(Fighting New Coronary Pneumonia) China talks about the joint research on the traceability of the new coronavirus: WHO experts went to all the units they wanted to go, and met all the people they wanted to see
China News Agency, Beijing, March 31 (Reporter Li Chun) China's National Health Commission spokesperson Mi Feng stated in Beijing on March 31 that China has always adhered to an open, transparent and cooperative attitude, which fully satisfies the participation of WHO international experts. According to the interview request, WHO experts went to all the units they wanted to go to and met with all the people they wanted to meet.
On the same day, the Chinese expert group of the China-WHO Joint Research on the Traceability of the New Coronavirus held a press conference to introduce the situation of the joint research report on the traceability of the New Coronavirus.
Speaking of the work done by the Chinese government in the traceability cooperation, Mi Feng pointed out that during the visit of WHO experts to China, it was the most critical period for epidemic prevention and control. To support this work, China has always adhered to an open, transparent and cooperative attitude. , Actively and comprehensively mobilize, do everything possible to coordinate relevant units, and fully meet the visit requirements of WHO international experts.
Mi Feng said that the WHO experts went to all the units they wanted to go, including 9 units including Jinyintan Hospital, South China Seafood Market, Wuhan Institute of Virology of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, etc., and also met all the people they wanted to meet, such as medical staff and laboratory personnel. , Scientific researchers, market managers, merchants, volunteers at the time, recovered patients, and some family members who sacrificed medical staff.
Regarding whether China will accept similar virus traceability cooperative research again in the future, Liang Wannian, a professor at Tsinghua University and the Chinese leader of the joint expert group, said that Chinese scientists are willing to work with scientists around the world to find the source of the new coronavirus, even if the WHO says that global traceability is not done. , Chinese scientists will still work hard to do this work.
"If one day does not achieve the goal, my generation of scientists can't do it, and the next generation, the next generation can't do it, and the grandchildren generation. We will definitely reach that day." Liang Wannian said, "But, from the beginning, we said, The problem of traceability is a very complex and systematic problem, and it is absolutely impossible to solve it overnight."
"The question of whether the expert will come to China for the second or third time is determined according to needs." Liang Wannian said, if traceability is only to work in China, I think this is a scientific misunderstanding.
Because the natural source of the traceability is unknown, one of the four potential introduction pathways is the problem of the cold chain food chain. The place where the virus was reported earlier is not necessarily the place where the virus first appeared.
If based on this scientific consensus, the traceability perspective must be broader.
Liang Wannian said that while the traceability work is still in progress, the traceability will be carried out under the global framework. Chinese scientists, like the Chinese government, are willing to contribute to the global traceability.
"Specifically whether to come, when to come, how to come, and what to do is determined based on the relevant suggestions put forward in our research report, and with the demand-oriented determination of the traceability work, it is necessary to form a specific plan and Plan." Liang Wannian said.
He further emphasized that if some work has been done, but there is a difference in quantity, there may be some work that has not been done in certain countries and regions, which is a qualitative difference.
When scientists are making the next research plan, they may have to determine the priority, whether it is an expansion in scope or a qualitative change.
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