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Science and Technology Daily: Chorus of a Community of Shared Future for Mankind -- China Unite the World to Fight Against the Covid-19
BEIJING, Mar. 6, 2020 /PRNewswire-AsiaNet/--

Science and Technology Daily reported: 

A timeline clearly recorded how China has taken the initiative to fulfill its 
international responsibilities and unite with the global society to fight 
against Covid-19. After the coronavirus outbroke, China immediately informed 
the WHO of the incident and maintained close communication with other countries.

On January 12, the WHO acknowledged the information of Covid-19's gene 
sequences shared by China.

On January 21, Chinese officials released the primers and probe sequences for 
Covid-19's nucleic acid detection.

From February 16 to 24, a WHO-China investigation team composed of 
professionals from different countries conducted a nine-day joint mission in 
China's four provinces. Meanwhile, China also offered instant supports as far 
as it could to the countries and regions that suffered from the spread of the 
Covid-19.

On February 24, Bruce Aylward, the leader of the investigation team, said in a 
press conference: "To the people of Wuhan, it is recognized that the world is 
in your debts." His words touched millions of people. 

The sincere thanks from the international officials reflect a full recognition 
of China's great sacrifice and contributions to the war against the spread of 
Covid-19. 

As reported by the investigation team, the decline of new cases of Covid-19 in 
China undoubtedly protected world security. It built the first line of defense 
to prevent the spread of Covid-19 throughout the world.

The team suggested that during the war against Covid-19, each country should 
actively monitor health situations, take actions for detection, diagnosis, 
isolation, and treatment as early as possible, and strictly track and isolate 
individuals having close contacts with Covid-19 patients. This is a valuable 
experience accumulated by China.

In addition, getting rid of prejudice and applying a variety of scientific and 
flexible methods into this war is the second suggestion from the team. For the 
novel virus like Covid-19, there is neither specific medicine nor vaccine. 
However, only the reaction of China to Covid-19 has been proved successful by 
facts, hence worth being learned by other countries.

In terms of scientific prevention and control of Covid-19, the action of 
China's leaders shows the world that "Science and Technology" is the most 
powerful weapon in the war against diseases. The laboratory of Tsinghua 
University's Beijing National Engineering Research Center for Biochips 
displayed the latest scientific achievements -- six microarray nucleic acid 
testing kits for respiratory viruses, and eight microarray nucleic acid testing 
kits for respiratory pathogens approved by China's National Medical Products 
Administration. These two microfluidic chips can effectively shunt patients 
through differential diagnosis. They have been put into clinical use in the 
Union Hospital affiliated to Huazhong University of Science and Technology, 
Tongji Hospital, Hubei Provincial People's Hospital, and "Huoshenshan" Hospital.

In the face of unknown viruses, human beings have not yet fully understood 
their generation mechanism, epidemic trend, transmission route, etc., which 
greatly requires information sharing and cooperation. China has developed 
effective methods for diagnosis and treatment, drug efficacy, community 
prevention, and public health education. It is being actively engaged in 
cooperation and information exchange with the WHO and the international 
community. The global efforts in the fight against epidemics create a chorus of 
the community with a shared future for mankind.

SOURCE: Science and Technology Daily
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