(Fighting against New Coronary Pneumonia) Ma Xiaowei responds to "China conceals the epidemic": This statement seriously violates the facts
China News Agency, Beijing, June 7 (Li Jingze) Faced with China's argument of concealing the New Coronary Pneumonia Epidemic Situation, Ma Xiaowei, director of China's National Health Commission, told the Chinese and foreign media on the 7th that this statement seriously violated the facts and the Chinese government did not delay or conceal it.
The Information Office of the State Council of China held a press conference on the White Paper on "China Action Against New Coronary Pneumonia" (hereinafter referred to as "White Paper"). Ma Xiaowei made this statement when answering questions at the meeting.
He pointed out that after the epidemic occurred, the Chinese government upheld an open, transparent and responsible attitude, quickly established a response mechanism, and raced every second to carry out etiological and epidemiological studies, identified pathogens in 8 days, and successfully developed test reagents in 16 days. Box, notify the World Health Organization and relevant countries of the outbreak as soon as possible, share the new coronavirus gene sequence as soon as possible, and carry out international prevention and control of the outbreak as soon as possible.
The white paper also sorts out the latitude and longitude of time. On December 27, 2019, Hubei Provincial Hospital of Integrated Traditional Chinese and Western Medicine reported unexplained pneumonia cases to the Wuhan Jianghan District Disease Control Center; on December 30, the Wuhan Municipal Health and Health Commission issued a "About Unexplained Pneumonia Treatment" "Emergency Notice of Work"; in the early hours of December 31, the National Health Commission made arrangements and dispatched working groups and expert teams to Wuhan to guide the epidemic disposal and conduct on-site investigations. The Wuhan Municipal Health Commission issued the “Circular on the Current Situation of Pneumonia in Our City” on the official website.
On January 1, 2020, the National Health and Health Commission established a leading group for epidemic response and disposal; on January 3, relevant parties in China regularly and proactively notified the World Health Organization, relevant countries and regional organizations, and China's Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan regions of the epidemic information in a timely manner; January On the 4th, the National Health and Safety Commission and the Hubei Provincial Health Department formulated the "Unknown Cause of Viral Pneumonia Medical Treatment Workbook"; on January 7, the Chinese Center for Disease Control successfully isolated a new coronavirus strain; on January 9, the state The expert assessment team of the Health and Health Commission released information on the cause of unexplained viral pneumonia in Wuhan City. China notified the World Health Organization of the epidemic situation. The World Health Organization website issued a statement on the case of cluster pneumonia in Wuhan, China; The World Health Organization submits new coronavirus genome sequence information, which is published in the Global Influenza Sharing Database (GISAID) and shared globally.
Ma Xiaowei admitted that after the emergence of an unprecedented new virus, there are a lot of unknowns in the early stage of the outbreak of the disease's pathogenic source, incubation period, mode of transmission, pathogenic mechanism, spread, infection source, and population immunity. There is a gradually accumulating evidence 3. The process of deepening understanding and mastering the characteristics of new coronaviruses.
"The work done by the Chinese government in this regard, the work done by Chinese scientists, can withstand the test of history and time." He said.
"Some foreign politicians and media engage in'presumption of guilt' on the source of the virus,'labeling' the virus, politicizing the epidemic, and contributing to the so-called'Chinese source theory' Chinese concealment theory' Chinese liability theory', etc. The argument is unfounded, unreasonable, and disrespectful of science, which has caused strong outrage from the Chinese people." Xu Lin, deputy minister of the Propaganda Department of the CPC Central Committee and director of the State Council Information Office, said at the press conference.
Xu Lin also said that the Chinese media had no intention of fighting the so-called "information war." However, in the face of slander and slander against China, the Chinese media must and will inevitably respond, that is, "original and clear sources, discerning right from wrong, restoring facts and truths, spreading axioms and jurisprudence, and maintaining morality and conscience." (Finish)