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Written by: Chen Qianting
2020-01-12 14:43
Last updated: 2020-01-12 14:43The outbreak of unexplained pneumonia in Wuhan involves a new type of coronavirus, but the authorities have not released the genetic information of the new virus. Some scholars from Shanghai Fudan University uploaded the genes of the new virus to the medical website yesterday (11th). It was announced this morning (12th) Hong Kong time that the complete genetic sequence shared by China had been received. It was also revealed that the authorities had officially uploaded relevant information to a public data platform for researchers and public health departments of various countries to view.
Some local experts pointed out that the complete information will help laboratory staff to design more accurate rapid tests, and it is estimated that the new tests can be applied within a few days, and the mainland has the corresponding technology. Therefore, 59 confirmed cases were announced earlier. Screened to the latest 41 cases.
The World Health Organization revealed on Twitter that China has uploaded the complete genetic sequence data of the new coronavirus to the "GISAID" (Global Avian Influenza Data Initiative) platform, enabling public health departments, laboratory personnel and researchers in all countries to Get that information.
WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom said that he had contacted Ma Xiaowei, the director of the National Health and Health Committee, and praised him for sharing the information about the new coronavirus with the Chinese government with the world. He also thanked Chinese scientists and doctors for their contributions to public health.
New quick test available within a few days
Kong Fanyi, assistant dean of the University of Hong Kong School of Medicine and director of the Department of Infectious Diseases of the Department of Internal Medicine, said that all the genes of the virus have been obtained. It is expected that a new rapid PCR test can be designed within a few days to a week to test whether the patient sample is correct for Wuhan. The new virus is positive, and he expects the new test to take three to four hours to produce results.
Professor Xu Shuchang, Chair Professor of Respiratory Medicine, The Chinese University of Hong Kong School of Medicine said that 59 cases have been diagnosed with the new coronavirus infection since the Mainland already has the corresponding testing technology, and cases were screened out after testing until January. A total of 41 cases were confirmed on the 11th.
Mainland scholars upload virus genes to medical websites
Since the outbreak of unexplained pneumonia, the mainland authorities have only disclosed news about the local epidemic through the mainland media. No information on the new coronavirus has been made public. Hong Kong experts also raised this at a press conference earlier, hoping that the authorities will share the genetic sequencing as soon as possible. To speed up the identification of confirmed patients.
Until yesterday, mainland scholars exposed the data first, so that the outside world could learn more information, including the new virus genus Coronavirus 2B typing, whose gene sequence is 73% the same as that of SARS virus.
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