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[Wuhan Pneumonia] Health Protection Center: 70% of patients work in Wuhan seafood market
Society 16:27 2020/01/15
The pneumonia epidemic in Wuhan has continued. The government sent staff to Wuhan to inspect the local prevention and control and the situation of the epidemic. A press conference was held today (15th) to report the situation. 70% of patients work long hours in the South China Seafood Market in Wuhan. The relevant merchants mainly sell aquatic products, not game. However, it was revealed that in addition to aquatic products and birds, the market involved also includes bamboo rats, snakes, crickets, hedgehogs, etc. Game, but the quantity of game sold is unknown.
Zhang Zhujun pointed out that the personnel of the health and health committee of the authorities detected viruses in the market environment, such as the location of the underground, countertops, and gloves, all of which were found near the aquatic stalls. She pointed out that the local staff did not collect only near the aquatic stalls, but the virus was only found in the aquatic stalls. As for the survival time of the virus, it is still to be studied. Because it is not an animal sample, the health committee failed to pinpoint the source of the virus.
She also pointed out that Mainland experts have formulated rapid tests for new coronaviruses and have successively distributed them to provinces and cities across the country. Hong Kong has also obtained relevant nucleic acid reagents and is in the process of developing rapid tests for the viruses. When asked about a case in Thailand that had not been diagnosed in the South China Seafood Market but had been to other wet markets in Wuhan, Zhang Zhujun said that the authorities were still investigating the location of the market in question.
The government also stated that the confirmed case involved a couple, but the wife developed the illness later than the husband. The chance is that the husband first infected and then passed on his wife. Therefore, human transmission is not ruled out. Please immediately: [Wuhan pneumonia] Hong Kong government: Wuhan pneumonia Does not rule out throat, sputum and blood in patients with limited human-to-human transmission
[Wuhan Pneumonia] Health Protection Center: 70% of patients work in Wuhan seafood market
Society 16:27 2020/01/15
The pneumonia epidemic in Wuhan has continued. The government sent staff to Wuhan to inspect the local prevention and control and the situation of the epidemic. A press conference was held today (15th) to report the situation. 70% of patients work long hours in the South China Seafood Market in Wuhan. The relevant merchants mainly sell aquatic products, not game. However, it was revealed that in addition to aquatic products and birds, the market involved also includes bamboo rats, snakes, crickets, hedgehogs, etc. Game, but the quantity of game sold is unknown.
Zhang Zhujun pointed out that the personnel of the health and health committee of the authorities detected viruses in the market environment, such as the location of the underground, countertops, and gloves, all of which were found near the aquatic stalls. She pointed out that the local staff did not collect only near the aquatic stalls, but the virus was only found in the aquatic stalls. As for the survival time of the virus, it is still to be studied. Because it is not an animal sample, the health committee failed to pinpoint the source of the virus.
She also pointed out that Mainland experts have formulated rapid tests for new coronaviruses and have successively distributed them to provinces and cities across the country. Hong Kong has also obtained relevant nucleic acid reagents and is in the process of developing rapid tests for the viruses. When asked about a case in Thailand that had not been diagnosed in the South China Seafood Market but had been to other wet markets in Wuhan, Zhang Zhujun said that the authorities were still investigating the location of the market in question.
The government also stated that the confirmed case involved a couple, but the wife developed the illness later than the husband. The chance is that the husband first infected and then passed on his wife. Therefore, human transmission is not ruled out. Please immediately: [Wuhan pneumonia] Hong Kong government: Wuhan pneumonia Does not rule out throat, sputum and blood in patients with limited human-to-human transmission
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