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New Coronary Pneumonia|Yuan Guoyong urges mandatory testing and encourages all patients with symptoms to be tested to prevent community transmission

2020-10-27T02:39:04.210Z


Yuan Guoyong, an expert consultant on the government’s anti-epidemic and chair professor of the Department of Microbiology of the University of Hong Kong, today (27th) recommended mandatory testing for patients with symptoms and symptoms on the “Starting on a Sunny Day” on the Commercial Taiwan website. He believed that public and private doctors should take their deep A sample of throat and saliva was sent for testing to prevent the fourth wave of COVID-19 outbreak. He said that the symptoms and symptoms of new coronary pneumonia, influenza and cold are similar, and it is difficult to distinguish. He does not think that mandatory testing will pose a problem to the doctor-patient relationship, saying that when the vaccine arrives, this mechanism is not needed.


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2020-10-27 10:24

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Yuan Guoyong, an expert consultant on the government’s anti-epidemic and chair professor of the Department of Microbiology of the University of Hong Kong, today (27th) recommended mandatory testing for patients with symptoms and symptoms on the “Starting on a Sunny Day” on the Commercial Taiwan website. He believed that public and private doctors should take their deep A sample of throat and saliva was sent for testing to prevent the fourth wave of COVID-19 outbreak.

He said that the symptoms and symptoms of new coronary pneumonia, influenza and cold are similar, and it is difficult to distinguish.

He does not think that mandatory testing will pose a problem to the doctor-patient relationship, saying that when the vaccine arrives, this mechanism is not needed.

Yuan Guoyong, Chair Professor of the Department of Microbiology at the University of Hong Kong, recommended mandatory testing for patients with symptoms.

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Yuan Guoyong, an expert consultant to the government and the chair professor of the Department of Microbiology at the University of Hong Kong, wrote an article in Ming Pao today, saying that if there is no mandatory testing, there will be fish that will slip through the net, which will continue the invisible transmission chain. Compulsory testing can best be used when the number of confirmed diagnoses is low. effect.

In an interview with the commercial channel program "Starting on a Sunny Day", Yuan Guoyong suggested that all doctors, whether government or private, send samples of deep throat saliva from patients with symptoms and symptoms for testing to prevent them from spreading in the community.

He said that the symptoms and symptoms of new coronary pneumonia, influenza and cold are similar, and it is difficult to distinguish.

At present, the positive rate of mandatory tests in airports or other places is about 0.35%, while the positive rate of tests by private doctors is about 0.8%. The positive rate and efficiency of the latter is much higher.

He does not think that mandatory testing will pose a problem to the doctor-patient relationship. He takes tuberculosis as an example, and its notification mechanism has always existed.

Yuan Guoyong said that when the vaccine is produced next year, there will be no need for related mechanisms, and a sunset clause can be set.

With regard to the implementation of mandatory testing, he pointed out that everyone needs to adjust, the public needs to accept it, and doctors must cooperate.

He pointed out that private doctors have symptoms of upper respiratory tract infection when about 2,000 to 3,000 patients seek treatment every day. The government can perform tens of thousands of tests every day, so they are able to cope.

Yuan Guoyong said that before the outbreak, when there were 3 or more cases of unknown origin, mandatory testing should be started.

He pointed out that 70% of imported cases were imported during the peak period of March and April. At that time, there were at most 3 to 4 cases of unknown origin in Hong Kong. He believed that we should not wait too late for mandatory testing, otherwise strict epidemic prevention will be carried out during the third wave of epidemic in July. Measures, including suspension of classes, need to be implemented again.

He said that he has given the government advice, but he is not clear about the current progress of the government's mandatory testing of legal procedures.

Regarding the establishment of tourism bubbles in Hong Kong and Singapore, Yuan Guoyong said, "If we do not do well, others will be afraid of us," so testing is required before boarding the plane and arriving there.

He believes that the mainland has adopted strict measures to prevent the epidemic, and it is effective, because there are no confirmed cases for people returning from the mainland.

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