Fourteen days have passed, how many patients are there in Wuhan? Has it been mapped out? Are there enough beds now? Is there a new breakthrough in treatment? Wang Chen again answers questions about the outbreak in Wuhan.
The virus is likely to be around for a long time
It's been 14 days, so what are the happy changes?
Wang Chen: Due to the increase in the number of beds, the strategic goal of "collecting as much as possible" is being realized step by step.
What is the worry?
Wang Chen: The patients were admitted late and may have infected others before they were admitted. This problem is not solved, not conducive to controlling the spread of the epidemic. In addition to "should be collected as much as possible", "should be collected early" is very critical.
Three, Wuhan in the end how many patients? The first time I've seen this, I've seen a lot of people who have been in the same boat for a long time.
Wang Chen: mapping is very important, has been mapped out more than 90%. But exactly how many patients is not quite clear, and the daily diagnosis of the case is real.
Four, Wuhan bed supply enough?
Wang Chen: I think the problem of beds is now very substantially solved. Square Pod Hospital will have 30,000 beds by the 20th, and other designated hospitals have reached about 20,000 beds. But now the question is whether these beds can be used in a timely manner. For example, the time taken to admit patients is still relatively long and they need to be admitted as early as possible. This requires standardization of the process, and this process may still need to be felt out.
Fifth, Wuhan's critically ill patients accounted for 18 percent of patients, what is the reason?
Wang Chen: The main reason is that the total number of patients admitted is more, the denominator has become larger.
Sixth, is there a significant increase in the number of means and drugs available now?
Wang Chen: There has been an increase, but it is still in the exploratory stage. Because this disease is a newly emerged disease, its laws are not yet understood, previously based on the past experience of some of the current development of some treatment methods. With the understanding of the law of the disease, our treatment is more and more targeted, more and more standardized, but our understanding is still very shallow, including the exploration of new drugs, new therapies are still in the early stages.
We all know that medicine is a very complex process, for a new drug and new therapies are definitely not simple to be able to achieve overnight. At this point in time, we need to be eager to feel the urgent needs of patients, but at the same time, we need to have a very clear mind and very steady action, so that we can promote scientific research. In this process, I would like to make a special reminder that the scientific process must be respected.
Seven, is there a high rate of conversion of minor illnesses to serious illnesses at Cube Hospital?
Wang Chen: I did a research, the proportion of 2% -5% or so, which may also be related to the square cabin hospitals have some stock, the patient's onset of a longer period of time has a certain relationship. In addition, under the effective standardized treatment in the square cabin hospital, once there is a serious patient, will be transferred to the regular hospital in a timely manner, the process is much smoother than the transfer of patients from home to help patients get standardized and timely treatment.
Eight, square cabin hospital square dance whether there is a positive effect?
Wang Chen: the disease itself is characterized by the majority of patients are currently mildly ill. Square pod hospital patients are mildly ill patients, physically and mentally able to carry out some social activities and interaction. Organize some humanistic activities in the square cabin hospital, for soothing the patient's nervousness, improve the state of life and quality of life is very helpful, the condition is also helpful.
Nine, Zhong Nanshan said that human-to-human transmission still exists in Wuhan, what else needs to be done to stop human-to-human transmission in Wuhan?
Wang Chen: This disease can be transmitted from person to person, is determined by the biological laws of the virus. To stop the spread of man to man, we have to make it does not have the conditions of man to man, that is to say, to isolate the source of infection, to cut off the means of transmission. This is also the reason why we have taken a series of measures in the past, such as the closure of neighborhoods, the admission and isolation of patients, and so on, with these measures to prevent cross-infection.
Ten, asymptomatic infected people how to find? How to treat them?
Wang Chen: the judgment of asymptomatic infected people mainly rely on nucleic acid test, there will be antigen detection, antibody detection, these tests are effective means of screening asymptomatic infected people. The new coronavirus may also undergo certain changes. In view of the biological characteristics it reflects, we will formulate some medical precautions and diagnostic and treatment methods and make corresponding arrangements and preventive measures as our understanding deepens.
Xi, the sixth edition of the diagnosis and treatment program also clearly mentioned aerosol transmission, how to prevent?
Wang Chen: aerosols are spread in a certain space, so ventilation is crucial, not too dense between people, it is vital to maintain a certain distance. In addition, there is also a relationship with the up and down wind direction.
Twelve, the inflection point is coming?
Wang Chen: We feel that the onset of the trend is now slowing down. Overall, whether the inflection point is coming depends on how to define the inflection point. It must be based on the law of the disease itself and based on this law, we have taken the social mobilization and a series of prevention and control, the integrated impact of intervention measures, the inflection point is a dependent variable, we control its a number of independent variables is important.
Thirteen, the new coronavirus may be with us for a long time *** survival?
Wang Chen: The new coronavirus is different from SARS, which is highly transmissible and pathogenic, and kills the host very quickly and then the virus itself does not easily survive. But the new coronary pneumonia has the potential to become a chronic disease, like influenza, with human **** survival. In this regard, we should be prepared for the clinical diagnosis and treatment and the production of life precautions.
Fourteenth, after the patient is cured, can the damaged lungs recover completely?
Wang Chen: Our limited observation suggests that it can recover, or even fully recovered, but this remains to be further, more long-term observation, I think we do not have to worry too much.