(Fighting New Coronary Pneumonia) China-WHO New Coronavirus Traceability Joint Research Report: It is extremely unlikely that the new coronavirus will be transmitted through laboratories
China News Agency, Beijing, March 31. Geneva News: On the 30th local time, the World Health Organization officially released the China-WHO Joint Research Report on the Traceability of the New Coronavirus in Geneva.
The report believes that the new coronavirus is "extremely unlikely" to pass through the laboratory.
From January 14 to February 10 this year, 17 Chinese experts and 17 foreign experts formed a joint expert group, which was divided into three groups: epidemiology, molecular traceability, and animal and environment. A 28-day event was carried out in Wuhan. Global traceability studies the part of China's work, and wrote a research report on this basis.
According to the report, the joint expert group evaluated the four pathways for the introduction of the virus into humans, and believes that the new coronavirus is "more likely to very likely" to be transmitted through an intermediate host, "probably to more likely" to be transmitted directly to humans, and "probably" to be transmitted to humans through cold chain food. It is "extremely unlikely" to pass from person to person through the laboratory.
The report puts forward recommendations for the next step of the joint expert group’s research, including the establishment of a globally unified database, the continued search for possible early cases in a wider range of the world, and the search for animal species that may be the host of the virus by global scientists in multiple countries to further understand The role of cold chain and frozen food in the process of virus transmission, etc.
The WHO held a briefing on the report on the same day.
WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said that this report is a very important beginning and has enhanced our understanding of important issues.
"It takes time to trace the source of the virus. We have the responsibility to find the source of the virus so that we can take measures together to reduce the risk of repeating the same mistakes."
Peter Ambarek, the foreign leader of the joint expert group, introduced the field work and joint research of the joint expert group in Wuhan, and thanked the Chinese government and scientists for their support for this traceability cooperation.
Liang Wannian, the head of the Chinese expert group, said that the report is the result of the joint efforts of Chinese and foreign experts, and the joint efforts of Chinese and foreign experts in the joint expert group.
The joint expert group always upholds scientific thinking and conducts research cooperation based on evidence.
The traceability of the new coronavirus in China this time is part of the global traceability and is also the first step. All the conclusions and recommendations of the report are based on a global perspective, and future research will not be limited to a certain region.
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