WHO supports China to adopt clinical diagnosis results to confirm cases of new coronary pneumonia

China, novel coronavirus pneumonia (Xinhua) Geneva, February 13 (reporter Ling Xin) 13 WHO said that it supported the adoption of clinical diagnosis results of new crown pneumonia cases in Hubei Province, which believed that this helped patients get clinical care faster, and the number of confirmed cases increased Novel coronavirus pneumonia cases in Hubei province were 14840 cases (including 13332 cases of clinical diagnosis), 13 days after the Hubei provincial health and Health Committee announced that at 0 hours -24 on February 12th This figure has attracted people's attention Michael Ryan, who's director of the health emergency program, said at a regular press conference that day that the increase in the number of confirmed cases in Hubei was due in part to changes in the way they were reported "Although the number of confirmed cases reported in China has increased significantly in terms of figures, this does not represent a significant change in the trajectory of the epidemic." Meanwhile, no novel coronavirus pneumonia mortality rate and severe proportion have been found Ryan further explained that the majority of newly confirmed cases reported on the same day may actually be accumulated a few days ago, a few weeks ago or even in the early stage of the outbreak, but due to the different ways of diagnosis, these cases were not included in the scope of confirmed cases before According to novel coronavirus pneumonia diagnosis and treatment plan (trial version fifth), the Hubei Provincial Health Committee 13 days reported that the suspected cases of Hubei had pneumonia imaging characteristics and were included in clinical diagnosis cases The novel coronavirus pneumonia test in Hubei area is still negative or not detected by nucleic acid, but the imaging features of patients with new crown pneumonia criteria are included in clinical diagnosis cases This is conducive to the precise implementation of policies for such patients who have not yet been diagnosed, which is not only conducive to the treatment of patients, but also conducive to the overall prevention and control of the epidemic.