(Fighting New Crown Pneumonia) Global War Epidemic: Global spread of epidemic, Russia ’s anti-blocking and anti-epidemic policy meets test

China News Network, Moscow, March 13th (Reporter Wang Xiujun) Since the spread of the new crown virus worldwide, infection cases have appeared in neighboring Russia, South Korea, Japan, Iran, Georgia, Azerbaijan, Belarus and other countries. "Surrounding."

Under such a severe situation, as of the 12th, the total number of people infected with the new crown virus in Russia was 34. Compared with thousands or even tens of thousands of infections in European countries such as Italy, France, Germany, there are not many cases of infection in the vast territory of Russia. In a recent speech, Russian Presidential Press Secretary Peskov mentioned that the outbreak in Russia is better than in other European countries.

Peskov said that this situation has benefited from relevant anti-epidemic measures. Carding out Russia's various policies since January, generally includes three points:

The first is to cut off the transportation links with the affected countries in time. Russia has closed multiple flights to China, Japan, South Korea, Iran, Japan, Mongolia and other countries since the end of January and cancelled some passenger trains. At the same time, it has suspended issuing visas to citizens of China, South Korea, Iran, Italy and other countries. To reduce the flow of people.

In addition, Russia has strengthened detection and isolation. At present, all flights to and from severely affected countries are concentrated in Moscow's Sheremetyevo terminal F. Russian National Epidemic Prevention Officer Popova said that since December 31, 2019, more than 3 million people have been inspected. Residents of all countries and regions that have visited infected cases should report the return to the relevant Moscow institutions. At the same time, all personnel entering Moscow from severely infected countries need to be quarantined at home for 14 days.

Third, Russia canceled major international events in a timely manner. Russia has canceled large-scale international forums such as the St. Petersburg Economic Forum, the Moscow Security Forum, the Krasnoyarsk Economic Forum, and the Parliamentary Development Forum. In addition, Moscow bans large-scale public events with more than 5,000 participants to prevent people from concentrating.

It is not difficult to see that the core of these measures is "blocking." Peskov pointed out: Russia's current main task is to try to prevent the epidemic from reaching Russia and infecting Russian citizens. Many Russian experts also believe that in the absence of vaccines and effective treatments, the best way to fight the epidemic is to block the spread of the epidemic.

In order to implement relevant policies, especially self-isolation measures, the police strengthened inspections at bus and subway stations. Moscow has also enacted laws that up to 5 years in prison can be imposed on those who violate the quarantine system. In a recent interview, Russian Deputy Prime Minister Golikova stressed that many people criticized the government's measures for being too harsh. But it is precisely because of these measures that Russia successfully avoided the new crown virus epidemic.

Golikova also emphasized that he should not be slacked by the results achieved, because the epidemic is still severe. On March 11, the Director-General of the World Health Organization, Tan Desai, said that the new coronavirus epidemic has the nature of a global pandemic. As of the 12th, the cumulative number of confirmed cases in Italy has increased to 15,113; the cumulative number of confirmed cases in Spain has exceeded 3,000; more than 2,000 in France and Germany; and the United Kingdom, Switzerland, Norway, Denmark, and the Netherlands have broken through 500 cases. Of the 34 infected people in Russia (excluding the 3 Russian citizens infected by the "Diamond Princess" cruise), 32 (1 Italian citizen, 31 Russian citizens) went to Russia after being infected by Italy.

The severe situation has brought a huge test to Russia's epidemic prevention policy. Konstantinovich, editor-in-chief of the authoritative Russian academic journal "Research on Virology", said in an interview with China News Agency that the current spread of the epidemic is "surprising." With the increase of epidemic countries, the difficulty of prevention and control has also increased. The new crown virus epidemic is no longer a matter for one country, but a problem that all countries must face. There is an urgent need to strengthen international cooperation.

How to strengthen international cooperation, many Russian experts believe that China ’s active defense measures are an important target of cooperation. Popova said that the Russian side closely follows the measures taken by China every day. Russia and China are partners. Russia has learned valuable experience from China's fight against epidemics. Practice has proved that the measures taken by China are very effective.

Anastasia, a senior researcher at the Far East Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences, believes that China is open to cooperating with the world to respond to the epidemic. Other countries can cooperate with China in terms of scientific research and information and experience exchange.

Konstantinovic called for the next few weeks to be crucial. Countries should abandon conservative thinking and political prejudice, strengthen clinical exchanges and medical material assistance, and spend this difficult time together. (Finish)