China: 2019nCov - Cases, Outbreak News and Information Week 6 (February 2 - February 8, 2020)

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In addition to the designated Huoshenshan and Leishenshan hospitals built to meet growing demand from #coronavirus patients, Wuhan will convert Hongshan Stadium and Wuhan International Conference & Exhibition Center into hospitals so it can provide 1,000 beds: local authorities@globaltimesnews

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【#武漢將建3個方艙醫院：#武漢3個方艙醫院收治輕症患者】3日晚，武漢市新型冠狀病毒感染的肺炎疫情防控指揮部視頻調度會透露，武漢市將在洪山體育館、武漢客廳、 武漢國際會展中心建設“方艙醫院”，用於收治新型冠狀病毒感染的肺炎輕症患者。據悉，位於武漢國際會展中心 的“方艙醫院”將設有1000張床位。

[3 Square Cabin hospitals will be built in #wuhan :# 3 Square Cabin hospitals treats patients] on the evening of the evening of the 3th, the new coronary virus infection of wuhan city. The video dispatch meeting revealed that wuhan city will build "Square Pod Hospital" at hongshan stadium, wuhan living room, Wuhan International Convention Center to treat new types of corovirus infections. It is reported that the "Square Cabin Hospital" located at Wuhan International Convention Centre will have 1000 beds.
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..according to research and clinical experience, patients who are recovering and discharged are not infectious and can produce antibodies. Viral infection.

Qiu Haibo said that patients need to undergo two nucleic acid tests, the body temperature is normal for 3 days, and the nucleic acid test is negative twice a day before being allowed to be discharged. Because the patients themselves produce antibodies, as long as the antibodies are present, they can resist the infection of the new coronavirus, and have sufficient resistance for at least six months or longer...http://news.wenweipo.com/2020/02/03/IN2002030098.htm

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Source: http://wjw.hubei.gov.cn/fbjd/dtyw/20..._2018589.shtml

"New Coronavirus Infected Pneumonia Epidemic Prevention and Control Work" Press Conference Session 12

Time: 2020-02-02

Guests: Xiao Juhua, Deputy Governor of the People's Government of Hubei Province; Wang Wei, Director of the Provincial Department of Science and Technology; Zheng Junhua, Shanghai First People's Medical Team Leader, Secretary of the Provisional Party Branch and Vice President of Shanghai First People's Hospital; Wuhan Jinyintan Zhang Dingyu, president of the hospital and deputy secretary of the party committee.

Xiang Peifeng, Deputy Minister of the Propaganda Department of the Provincial Party Committee:

The pneumonia epidemic prevention and control headquarters of the new coronavirus infection in Hubei Province held the twelfth press conference today. Thank you media friends for your great attention to the epidemic prevention and control in Hubei. In order to protect the health of journalist friends and prevent too many people from gathering and spreading infections, starting today, we will continue to hold press conferences in the form of live online video broadcasts, timely release authoritative information on epidemic prevention and control, open and transparent, and respond to public concerns.

Attending today ’s press conference were Xiao Juhua, deputy governor of the People ’s Government of Hubei Province; Wang Wei, director of the Provincial Department of Science and Technology; leader of the Shanghai First Aid Medical Team, secretary of the interim party branch, and vice president of Shanghai First People ’s Hospital Zheng Junhua; President of Wuhan Jinyintan Hospital and Deputy Secretary of the Party Committee Zhang Dingyu.

First of all, please invite Ms. Xiao Juhua to introduce the related work of epidemic prevention and control.

Xiao Juhua, Vice Governor of the People's Government of Hubei Province:

After the outbreak of pneumonia caused by the new coronavirus, General Secretary Xi Jinping attached great importance to it and was very concerned about the development of the epidemic and the treatment of patients, and made important instructions many times. National ministries and commissions, the military, and fraternal provinces and cities earnestly implemented the spirit of General Secretary Jinping's important instructions and the decision-making and deployment of the Party Central Committee and the State Council, and quickly dispatched medical teams to support Hubei. Beginning with the first support to the Hubei medical team—the Shanghai Medical Team in 30 years of emergency assistance to Wuhan, batch after batch of medical teams have rushed to our province.

As of 20:00 today (February 2), there are 68 medical teams and 8310 medical team members from the National Health and Medical Commission, the State Administration of Traditional Chinese Medicine, the Chinese Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences, the 29 provinces (autonomous regions and municipalities), and the military to support our province. . Experts and excellent nursing teams from the respiratory, infectious, and intensive care departments are selected from various places. They have rich experience and some have participated in the fight against SARS and Ebola. In 15 provinces and cities including Shanghai, Guangdong, Zhejiang, Jiangsu, Sichuan, Tianjin, Shandong, and Chongqing, under the severe situation of local epidemic prevention and control, they have overcome difficulties and sent several medical teams to support our province.

After the medical team arrived in Hubei, after training, they quickly joined the medical treatment work in our province. Some of them undertook several wards of designated hospitals, and some of them took on the task of treating critically ill patients. Especially today, Vulcan Mountain Hospital is officially delivered to the army. The army assembled 1,400 medical personnel to undertake medical treatment tasks at Vulcan Mountain Hospital, which will greatly enhance the province's medical treatment strength.

What impressed us particularly is that academicians such as Zhong Nanshan, Li Lanjuan, Wang Chen, Tong Xiaolin, Huang Luqi, and a large number of high-level experts came to Hubei with great pains. They lived and lived in the frontline, fought in the frontline, and helped prevent and treat the epidemic in our province. The treatment provided important guidance and strong support. The majority of medical team members who assisted Hubei came forward and fought day and night in the epidemic-resistant battlefield in Hubei. Some of them took the initiative to give up their vacations and postpone their marriage. Some of them cut their long hair for the convenience of work. Some of them better served their patients. On the protective cap was written "I'm looking for something"; some vows "I will not pay back if I don't break Loulan." After hearing these stories, we were very moved to see the deep scratches on their faces after taking off their protective clothing.

A difficult one, P Plus support. This fully reflects the significant advantages of the socialist system with Chinese characteristics, the strong power of "cohesion and common prosperity", and the lofty spirit of "selfless dedication and great love without boundaries" among the medical staff. It also made us deeply feel that Hubei "is not alone in fighting" and Wuhan is not a "solitary city", and we have strengthened our confidence in defeating the epidemic.

Taking this opportunity, I sincerely express my heartfelt thanks to the national ministries and commissions, the army, brother provinces and cities for their strong support and selfless help to Hubei! Say to all the medical team members who are in Hubei: You have worked hard! Thank you, Hubei Provincial Party Committee and Provincial Government! 61 million people from Hubei thank you!

The Provincial Party Committee and the Provincial Government are very concerned about the service guarantee work of the medical team in Hubei, and I am clearly responsible for coordination and good service. We have done three main tasks: First, we do our best to ensure service. According to the requirements of convenience, safety, health, etc., we will do a good job in providing accommodation, catering, transportation, and safety guarantee for the medical team of Hubei Province, and strive to let them focus on medical treatment. The second is to resolve difficulties in a timely manner. Establish a direct train mechanism for liaison officers to ensure that the channels for aid medical teams to report problems are smooth and convenient. Many provincial leaders visited the hospital or the hospital to visit the medical team, listened to their opinions and suggestions carefully, and coordinated and resolved the problems on the spot. The third is to compact work responsibilities. Provincial headquarters requires that, in accordance with the principle of "provincial responsibility and implementation of territories," special classes should be established in various places to implement special personnel to provide service guarantee for the medical team in Hubei.

Although we have done some work, there are still many places that are not well taken care of. The medical team members from Ecuador provided great understanding and tolerance. Here, I would like to express my sincere respect to all medical team members assisting Hubei! In the next step, we must make the work more detailed and more solid, continue to improve the level of service guarantee, and never let the medical aid team members of Ecuador sweat and cry. We also ask the media friends to supervise.

At present, the situation of epidemic prevention and control in Hubei is severe and complicated. However, we believe that with the strong leadership of the Party Central Committee with Comrade Xi Jinping as the core, and the strong support of the state ministries and commissions, the army, and brother provinces and cities, we will watch and help each other, and there will be no insurmountable obstacles, no mountains that cannot be crossed, and we can certainly Get the ultimate victory in the epidemic prevention and control smash!

Xiang Peifeng, Deputy Minister of the Propaganda Department of the Provincial Party Committee:

Now ask the media to ask questions, and introduce the name of your media before asking.

People's Daily Reporter: After the epidemic, national ministries and commissions, the army, and provinces (autonomous regions and municipalities) quickly dispatched medical teams to support Wuhan, but we are concerned that in addition to Wuhan, the epidemic situation in other cities and prefectures is becoming increasingly severe. How are the resources for the medical team of Hubei Province allocated?

Xiao Juhua, Vice Governor of the People's Government of Hubei Province:

Thank you for your question. The epidemic first occurred in Wuhan, with the largest number of infections. Severe, critically ill patients and death cases first appeared in Wuhan. Although Wuhan's medical resources are relatively abundant, in the face of a public health emergency of this scale, Wuhan The pressure is huge. At the same time, in order to prevent the outbreak of the epidemic in Wuhan and ensure timely treatment of patients in Wuhan, we will arrange the main force of the medical team in Wuhan in Wuhan. As of 20:00 on February 2, a total of 55 medical teams and 5,860 medical team members (including 1586 medical technicians, 4107 nursing staff, and 167 other personnel) were assigned to 26 designated medical institutions in Wuhan. Another army sent 950 medical personnel, plus 450 military medical teams sent earlier to participate in the medical treatment of the upcoming Vulcan Mountain Hospital.

The Provincial Party Committee and the Provincial Government are highly concerned about the development of the epidemic situation in cities and prefectures throughout the province, and are very worried about the spread of the epidemic, because the medical and health resources in cities and prefectures are very uneven, the gap between urban and rural areas is greater, and epidemic prevention and control and medical treatment are difficult. After the aid medical team arrived, we timely arranged some aid medical teams to support other cities and states according to the epidemic situation and local needs. As of 18:00 on February 2, 11 medical teams and 1,535 medical team members (including 465 medical technicians, 1036 nursing staff, and 34 others) were allocated to 10 cities outside Wuhan, of which: Huanggang 549 (two teams from Shandong and Hunan), Ezhou 137, Xiaogan 144, Xianning 138, Jingzhou 149, Jingmen 141, Xiangyang 137, Xiantao 60, Tianmen 40, Qianjiang Forty people, to some extent, alleviated the serious shortage of local medical forces.

In the next step, we will rationally deploy additional medical teams to assist Hubei based on the actual situation of epidemic prevention and control in the province, to further enrich the medical treatment capacity in cities and prefectures.

China News Agency reporter: Diagnostic and therapeutic drugs are the key factors for the prevention and control of the new coronavirus epidemic, and they have always been the focus of attention of the public. What progress has been made in scientific research in our province?

Wang Wei, Director of the Provincial Department of Science and Technology:

Thank you friends for your questions! "Early detection and early isolation" is the most effective method to prevent and control the epidemic. The improvement of detection technology will greatly increase the diagnosis rate and achieve early detection. Our province's rapid detection technology focuses on the development and production of new coronavirus detection reagent products, and the speed of detection has been improved. A lot of work has been carried out and significant progress has been made.

At present, in the research and development and production of new coronavirus detection reagent products, 4 significant progresses have been made.

First, on January 26, two new coronavirus detection kits of Wuhan Huada Gene Technology Co., Ltd. and the DNBSEQ-T7 sequencing system of Wuhan Huada Zhizao Technology Co., Ltd. were approved by the State Drug Administration.

Second, up to now, there have been 6 biological enterprises in the East Lake National Independent Innovation Demonstration Zone (HuaDa Biotechnology Wuhan Co., Ltd., Wuhan Mingde Biotechnology Co., Ltd., Hubei New Viral Disease Engineering Technology Co., Ltd., Wuhan Zhongzhi Technology Co., Ltd., Wuhan Kanglu Biotechnology Co., Ltd., and Wuhan Zhenxi Medical Test Laboratory Co., Ltd.) have developed new coronavirus detection kit products with a total production capacity of 200,000 copies / day.

Third, the in vitro diagnostic reagents of the new Coronavirus Fluorescence Quantitative PCR Kit developed by the Provincial New Pneumonia Emergency Science and Technology Research Project have completed performance verification and are undergoing registration verification. The kit can effectively eliminate false negatives caused by sampling and will provide more reliable results for epidemic detection.

Fourth, the project team of the provincial new pneumonia emergency science and technology research project is developing antibody detection kits and test strips with Livzon Group, and strives to make breakthroughs in antibody detection.

In terms of accelerating the speed of detection, two significant advances have been made:

First, the Department of Medical Laboratory of Zhongnan Hospital of Wuhan University improved the method of nucleic acid extraction to double the speed of confirmatory diagnosis, and the fastest test result was two hours.

Second, the Union Hospital of Tongji Medical College of Huazhong University of Science and Technology is the first to set up a new coronavirus nucleic acid testing laboratory in the province, which can carry out nucleic acid testing projects for more than 200 people every day.

In addition to the above two aspects, we have also made some progress in the three aspects of disease occurrence, development and outcome, clinical diagnosis and treatment, animal traceability research, etiology and epidemiology research.

In terms of the occurrence, development, and outcome of disease, and clinical diagnosis and treatment, Huazhong University of Science and Technology Union Hospital systematically analyzes the current clinical statistics and provides auxiliary support for clinical decision-making. Through the ECMO technology of Wuhan University Zhongnan Hospital Application and analysis of the diagnosis and treatment plan of Hubei Provincial Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine and Integrated Traditional Chinese and Western Medicine provide an empirical reference for clinical diagnosis and treatment.

In terms of animal traceability research, the Wuhan Institute of Virology, Chinese Academy of Sciences has confirmed that the new coronavirus uses the same cells as SARS coronavirus to enter the receptor, and found that the sequence of the new coronavirus and a bat coronavirus is as high as 96%. In addition, the preparation is specific Expansion culture of sexual preparations, establishment of livestock and poultry inspection ELISA detection technology, etc. have also been initially completed.

In terms of etiology and epidemiological research, relevant experts formed a "Report on Scientific Research Groups 'Work on Epidemiological Investigations" and a "Report on Scientific Research Groups' Work on Centralized Research and Formulation of Diagnosis and Treatment Programs" through investigation; Chinese Academy of Sciences The virus has sequenced the entire genome sequence of seven viruses and successfully isolated virus strains, laying a solid foundation for rapid diagnosis of new coronaviruses, epidemic prevention and control, and virus mutation monitoring.

Reporter from Hubei Radio and Television Media News Center: Medical teams from Hubei and Hubei come from all over the country. Some medical teams made an emergency dispatch after receiving the instructions. They did not have time to make full preparations. What measures does Hubei have to ensure that medical team members can work safely and securely?

Xiao Juhua, Vice Governor of the People's Government of Hubei Province:

The situation reported by this reporter does exist. More than 8,000 medical team members nationwide obeyed the call and took the initiative to take part in the battle, which reflected the spirit of rescuing the small family and taking care of everyone. Some team members did not finish their dinner, and some had no time to say goodbye to their families. Many team members were too late to prepare their personal clothes. Team members from the north and south could not adapt to the cold and humid weather in Wuhan. We are moved and praised for this heroic mass, and it is our incumbent responsibility to do a good job in logistics support. Do the following:

The first is to live comfortably. Arrange a hotel near the aided hospital, dispatch a waiter as soon as possible, and do cleaning regularly. Hotels without heating and air conditioning are equipped with heating equipment. When it was learned that a medical team in the south carried less clothing, the local government actively coordinated to send down jackets and jackets.

The second is to eat hot rice. Provide safe, hygienic, and healthy meals according to the needs of the team members. They are guaranteed by the hospital during work and guaranteed by the hotel after returning to the residence, ensuring that the medical team members can eat delicious hot meals at any time.

The third is travel safety. Being on the front line of the epidemic, we must ensure absolute safety. In addition to good safety protection in the hospital, we are equipped with security personnel, temperature detection and killing facilities in the rear residence, temperature measurement and disinfection at the hotel entrance, and regular killing in public areas. , Second hand disinfection at the restaurant entrance.

The fourth is to serve at any time. We will timely inform the captains of the medical teams of several comrades in charge of service guarantee in a timely manner. I will also take the time to visit the medical teams to understand the difficulties and problems, and to listen to suggestions. Journalist friends are also requested to inform us in a timely manner. We will coordinate in a timely manner and try our best to eliminate worries.

Reporter Changjiang Yun: The Shanghai medical team arrived in Hubei in the 30th year of the New Year, and it was also the first medical team to arrive in Hubei. The hospital in which it was admitted was the Wuhan Jinyintan Hospital with the largest number of confirmed cases and the heaviest task. Please briefly introduce the medical treatment of the Shanghai Medical Team.

Zheng Junhua, the leader of the first batch of medical teams in Shanghai, secretary of the interim party branch, and vice president of Shanghai First People's Hospital:

This time, Shanghai sent a total of 334 medical teams to two medical teams and one nursing team. Our first batch of medical teams in Hubei arrived in Hubei on the 30th of the new year. There were 135 medical team members, including 38 doctors, 93 nurses, 4 hospital staff, 34 with senior titles, and 59 members of the Communist Party of China. 1. There are 1 party member. At present, we have taken over 60 beds in two wards, one is the general ward and the other is the intensive care unit. Each ward has 30 beds. After entering Jinyintan Hospital, we mainly carried out the following tasks.

The first is to take responsibility immediately. We have fully taken over 2 wards since January 25.

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Source: http://wjw.hubei.gov.cn/fbjd/dtyw/20..._2018451.shtml

Comprehensive isolation treatment and management of fever patients in Hubei


On February 2, the Hubei Provincial New Coronavirus Infectious Pneumonia Prevention and Control Headquarters issued the "Notice on Strengthening the Isolation, Treatment and Management of Fever Patients, Fever Suspected Patients and Close Contact Persons", requiring all localities to assume territorial responsibility and take resolute decisive isolation measures. .

The notice proposes that cities, states, and counties immediately requisition resources such as hotels, hotels, and guest houses that have relatively independent locations, have little impact on the surrounding environment, and have the guarantee conditions for water, electricity, and clean sewage, and are quickly transformed into centralized isolation points. The centralized quarantine points are divided into two categories: "admission" and "discharged". The former treats suspected fever patients and confirmed positive patients, and the latter treats patients who are discharged after a negative test. Set up a special transfer team to be responsible for the transfer work. The transfer vehicle should be well ventilated. When transferring, the patients should be distinguished from the patients admitted and discharged from the hospital, and the patients should be distinguished from the positive and the negative nucleic acid test patients. The vehicles cannot be mixed. Improve various supporting measures in accordance with the requirements of centralized isolation treatment.

The notice requires that localities should standardize the process of visiting doctors, and do a good job in the investigation of fever patients, pre-screening and triage, treatment and delivery, and classified diagnosis and treatment. To standardize the discharge process, patients treated at designated hospitals or "receiving" centralized isolation points who have reached the clinical discharge standard and the first nucleic acid test result is negative should go through the discharge procedure and contact the government by the designated hospital or "receiving" centralized isolation point The special transfer team arranged for the vehicles to be transported to the "to be discharged" type of centralized isolation point for observation. The "centralized isolation point" to be discharged should arrange a second nucleic acid test as required, and those who are negative can stop watching.

The notice clearly states that party organizations at all levels in the province, especially party members and leading cadres, must rely on previous instructions and take full responsibility to give full play to the role of grass-roots party organizations as the fortress and exemplary role of party members. Implementation of measures for centralized isolation and treatment management. All municipalities, prefectures, municipalities directly under the Central Government, and Shennongjia Forest District should report a unified telephone number for medical treatment to the community in time for the prevention and control of new coronavirus infection and pneumonia. During the epidemic prevention and control period, special personnel should be arranged to be on duty 24 hours a day, and to explain the policy to the masses.

The notice specifically pointed out that party committees and governments at all levels should set the centralized isolation point as the top priority of the prevention and control of new-type coronavirus infection and pneumonia, and clarify their work responsibilities. The Provincial New Coronary Virus Infection Pneumonia Prevention and Control Headquarters will supervise the implementation of various places. For those who are weak in implementation, progress is slow, and affect the prevention and control work, the relevant units and personnel shall be held seriously responsible.

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Source: http://wjw.hubei.gov.cn/fbjd/dtyw/20..._2018742.shtml

Epidemic situation of new coronavirus infection in Hubei Province on February 3, 2020
2020-02-04 06:10 | Hubei Provincial Health Committee

From 04:00 to 24:00 on February 3, 2020, 2345 new cases of pneumonia with new coronavirus infection were added in Hubei Province (among them: 1242 in Wuhan, 71 in Huangshi, 35 in Shiyan, 84 in Xiangyang, and Yichang 60 cases, 114 cases in Jingzhou City, 55 cases in Jingmen City, 26 cases in Ezhou City, 202 cases in Xiaogan City, 176 cases in Huanggang City, 52 cases in Xianning City, 183 cases in Suizhou City, 12 cases in Enshi Prefecture, 19 cases in Xiantao City, and Tianmen City 2 cases, 9 cases in Qianjiang City, and 3 cases in Shennongjia Forest District). There were 64 new deaths in the province (among them: 48 in Wuhan, 1 in Xiangyang, 2 in Yichang, 1 in Jingzhou, 3 in Jingmen, 3 in Ezhou, 3 in Xiaogan, 2 in Huanggang, 1 case in Suizhou). 101 new patients were discharged (among them: 79 in Wuhan, 1 in Huangshi, 4 in Shiyan, 1 in Yichang, 3 in Jingzhou, 2 in Ezhou, 2 in Xiaogan, and 9 in Huanggang).

As of 24:00 on February 3, 2020, Hubei Province has reported 13,522 cases of pneumonitis with new type of coronavirus infection (including 6384 in Wuhan, 405 in Huangshi, 291 in Shiyan, 632 in Xiangyang, and 452 in Yichang. 613 cases in Jingzhou City, 400 cases in Jingmen City, 332 cases in Ezhou City, 1120 cases in Xiaogan City, 1422 cases in Huanggang City, 348 cases in Xianning City, 641 cases in Suizhou City, 123 cases in Enshi Prefecture, 188 cases in Xiantao City, and 117 cases in Tianmen City , 44 cases in Qianjiang City, 10 cases in Shennongjia Forest District), 396 cases have been discharged from hospital and 414 have died (among them: 313 in Wuhan, 2 in Huangshi, 1 in Xiangyang, 3 in Yichang, 7 in Jingzhou) (14 cases in Jingmen City, 18 cases in Ezhou City, 17 cases in Xiaogan City, 19 cases in Huanggang City, 6 cases in Suizhou City, 3 cases in Xiantao City, 10 cases in Tianmen City, and 1 case in Qianjiang City). At present, 10,990 cases are still being treated in the hospital (including 1567 cases of severe illness and 576 cases of critical illness), all of whom are receiving isolation treatment at designated medical institutions. A total of 68988 close contacts have been tracked, and 58544 people are still undergoing medical observation.

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Update on pneumonia of new coronavirus infections as of 24:00 on February 3
Published: 2020-02-04Source : Health Emergency Office
　　At 04:00 on February 3, 31 provinces (autonomous regions, municipalities) and the Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps reported 3235 newly confirmed cases (2345 in Hubei Province) and 492 severe cases (442 in Hubei Province). There were 64 death cases (64 cases in Hubei Province), 157 newly cured cases (101 cases in Hubei Province), and 5,072 suspected cases (3182 cases in Hubei Province).
　　As of 24:00 on February 3, the National Health and Health Commission has received a cumulative report of 20,438 confirmed cases (2 nuclear reductions in Heilongjiang Province) in 31 provinces (autonomous regions, municipalities) and the Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps. There are currently 2788 severe cases with cumulative deaths. There were 425 cases, 632 cases were cured and discharged, and there were 23214 suspected cases.
　　At present, 221,015 close contacts have been tracked. 12,755 people were released from medical observation on the same day, and 171,329 people are currently receiving medical observation.
　　A total of 33 confirmed cases were reported in Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan: 15 in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, 8 in the Macao Special Administrative Region, and 10 in Taiwan.
 

 

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http://www.nhc.gov.cn/xcs/yqfkdt/202002/bfebf84fb88248e4a4eba61295e5882b.shtml

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425 cumulative deaths.

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February 3, 2020?2 min read Some People are Recovering From Coronavirus in 2 Days With Flu and HIV Drugs

Thailand has reported promising results in the treatment of the 2019 novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV) on Sunday.

According to the kingdom’s health ministry, a 71-year-old female patient — a Chinese national — tested negative for the pathogen 48 hours after doctors administered a combination of antiviral drugs..


Doctors combined lopinavir and ritonavir, medications used for managing HIV, with oseltamivir, a drug for treating influenza. They are currently waiting for research results to confirm the findings.

“The lab result of the positive on the coronavirus turned negative in 48 hours,” Dr. Kriengsak Attipornwanich said, according to AFP. “From being exhausted before, she [patient] could sit up in bed 12 hours later.”....https://nextshark.com/thailand-coronavirus-treatment/

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Any Future Coronavirus Patients Will Be Quarantined At Pearl Harbor

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Hawaii officials believe the likelihood of using the facility remains low, since many Chinese cities are on lockdown and most air travel is on hold.By Eleni Gill / About 9 mins ago
Reading time: 4 minutes.


In the case someone in Hawaii is identified to have the novel 2019 coronavirus, they will be quarantined for two weeks at the U.S. Pearl Harbor military base, the Department of Health Director Bruce Anderson announced Monday.

“Their base is preferred and used in these situations because they have a secured facility, limited public access, and staff support capacity to provide meals that those individuals will need for the 14 days they are here,” Anderson said...https://www.civilbeat.org/2020/02/an...-pearl-harbor/

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Face these 6 points from experts who are concerned about the epidemic

2020 at 05:35 on February 4 Sina author International Online

　　At 21:00 on February 3, Hubei Province held the thirteenth routine conference on epidemic prevention and control to report new progress in prevention and control. Experts from the National Health and Health Commission attended and responded to social concerns around the prevention and treatment of the epidemic.

Point 1: The virus is transmitted mainly through droplets and contact. To strengthen hand washing protection, no cases of fecal-oral transmission have been found.

Face these 6 points from experts who are concerned about the epidemic
　　△ Jiang Rongmeng, a member of the front panel of the National Health Commission

Concern 1: How long can the virus survive in the air? How can fecal-oral transmission be controlled?

Jiang Rongmeng, a member of the expert group in front of the National Health and Health Commission: First, the virus was transmitted through droplets and contact. Generally speaking, droplets spread through the air after coughing or sneezing. The distance of spread is about one meter, at most two meters, so it will settle soon after coming out of the human body, so it does not It will float in the air. In this sense, it will not be virus in the air, so there is no question of how long the virus will survive in the air. I just mentioned that droplets can settle on the surface of objects. It can survive for several hours on these smooth surfaces. If the temperature and humidity are appropriate, they may survive for several days, such as twenty degrees. It is particularly suitable in air-conditioning environments. % To 50%, some studies have found that these coronaviruses may survive up to 5 days in the past.

　　Although the nucleic acid of the virus has been found in the stool of some patients, no virus has been isolated at present, and further conditions need to be observed. Even if there is a virus, transmission through the feces-to-mouth has not been confirmed. What we call fecal-oral is fecal contamination of water or food, which causes people to drink this water or eat food and cause transmission. This is called fecal-oral transmission. At present we have not found this way. Transmitted cases.

Point 2: Coronavirus is a single-stranded virus with a low probability of mutation. No evidence of virus mutation has been found.

Face these 6 points from experts who are concerned about the epidemic
　　△ Qiu Haibo, member of the front panel of the National Health Commission

Concern 2: How strong is the human body's resistance to the new coronavirus and its ability to heal itself, and will the virus mutate in the spread of the population?

Qiu Haibo, a member of the front panel of the National Health and Medical Commission: As far as the new coronavirus is concerned, it is actually generally susceptible to humans. However, from another aspect, it does not mean that because everyone is susceptible, everyone is infected and everyone is sick. Some people who come into contact with the virus may have several different reactions. One is that he has enough resistance, and he clears the virus himself. The second case may be that the virus can reproduce in the upper respiratory tract, but he has no symptoms, such as asymptomatic infections mentioned by reporters. Of course, there may be many patients who are mild patients, and some are relatively few. Only when the patient becomes severe or critically ill. Only a few abnormal reactions or large numbers of viruses can develop into severe or critical illness.

　　The mutation of these viruses, like the influenza virus, is known to be relatively easy to mutate, but the coronavirus is a single-stranded RNA virus, which is relatively stable. That is, although it may mutate, it is similar to the influenza virus. In comparison, its mutation probability is still low. In terms of influenza virus, if mutation occurs every year or at least several months, the probability of coronavirus mutation is relatively low.

Point 3: Avoiding the development of critically ill patients into critically ill patients is the key difficulty of treatment.

Concern 3: What are the difficulties in treating severe and critical cases?

Qiu Haibo, a member of the expert group in front of the National Health and Health Commission: How to reduce the mortality rate and reduce the progression of patients to severe and critical illness is the key and focus of our current medical care. We know several recent difficulties or problems. The first is that when it develops from a common or mild type to a severe one, it often takes a long time and the symptoms are not so strong. After this time, the patient's condition may develop into a severe one. This is our first difficulty.

　　Secondly, as a viral infection, antiviral therapy should be the key to it, but there is currently no means to say that antiviral therapy has been proven to be effective, but we do not prove that there is no antiviral therapy at present. Cannot be treated.

　　The third is the treatment of patients with respiratory failure. The sign that the patient develops into a severe condition is that the patient has respiratory failure, which is called developing into a severe or critical condition. Because the patient's course of illness is often slower when entering the severe stage, and when the severe stage occurs, some patients behave less typical and manifest as hypoxemia, so early detection of hypoxemia has already given him oxygen earlier. Treatment, to prevent critically ill patients from becoming a critical illness, this is a very important key for our treatment.

　　The fourth difficulty is that the organ failure caused by such a viral infection is more related to inflammatory immunity, so we are also exploring the perspective of inflammation and immunity.

Point 4: Rehabilitated patients develop antibodies to the new coronavirus, which can protect them from reinfection for a period of time. The virus will be closely monitored for mutations.

Concern 4: For mild and severe patients after discharge, are these people still infectious, will they be infected with coronavirus again?

Qiu Haibo, a member of the front panel of the National Health and Medical Commission: Now more and more patients with mild, severe or critical illness are discharged from hospitals. Whether such patients are infectious after being discharged, at least in our years of research or clinical experience See, the patients in the rehabilitation period are not infectious, or the discharged patients are not infectious. We have undergone two nucleic acid tests for these patients, that is, the body temperature is normal for three days, and the nucleic acid test is performed twice a day. Negative, he basically has no virus replication, so we will let him be discharged from such patients. Because such a patient produces antibodies, he is not poisonous on one side, and the second pair of viruses has antibodies. Therefore, after such a patient is discharged, where does his infectivity come from? .

　　We know that as a viral disease, in fact, he will basically produce antibodies after one or two weeks, especially after two or three weeks. After the rehabilitation patient has produced anti-virus antibodies, he will at least have a period of time. With the presence of antibodies, and with a certain low level, he can defend against the infection of new coronaviruses. So at least from the research of coronaviruses, we can see that although this antibody is not a lifetime, but at least six months or longer The time is low enough, that is to say, no new infection of this new type of coronavirus will occur in half a year or more. Of course, some people say what to do if the virus mutates? Mutation is indeed possible, but the problem of mutation has been mentioned earlier. At least from the current research and observation or experience, the possibility of mutation in a short period of time is very small, and we have not seen the virus. Mutation, and at the same time, the situation of this virus mutation is being closely monitored.

Point 5: There is currently no suitable medicine to prevent pneumonia from a new coronavirus infection. In order to avoid infection, you need to increase your resistance, and do not advocate taking medicine if you are not sick.

Face these 6 points from experts who are concerned about the epidemic
　　△ Zhang Boli, a member of the expert group in front of the National Health Commission

Concern 5: During the epidemic prevention and control, what medicines should be kept in the residents' homes?

Zhang Boli, a member of the expert group in front of the National Health and Health Commission: There are two concepts of what medicines to store and what medicines to take at home. We do not advocate taking medicines for people who are not sick. Because there is no suitable medicine to prevent it, we say that Chinese medicine is a symptomatic treatment. Traditional Chinese medicine treatment does not target the virus. It is more about regulating the immune state of the body. In fact, we have this disease as a result of a game between the virus and the human body's immunity. Often, the virus wins the disease, so it is not easy to improve the resistance Being infected, but it is not advisable for everyone to take Chinese medicine to prevent it. This makes no sense.

　　Prepare small medicines at home, such as Lianhua Qingwen, antiviral oral solution, Yinqiao detoxification tablets, Huoxiangzhengqi, etc. These are commonly used medicines, which have certain effects on common colds and flu. If you prepare these The medicine is still okay.

Point 6: The overall infection situation in children is relatively light, which does not mean that children are not susceptible. Most cases of childhood infections are caused by family gatherings.

Concern 6: Cases of children's infection appear in various places. What is the difference between children's treatment and adults' treatment?

Jiang Rongmeng, a member of the expert group in front of the National Health and Health Commission: Through analysis of the national case treatment report, there are now cases of children in various places, the smallest being a few months. Generally speaking, children are also vulnerable groups, but From the current point of view, children are not severely ill and there are no deaths. In comparison, the cases of childhood infections are relatively light, and many of them are found in family gatherings. For example, there is an adult at home or a parent has a plan and is sick After being diagnosed, the child has some contact. Through this screening, more are found in this way, so the overall infection of the child will be lighter in the future, but it does not mean that the child is not susceptible. Schools will start soon in the future. Or it is the gathering of the crowd, and what kind of future progress of children's infection cases need to be further observed.

　　From the perspective of treatment, everyone also saw that the National Children's Center also released a diagnosis and treatment plan for children with new coronavirus infection pneumonia. This plan is slightly different from adults, but I looked at it, and it is still symptomatic. Focusing on supportive treatment, or helping patients recover from the disease as soon as possible, this is a brief explanation for everyone.

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Trump administration taps 'emergency' funds to combat deadly coronavirus

Updated: 7:52 p.m. on Monday, February 3, 2020

The Trump administration has notified Congress that it will tap $105 million from a reserve fund designed to combat infectious diseases in response to the coronavirus that has sickened thousands in China and put the rest of the globe on high alert.

The money will support the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s screenings at ports of entry and lab activity, educate the public, and help transfer and monitor U.S. citizens being transferred out of China.

Also, the Department of Health and Human Services might transfer $136 million from other accounts to combat the outbreak, which is evolving by the day..https://www.washingtontimes.com/news...ency-infectio/

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Healthy female baby delivered by a new coronavirus-infected pneumonia patient in Harbin

February 04, 2020 07:55


On February 3, the Sixth Hospital of Harbin City held a press conference that at 23:32 on January 30, a new coronavirus-infected pneumonia patient in Harbin had a cesarean section and gave birth to a baby girl. Samples were taken twice for nucleic acid detection on January 31 and February 2. The results were negative and in good condition. The mother and baby are now under close supervision.

On January 30, the Harbin City Health and Health Commission received a report that there was one patient with 38 weeks of pregnancy +3, fever of 37.3 ? C, who had close contact with confirmed cases in Wuhan back to Harbin, and was diagnosed as a new type of coronavirus through nucleic acid testing and expert consultation. Patients with infected pneumonia need to coordinate the next diagnosis and treatment.

The Harbin City Health and Medical Committee has drawn up multidisciplinary experts such as obstetrics, respiratory medicine, and neonatal to form an expert group for consultation. In order to ensure the safety of mothers and infants, it was decided to implement cesarean section as soon as possible. After suggesting and obtaining approval from the Harbin Municipal Prevention and Control Headquarters, the Municipal Red Cross Central Hospital dispatched a comprehensive medical team, the Municipal Disease Control Center dispatched a disinfection expert, the Municipal Sixth Hospital launched the operating room to fully deploy patients for treatment, and the Municipal Children's Hospital provided newborns Treatment technical support. On January 30, the patient gave birth to a baby girl.

At present, mother and daughter are separately observed and diagnosed in independent isolation rooms. There are 2 professional teams consisting of 1 neonatal doctor with 3 neonatal nurses and 1 obstetrician with 4 obstetric nurses. The medical team cooperates with the diagnosis and treatment. As of February 2nd, the maternal body temperature was 36.2 ? C and returned to normal. (Reporter Qiang Yong)

(Editors: Guan Fei, Li Kuo)

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Newly confirmed 105 cases of new coronavirus pneumonia in Zhejiang, cumulative 829 cases
Published: 2020-02-04 09:16:29 | Source: CCTV | Author: Liang Ye
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At 04:00 on February 3, 2020, Zhejiang Province reported 105 new confirmed cases of pneumonia and 12 new discharged patients. among them:

Among the newly confirmed cases, 14 were in Hangzhou, 27 in Ningbo, 49 in Wenzhou, 4 in Jiaxing, 4 in Jinhua, 1 in Luzhou, and 6 in Taizhou. Among the newly added cases, 4 There were 2 cases in Wenzhou, 1 in Huzhou, 1 in Shaoxing, and 4 in Taizhou.

As of 24:00 on February 3, Zhejiang Province had reported a total of 829 confirmed cases of pneumonitis with new coronavirus infection, 58 severe cases (including 15 critical cases), and 48 hospital discharges. among them:

Of the confirmed cases, 132 were in Hangzhou, 102 were in Ningbo, 340 were in Wenzhou, 9 were in Huzhou, 23 were in Jiaxing, 30 were in Shaoxing, 40 were in Jinhua, 15 were in Luzhou, 7 were in Zhoushan, and Taizhou was There were 115 cases in Lishui City and 16 cases in Lishui City. Among the severe cases, there were 8 cases in Hangzhou, 7 cases in Ningbo, 20 cases in Wenzhou, 2 cases in Jiaxing, 7 cases in Shaoxing, 3 cases in Jinhua, 2 cases in Luzhou, and Zhoushan. 1 case, 6 cases in Taizhou City, 2 cases in Lishui City; among the discharged patients, 6 cases were in Hangzhou, 1 in Ningbo, 17 in Wenzhou, 1 in Huzhou, 3 in Shaoxing, 6 in Jinhua, and 2 in Zhoushan. Cases, 11 cases in Taizhou, and 1 case in Lishui.

At present, a total of 14,294 close contacts have been tracked in the province, 2,557 medical observations have been lifted, and 11,423 people are receiving medical observations. (Reporter Liang Yan of CCTV)

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Hawaii says it can’t be hub for treating new virus

By AUDREY McAVOY
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HONOLULU (AP) — Hawaii has only a modest healthcare system and can’t be a hub for accommodating people potentially exposed to the rapidly spreading new virus that emerged in China in recent months, Lt. Gov. Josh Green said Monday.

He said the state only has the capacity to handle its own citizens and basic screening unless it gets significant support from the military.

“We are happy to do our part but only modestly as needed for very sick people or for our citizens,” Green said.

Green, who also is an emergency room physician, spoke after the U.S. government announced Honolulu would be one of 11 airports designated to receive U.S. citizens who have traveled in China within the last 14 days.
Hawaii was not currently expecting many potential patients, particularly after China Eastern Airlines, which operated the only direct flight from China to Hawaii, suspended service to the islands, Green said.

He said he’d like the federal government to provide space on a military base with at least 120 beds if a large-scale quarantine is required. He said he doesn’t anticipate that much would be needed, but the state needs to be prepared if the outbreak extends for months longer and breaks out further.

“At all costs we have to be safe,” Green said.

He said the Department of Homeland Security didn’t notify Hawaii in advance that Honolulu was going to be on the list of airports, though state officials were able to talk to department officials over the phone an hour or two after the announcement...https://apnews.com/9e518c3fb016e7026e0587c6fd899063

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Viral nucleic acid found on the doorknob? Expert: Nucleic acid is not equal to live virus

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On the morning of February 3, the Guangzhou Centers for Disease Control and Prevention revealed to the media that in the recent surveillance of pneumonia epidemics of new coronavirus infection, a new coronavirus nucleic acid was detected from the door handle of a burglar door in a confirmed case at home, reminding everyone Pay more attention to hand hygiene and develop the habit of washing your hands frequently.

On the afternoon of the 3rd, the Guangzhou Centers for Disease Control and Prevention issued an expert explanation to the media and answered several questions of general concern to the public. Experts said that the positive result of the detection of viral nucleic acids in the homes of confirmed cases was expected, but the detection of nucleic acids is not the same as the detection of live viruses. For the pneumonia epidemic of new coronavirus infection, it is still effective to prevent and control the relevant measures for the prevention and control of respiratory infectious diseases. The most important purpose of publishing this result to the public today is to invite the general public to pay full attention to personal hygiene. Recognize the importance of "hand washing" and hand hygiene in the prevention and control of epidemics.

Q: What does it mean to find a virus on the door handle?

Expert: First of all, it's not accurate to say that “the doorknob found a virus” is accurate. It should be that the nucleic acid fragment of the virus is detected on the doorknob of the patient's home, not the entire live virus.

The collection of specimens on the doorknob this time is part of the health department's work in dealing with the epidemic. One of the tasks that need to be done in the routine epidemic disposal of disease homes, the CDC often collects some environmental samples where the cases live, the first purpose is to determine the scope and source of the pollution, and the second is to confirm the transmission path Such as prompting families to gather sexual transmission to determine what to do next.

Q: How to disinfect and deal with sick homes and epidemic spots?

Expert: Once the case is diagnosed as a suspected or confirmed case, the local CDC will eventually disinfect the contaminated and potentially contaminated items and environment according to the requirements of the relevant prevention and control programs, which will completely disinfect such cases at one time. Pathogens such as viruses remaining in places, spaces, and items to achieve purification.

Q: How should the public perceive the presence of viral nucleic acids on door knobs?

Expert: First of all, the specimen of the virus detected on the doorknob this time was collected at the epidemic site (patient). It is not uncommon for a new coronavirus to be positive on household items. As far as is known, the new type of coronavirus infection is mainly transmitted through droplets. Therefore, it can be speculated that the cases are often contacted by the patients, especially when the patients do not wear masks and wash their hands at home. Possibility of contaminating droplets from coughing to different places and objects. Therefore, it is not uncommon to have a positive result in a sick environment.

Secondly, the method of this test report is nucleic acid detection technology, which detects the nucleic acid (gene fragment) of the virus, instead of obtaining live virus by virus culture method. That is to say, a positive test can only indicate that the specimen in the sample contained viral gene fragments, but whether the entire virus is still alive or not is unknown.

Third, as far as we know, the virus can only spread the disease under the conditions of survival, and the new coronavirus in the dry environment, its survival time is only 48 hours, and its activity after 2 hours of exposure to the air There is a clear decline (according to Chengdu Business Daily, Li Lanjuan, a member of the National Academy of Engineering). Therefore, the specimens collected this time were largely a collection of the "broken corpse" of the virus.

Q: How likely is a door in a public place to be infected with a virus?

Expert: The new type of coronavirus is mainly transmitted through respiratory droplets, so patients cannot be ignored when they touch the door handles of public places with contaminated hands, and soon afterwards they are touched by other citizens and then touch their own Mouth and nose infections.

Therefore, we still need to appeal to everyone, please try not to touch the items and facilities that may be contaminated, and always clean your hands, and do not touch your mouth, nose and eyes before washing your hands. In addition, managers of public places need to standardize and timely disinfect door handles and elevators in accordance with relevant guidelines.

Q: Citizens need to pay special attention to what may be polluted in public places

Expert: In fact, it is some public facilities and items that everyone may touch, such as entrances, door handles of toilets, faucets, etc., credit cards swiped at the checkout counter, pens for billing, etc. are all places that may be in contact with others through items. Therefore, it is important to avoid touching these places as much as possible.

Q: How does the virus found on the door handle affect our prevention and control strategy?

Expert: Actually, this positive result is expected. Relevant measures for the prevention and control of respiratory infectious diseases are still effective. The most important purpose of publishing this result to the public today is to ask the general public to pay full attention to personal hygiene and recognize that "hand washing" in the prevention and control of epidemics And the importance of hand hygiene.

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