On February 9, at the 19th press conference on epidemic prevention and control held in Hubei Province, Chen Huanchun, a professor at Huazhong Agricultural University, said that the new coronavirus belongs to the SARS coronavirus. The statement quickly sparked heated debate. Later, Chen Huanchun apologized urgently, saying that the statement was a slip of the tongue.
Yesterday, the Joint Prevention and Control Mechanism of the State Council held a press conference. Chen Da, deputy director of the Economic and Trade Department of the National Development and Reform Commission, introduced at the press conference the resumption of work and production of production companies in urgent need of supplies. At present, in addition to Hubei Province, 30 other provinces across the country have made arrangements for enterprises to resume work and production.
During the current epidemic, it is difficult to find a “mask” which is a true reflection of the people across the country. In order to solve the problem of mask supply, Sinopec and PetroChina, which were originally engaged in supplying raw materials, took action one after another and directly started the production of masks.
Yesterday, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology issued the “Notice on Relevant Work in Response to the New Coronavirus Pneumonia Epidemic and Helping Small and Medium-sized Enterprises to Resume Work and Production and Overcome Difficulties Together”, which further strengthened financial support and financial support for small and medium-sized enterprises. 20 measures have been launched in terms of support, innovation support and public services to help small and medium-sized enterprises strengthen their confidence, strengthen measures, achieve an orderly resumption of work and production, and overcome difficulties.
Is the new coronavirus a SARS coronavirus? Expert apologizes: slip of the tongue!
On February 9, Hubei Province held its 19th epidemic prevention and control press conference to introduce the progress of Hubei Province’s scientific research work on the prevention and control of the new coronavirus pneumonia epidemic.
Chen Huanchun, a professor at Huazhong Agricultural University, said at the meeting that the new coronavirus uses the same cell entry receptor as the SARS coronavirus and shares 87.1% of the same cell entry receptors as SARS-related viruses found in bats. It is 79.5% similar to the SARS virus and 96% similar to the coronavirus found in a Yunnan bat sample. Analysis found that the new coronavirus belongs to SARS coronavirus.
This statement caused great controversy. Shortly thereafter, Professor Chen Huanchun said in an interview with Xinhua News Agency that the new coronavirus is not the SARS coronavirus and that there was a slip of the tongue in his previous statement at the press conference.
Chen Huanchun said that relevant studies have found that the new coronavirus is related to the SARS coronavirus, but they are not the same. The new coronavirus is not the SARS coronavirus.
He explained that the word “related” was missing from the statement at the press conference, which should read: the new coronavirus is a SARS-related coronavirus. “Related” means that the new coronavirus is similar to the SARS coronavirus. He apologized to the public and hoped to make corrections through the media.
On the evening of February 9, Academician Zhong Nanshan said in an interview with the media that the new coronavirus is a type of coronavirus and is parallel to the SARS coronavirus. Same type (virus), but not the same species.
Zhong Nanshan said that SARS coronavirus is a proper term that specifically refers to the virus of acute respiratory syndrome. It (and the new coronavirus) are not the same thing. The two (Viruses) are two different things. “The 2019 (new) coronavirus is another kind of coronavirus, and they are all coronaviruses.”
It is understood that the 2019 novel coronavirus was established on January 23 The Hubei New Pneumonia Emergency Scientific Research Expert Group is led by researcher Shi Zhengli of the Wuhan Institute of Virology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, and academician Chen Huanchun of Huazhong Agricultural University serves as consultant.
Multiple research teams have studied the correlation between the new coronavirus and the SARS virus. On January 22, the National Genome Science Data Center officially released the 2019 novel coronavirus resource database. After analysis, the genome sequence similarity between the novel coronavirus and the SARS virus was 80%. Similarly, on January 29, a study published in The Lancet by Tan Wenjie and others from the Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention pointed out that compared with the SARS virus, 2019-nCov is more similar to two bat coronaviruses collected in Zhoushan, Zhejiang. The identity is 88%.
The new coronavirus likes cold and is afraid of heat, and 5 drugs have been found to inhibit the virus
What are the current trends in the development of the epidemic? What stage is the epidemic in Hubei? How is the progress of scientific research on epidemic prevention and control?
In this regard, Chen Huanchun said that the characteristic of the virus is that it likes cold and is afraid of heat. Judging from the pattern of viral disease onset, the period from October of the first year to April of the following year is viral. The period of high disease incidence.
“In my personal judgment, the epidemic in Hubei is currently in a period of high incidence, but now we have recognized the disease and have worked out experience and methods. The main thing to control infectious diseases is to eliminate them. source, cut off the route of transmission, and protect susceptible groups.”
“Before vaccines and drugs are available, the most critical measure is to eliminate the source of infection and cut off the route of transmission. The most critical If everyone is conscious, the disease will be under control.”
Regarding the scientific research on the prevention and control of the new coronavirus pneumonia epidemic, Chen Huanchun said that three potential drugs have been initially screened out. It can inhibit virus replication and is used to treat COVID-19. Recently, five drugs have been found to have inhibitory effects on viruses.
30 provinces have arranged for enterprises to resume work and production
February On the 9th, the Joint Prevention and Control Mechanism of the State Council held a press conference to introduce the production and supply of important daily supplies in epidemic prevention and control. Chen Da, deputy director of the Economic and Trade Department of the National Development and Reform Commission, introduced at the press conference the resumption of work of production enterprises in urgent need of supplies. production situation.
Chen Da said that the resumption of work and production plays a very important role in ensuring market supply. According to the Joint Prevention and Control of the State Council In accordance with the relevant requirements of the control mechanism, the National Development and Reform Commission has worked with relevant departments to urge all localities to organize the resumption of work and production in key areas in an orderly manner on the basis of epidemic prevention and control to ensure the supply of important medical supplies and daily necessities.
Currently, with the exception of Hubei Province, 30 other provinces across the country have arranged for companies to resume work and production. According to monitoring, as of February 7, the resumption rate of mask manufacturers nationwide based on production capacity has been reached 73%; the resumption rate of key monitored grain production and processing enterprises nationwide reached 94.6%; natural gas, electricity, and refined oil supplies are sufficient; civil aviation, railway, and waterway transportation networks are operating normally.
In the next step, in accordance with the deployment of the joint prevention and control mechanism of the State Council, the National Development and Reform Commission will continue to work with relevant departments to guide various localities to effectively handle the relationship between epidemic prevention and control and the resumption of work and production, focusing on the “three guarantees”, that is, ensuring the resumption of work and production There are three key points: ensuring the employment of raw materials and finished products, ensuring the transportation of raw materials and finished products, and ensuring the protection of returning employees, and strive to do a good job in three aspects:
First, promote the staggering of corporate employees’ peak hours Return to work in an orderly manner, such as guiding local governments to coordinate and formulate plans for resumption of work and production in batches to create conditions for staggered return journeys. Conditions must be guaranteed in key areas such as transportation and logistics, personnel supply, production and sales of medical supplies, and daily necessities, and continue to Promote the resumption of work and production.
The second is to promote the coordinated operation of the industrial chain and upstream and downstream. When major and core enterprises resume work, if there is a problem with the supply of raw materials, production will also be affected. If the produced products cannot be shipped, production will also be affected, so measures must be actively taken to ensure the transportation of finished products and raw and auxiliary materials. For example, key raw and auxiliary materials, medical supplies, food and other daily necessities should be included in the emergency transportation guarantee Within the scope, illegal activities such as setting up cards to intercept and block freight channels without authorization are strictly prohibited.
The third is to encourage enterprises to conscientiously implement various epidemic prevention requirements. For example, guiding enterprises to establish and improve daily cleaning, disinfection and Ventilation system to reduce the density of people in relevant places. What needs to be emphasized here is that areas with severe epidemics still need to concentrate on epidemic prevention and control, and at the same time, based on the progress of later prevention and control work, steadily and orderly promote the resumption of work and production.
“Two barrels of oil” join the ranks of mask production
At present, the epidemic situation The difficulty of finding a “mask” is a true reflection of the people across the country. It is understood that it currently only takes 0.5 seconds to produce a mask in China, and a large number of masks will be on the market in the near future. Although the production of masks is very fast, a standard process for analyzing and disinfecting requires 7 days to half a month. In other words, the batch of masks produced overtime on New Year’s Day may have just been launched today, and a large number of masks will be launched in the near future.
In order to solve the problem of mask supply, Sinopec and PetroChina, which were originally engaged in supplying raw materials, took action one after another and directly started the production of masks. The main raw material for non-woven fabrics used to produce masks is chemical product polypropylene. PetroChina and Sinopec are the main suppliers of polypropylene.
When procurement from multiple places still failed to meet actual demand, PetroChina Fushun Petrochemical decided to use existing equipment to urgently produce anti-epidemic masks. Currently, Fushun Petrochemical is working hard to organize production with a production capacity of more than 5,000 pieces per day in accordance with medical mask standards. The first batch of 10 tons of raw materials is expected to produce 3 million masks. Among the companies affiliated with PetroChina, Daqing Petrochemical Company and other units are also actively preparing to use their own advantages to organize the production of masks and other related protective products, and are currently undergoing preparatory work.
On February 6, Sinopec launched a request for help on the Internet “I have meltblown cloth, who has a mask machine?” Heroes from all walks of life responded one after another. As of February 7 At noon, Sinopec has completed 11 mask production lines with its partners and is about to enter the equipment installation process.
The Ministry of Industry and Information Technology has issued 20 policies to support the resumption of work and production of small and medium-sized enterprises
On February 9, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology issued the “Notice on Relevant Work in Response to the Novel Coronavirus Pneumonia Epidemic and Helping Small and Medium-sized Enterprises to Resume Work and Production and Overcome Difficulties Together” (hereinafter referred to as the “Notice”). The Notice further strengthens financial support, financial support, and financial support for small and medium-sized enterprises. Twenty measures have been introduced in terms of innovation support and public services to help small and medium-sized enterprises strengthen their confidence, strengthen measures, achieve an orderly resumption of work and production, and overcome difficulties.
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