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Written by: Pan Xiqiao, Peng Yiwei
2020-03-14 20:02
Last updated: 2020-03-14 20:02New crown pneumonia (commonly known as Wuhan pneumonia) continues to spread. There are currently more than 2,300 confirmed cases in the United States. President Trump has recently announced that the country has entered a state of emergency.
Fukuda, the dean of the School of Public Health of the University of Hong Kong and who has held important positions in the World Health Organization, accepted the interview with the Washington Post that Hong Kong ’s awareness of epidemic prevention has improved since the SARS campaign in 2003 and is worthy of reference from the United States. He also believes that the Chinese government ’s comprehensive closure of Wuhan is a key move to curb the spread of the epidemic, but similar practices are difficult to implement in the United States.
Fukuda praised Hong Kong's high awareness of epidemic prevention, which is worthy of reference by the United States. (Photo by Hu Jiaxin)
Fukuda believes that Hong Kong people attach great importance to this new type of coronavirus, in part because Hong Kong people have responded to similar infectious diseases in the past. "In Hong Kong, even if there is no outbreak, we often see people walking around wearing masks because They may be ill and not want to infect others. "For many people in Hong Kong, this habit of curbing the spread of the epidemic is very common. He believes that similar ideas are difficult to inculcate in the United States or other regions at once, and it will be difficult to implement them in practice.
The Washington Post interview mentioned that after the SARS campaign in 2003, the Hong Kong Government established the School of Public Health of the University of Hong Kong. In this outbreak, the Hong Kong Government has activated the contingency mechanism without any confirmed cases. Fukuda also believes that the Chinese government's blockade of Wuhan is a key measure to stop the spread of the virus, but questioned that the same strategy may not work in democratic countries for a long time. "In the United States, I cannot imagine blocking 50 million people."
The article also mentioned that in addition to Hong Kong, Taiwan and Singapore, two places that had experienced SARS have also effectively curbed the spread of the epidemic in this outbreak. However, Fukuda also frankly stated that it is difficult to compare a city with a population of about 7 million to a country with a population of more than 300 million. However, just as Hong Kong has learned from SARS, the United States may have to learn from Hong Kong and respond to today's problems. Outbreak.
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