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China is racing to stop the spread of the Corona virus, find treatment and vaccine, care for the infected, reduce death rates with more than 15,000 infections and 300 deaths, and reach more than 20 countries.
China has completed construction of the first specialized emergency hospital in the suburbs of Wuhan from which the virus originated, which is Huoshinshan Hospital. According to the official Chinese TV reporter Zhou Shuseng, it will start operation on February 3, and specialized medical teams dealing with outbreaks have been transferred to it, and construction of another specialized hospital in Wuhan will start. Lieshanshan Hospital, to begin receiving patients on February 6, has an area of 75,000 square meters and is able to accommodate 1,600 patients.
Shuseng told SANA that construction workers are racing against time to save lives and are able to build a hospital within six days without compromising on quality, noting that building a hospital from scratch and within a week is not new for China. In 2003, the authorities praised the Xiao Tangshan Hospital in Beijing in response to the SARS epidemic.
The Chinese authorities are planning to build two more hospitals in Huanggang and Zhengzhou, capital of central China's Henan Province.
Shuseeng noted that hundreds of medical personnel from the Chinese army have arrived in the new city of Wuhan, which has been struck by the Corona virus, and the Chinese Air Force has sent eight large-sized aircraft carrying 795 medical personnel and 58 tons of supplies to Wuhan early Sunday morning.
Quoting Chinese epidemiologist Li Languan, Chinese TV reporter said that researchers in China isolated two viral strains from samples of infected patients, which provided the basis for the development of coronavirus vaccine.
The Director-General of the World Health Organization, Tedros Adhanum, expressed his appreciation for the measures taken by the Chinese government, describing them as exceptional, to contain this outbreak, stressing that had it not been for its efforts and the progress made in protecting its people and the people of the world, we have witnessed today countless cases outside China, but perhaps a large number of deaths Also.
And while the world organization did not recommend restricting trade or the movement of travelers, some countries took decisions to close the borders and evacuate Chinese citizens quickly and impose a restriction on their travel, which may affect, according to Shosing, the economies and the exchange of information and samples of microbes or viruses, which is an essential step in finding how to cope with a new outbreak Considering that "it is time to work together, not to take individual measures that are useless."
The Chinese correspondent pointed out that some of the media, especially the Western, have caused through their reports of the spread of the disease by spreading fear rather than mobilizing the international community and urging it to stand together and ensure greater success in containing the virus or even highlighting the positive aspects already achieved in terms of the efforts made. To contain the virus.
He said: Regardless of our political ideologies or even our geographical borders, we face the same challenge when it comes to infectious diseases and epidemics, and the various governments and organizations must work together to combat the spread of the disease further, it is everyone's interest that the Corona virus be contained quickly to avoid further human and economic losses. Potential.
On January 30, the World Health Organization declared the global outbreak of the emerging corona virus as a public health emergency causing international concern and its director explained that the announcement is not a vote of no confidence from China, but on the contrary, the organization remains fully confident of its ability to control this outbreak, stressing that the only way To defeat it is for all countries to unite in working together in a spirit of solidarity and cooperation. It is a time for facts and science, not fear, rumors or stigmatization.