Can potato chips still be eaten? Will eating affect the new crown? Bai Yansong asked the disease control expert to explain in detail

　　On June 21, PepsiCo notified employees in a factory in Beijing that they had been diagnosed with new coronary pneumonia. That night, Pepsi Foods (China) Co., Ltd. announced that 8 factories with confirmed cases only produced small batches of Leshi unlimited canned potato chips. Can potato chips be eaten? What is the relationship between food and viruses? Feng Zijian, deputy director of China CDC, was connected to "News 1+1" and answered these questions.

Can potato chips be eaten? Will food spread the new coronavirus?

　　Feng Zijian, deputy director of the Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention: Now we have found that workers in this factory have infections and illnesses, but we have not found that the workers have contaminated the food, that is, the potato chips. In addition, up to now, including our domestic investigations, we have not found that people are infected with the new crown by directly eating food. This has not happened. In addition, there is a main reason for this dry food, at room temperature, the virus survival time is very short, even if it is contaminated, the virus quickly loses its activity.

Feng Zijian: What kind of environment is conducive to virus survival?

　　From salmon to seafood, to beef and mutton, soy products, then potato chips, and even some people are worried about drinks... so what is the relationship between food viruses? Is the low temperature and humidity environment the cause of the virus? For this issue that many people care about, Feng Zijian reminded: All viruses are good for survival in low temperature environment.

　　Feng Zijian, deputy director of the Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention: Virus transmission is likely to occur in any place where people gather, and meat products and food processing enterprises have a humid environment, and the spread of pollutants further superimposes, which may exacerbate the possibility of worker infection and transmission. All viruses are conducive to survival in low temperature environments, and if there is sewage, it is more conducive to its survival. You may have noticed that in recent times, viruses have been detected in municipal sewage abroad, especially in European countries. And now the World Health Organization is considering whether to use environmental specimen monitoring of municipal sewage as a method of disease monitoring in this city, and also mentioned the agenda. So in the sewage, this virus can survive for a long time, but it will not multiply and multiply.

Hand hygiene is very important to wash your hands frequently!

　　Feng Zijian once again emphasized that the new crown virus will not be infected through the catering process, but it needs to prevent the risk of human contact transmission. To prevent the new coronavirus, hand hygiene is very important. Therefore, develop a good habit of washing hands frequently, and minimize contact with dirty hands by mouth, nose, and eyes.

Are Chinese more susceptible? The virus has the same pathogenicity to all kinds of people

　　Feng Zijian said that different races, different countries, and different ethnic groups have the same susceptibility to this disease, and the virus shows no difference in pathogenicity and virulence against different races.

Feng Zijian: The incident at the new site has come to an end

　　On June 22, Beijing notified 9 new cases of new coronary pneumonia confirmed on the 21st. This is the first time in recent years that new cases have dropped to single digits. In this regard, Feng Zijian believes that the incidence of people exposed in the new market is nearing completion.

　　Feng Zijian, deputy director of the Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention: From the epidemic we have seen now, the number of cases, the number of diagnoses, the newly reported onset time, and the analysis of the incidence curve, case composition, and source It seems that the people exposed to the market are getting close to the disease. Well, some of the new cases are mainly caused by the direct exposure of the people in the new market to the community and further transmission, but this level of transmission is very very low. Because our epidemic was discovered very early, the control measures were very favorable, and effectively controlled the spread of the spread to the community. Therefore, we can control the entire epidemic.