Academician Gao Fu: The country entered the final extinguishing stage of the new crown

February 19, Gao Fu, director of china's
and China's Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, published an article entitled "New Coronary Pneumonia: A Long Year, After a Long Year" in the Weekly Report of the Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention. (COVID-19: A Year Long and Beyond?) editorial article.
2019, several cases of UNexplained pneumonia (PUE) were reported in Wuhan, Hubei Province, and the COVID-19 disease caused by a virus called SARS-CoV-2 was finally diagnosed in January 2020, Gaofu wrote. On January 30, 2020, the World Health Organization (WHO) declared neo-pneumonia a public health emergency of international concern (PHEIC) and on March 11, 2020 declared COVID-19 a possible global pandemic.
as of February 8, 2021, there were 105805951 confirmed cases of neo-crown pneumonia, 2312,278 confirmed deaths and 223 affected countries and regions.
Gaofu pointed out that after a year of efforts, countries around the world have achieved different results in the control of the epidemic. In some countries, such as China, the outbreak is well under control;
launched a nationwide campaign against COVID-19 immediately after the discovery of the new coronavirus, the newspaper wrote. In about two months, the daily increase in domestic cases has fallen to single digits;
that the overall strategy is early containment, and the key is to actively identify and manage cases. "Four mornings" (early detection, early reporting, early quarantine/quarantine, early treatment) are the basic requirements for the implementation of all control measures. Mobilize all communities, organizations and citizens to participate in outbreak prevention and control. Implement strategies to contain outbreaks by establishing strong and flexible response mechanisms, based on monitoring and risk assessment results in different regions, and implementing or de-controlling measures.
Gaofu believes China is now in the final stages of fighting the outbreak. He also noted that during the winter and spring of 2020-2021, large-scale outbreaks were detected in rural areas of Hebei, Jilin and Heilongjiang provinces, with more than 2,000 cases reported. Through unremitting efforts, the local outbreak has been effectively controlled.As of January 2021, more than 230 COVID-19 candidate vaccines have been developed clinically or preclinically, each with its own advantages and disadvantages, including inactivated or live virus vaccines, viral vector vaccines, protein sub-unit vaccines, nucleic acid vaccines (mRNA and DNA), viral-like particle vaccines, and nanoparticle vaccines, the
article said.
china has chosen five pathways to develop a new coronary pneumonia vaccine. As of February 3, 2021, China has been vaccinated against 31 million doses of the new corona inactivated vaccine for high-risk groups, including health care/front-line personnel, staff critical to the maintenance of social functioning, cold chain industry employees and those working or studying abroad.
Gaofu noted that the CDC has been closely monitoring vaccination coverage and post-vaccination adverse events as vaccination efforts have progressed smoothly and on time. The data showed that the reported rate of serious adverse events was no higher than that of influenza vaccines, reflecting the safety of the COVID-19 inactivated vaccine currently in use. The COVID-19 vaccine will be given to the general population in 2021 in accordance with priority strategies.
said the new crown vaccine offers hope for reducing infection and virus transmission and returning to normal life at an early date.
looking ahead, Mr. Gao believes there is still a lot of uncertainty in 2021. One is that the COVID-
epidemic can become a persistent epidemic or endemic epidemic. In addition, many new features of COVID-19 have been reported, such as long-term sequelae, reinstasement, recurrence of viral RNA, and long or intermittent incubation periods. So while we've developed a vaccine, there's still a lot of uncertainty.
addition, the emergence of new virus variants has led to increased transmission and a deterioration of the epidemiological situation, which poses an even greater challenge for us and leaves us with much work to do. Gao stressed that in the face of a new virus, human beings need to continue to study and further deepen understanding.