, and the epidemic crisis may have implications for how companies manage employees and people ’s offices. Approaches and other aspects bring lasting changes.

The US "Advertising Weekly" collected many aspects of the epidemic affecting China's retail industry, saying that people's shopping habits are changing, specifically reflected in the surge in orders for online grocery purchases, live platform for agricultural product sales, and offline farmer green The passage of channels and the distribution of drones and robots.

In addition, the US Business Insider website noted changes in the Chinese takeaway industry. Take the takeaway industry giant Meituan as an example. From January 26 to February 8, the company's order for multi-person meals surged, and more than 80% of orders used "contactless delivery". The website commented that the outbreak is dramatically changing China's food consumption.

Data sheet: WHO Director-General Tan Desai.

WHO: China's war epidemic experience worth learning from the world

At present, although the epidemic situation in China is improving, the epidemic situation of new crown pneumonia is still spreading worldwide. As of 10:00 am Central European Time on March 3rd (17:00 Beijing time), a total of 10,566 cases of new coronary pneumonia have been diagnosed in 72 countries outside China, and a total of 166 deaths have been initiated. Countries have started to adopt epidemic prevention measures.

WHO Director-General Tan Desai said on the 2nd that it is not enough to declare new crown pneumonia as a pandemic. There are no new crown pneumonia cases in more than 130 countries and there is still a chance to curb the spread of the epidemic. A senior WHO official, Maria van Kokhov, said that the number of new cases of new coronary pneumonia in China has continued to decline, proving that virus transmission can be curbed and China's experience in epidemic prevention is worth learning.

On the same day, Elward said in an interview with the Vaux website that the key point for countries in the world to learn from China is speed. "The faster you can find, isolate, and track close contacts, the more successful your epidemic prevention efforts will be," he said.

In addition, the Associated Press published an article entitled "With the spread of the virus, other countries can learn from China", saying that if there is no real understanding of a disease, there is no medicine or vaccine against the disease, Isolation is then the most effective way to curb its spread.

The article argues that "acting quickly is essential." (End)