(Fighting against New Coronary Pneumonia) Zhang Wenhong: In the context of the global epidemic, it is not realistic to pursue absolute case clearing
China News Service, Beijing, June 22 (Reporter Chen Kangliang) Zhang Wenhong, director of the Infection Department of Huashan Hospital Affiliated to Fudan University, said at the "Caixin Summer Summit 2020" on the 22nd that under the global epidemic environment, cases entered by air can Prevented by closed-loop management, but cases entering by land or through contaminated food may be overwhelmed. So for a long time in the future, it is unrealistic to pursue the absolute clearing of cases.
Zhang Wenhong believes that China will keep its case close to zero for a long time. This means that once a sporadic case is found, all parties will respond immediately, accurately prevent and control the key areas, and reduce the case to a state of zero. This state may be broken again after a while, and then be prevented and controlled, but the overall economy is not affected. This is a strategy not called "absolutely zero cases" but called "nearly zero cases". This strategy is actually already implemented in China. Accurate prevention and control, and rapid treatment, this strategy is applicable to China for a long time.
Zhang Wenhong believes that precise anti-epidemic will become the main theme of anti-epidemic in China. Only on the basis of precise anti-epidemic can it be ensured that the economy will not "die in a tube". The secondary disasters caused by the non-restart of related industries have a huge impact. How to balance is a major decision to be made by the government. How to achieve refined management during the restart process will be a huge test. The entire economy cannot be reopened because of the recurrence of one or two cases.
Zhang Wenhong said that under the circumstances that it is not clear whether the vaccine can come out, the output after it comes out, the side effects, and the efficacy, it is necessary to follow the current epidemic prevention strategy, control the epidemic situation to a very low controllable level, and ensure the economy Continue to run. (Finish)