WHO Director-General: Tracking contacts is vital regardless of the situation
On July 20, local time, WHO held a regular press conference on New Coronary Pneumonia. WHO Director-General Tan Desai said that tracking contacts is one of the key tools to curb the spread of the virus, and trained health workers go door-to-door To detect cases and contacts, you can break the virus transmission chain. Tracking contacts is essential for countries in any state, and can prevent individual cases from spreading into an epidemic and then progressing to the stage of community transmission. As countries gradually open up, rapid response to new cases and clustered epidemics can continue to restore the economy and prevent the virus from invading.
Tan Desai also emphasized that tracking contacts is not the only tool, but should be an important part of a comprehensive response. From smallpox to poliomyelitis, from Ebola to new coronary pneumonia, tracking contacts has always been the basis of the response. No matter how bad the situation is, there is always hope. With strong leadership, community involvement, and a comprehensive response to curb spread and save lives, new coronary pneumonia can be stopped. There is no need to wait for the vaccine, it is time to save lives. At the same time, vaccine research and development must be accelerated and more can be done using existing tools. (Headquarters reporter Zhu He)