Chinese authorities in Wuhan said on Thursday that they would conduct door-to-door inspections of potentially infected people with coronavirus in 2019 (2019-nCoV) and that it would encourage patients in mega improvised quarantine camps around the city, according to a report in New York. York Times.
These strict measures to control the spread of the disease are in addition to the already severe restrictions on travel and the suspension of public transport, which has isolated Wuhan - a city of 11 million people where explosives have started to explode - in addition to other densely populated cities in Hubei Province. In general, the blockade has made it difficult to obtain food and supplies for the 50 million Hubei population, which has contributed to a humanitarian crisis that has now swelled from Wuhan following the virus.
The desperate situation in Wuhan is illustrated by the latest figures for the outbreak. Of the 31,530 cases reported in 2019-nCoV in more than twenty countries, 22,112 cases were confirmed in Hubei Province alone. Of the 638 deaths recorded so far in the outbreak of the disease, 618 occurred in the province.
In general, the Times indicates that the overall estimates * of mortality from an outbreak are four percent in Wuhan and 2.8 percent for the entire Hubei Province. For the rest of China and beyond, the death rate is about 0.2 percent. (* These are total estimates of rates, as they are calculated based on deaths, and not on the basis of the sum of recoveries and deaths.)
Wuhan reports that medical staff use personal protective equipment, drugs and consumables to test patients for the 2019-nCoV. According to The Times, many residents of Wuhan who have symptoms of respiratory system have had to move from hospital to hospital on foot in an attempt to take a test. Many of them are stopped, untested and untreated.
Moreover, experts fear that infecting potential people with infection in large quarantine camps - set up in a sports stadium, exhibition center and building complex - with minimal medical care can make the patient ill and leave the entire group. From infectious diseases to flow between people trapped.
However, the Chinese authorities seemed determined to take any extreme action that they considered beneficial to gain influence over the outbreak. Deputy Prime Minister Sun Chunlan, who visited Wuhan on Thursday and announced new supervision measures, said the city and country were facing "war conditions".
"There should be no deserts, or they will be held in the historical column of shame forever."
The harsh measures came with the sad news that a local doctor in Wuhan, Li Winliang - who had become a heroic figure because he was the first to sound the alarm about this new disease that the authorities had only reprimanded - died Friday, local time. He had been hospitalized with nCoV 2019 at the time of his death. China said on Friday it had launched an investigation into "problems" related to his death. They were 34 years old. Most patients who died from an infection tend to be older and / or have basic health conditions.
Less safe
China is not the only country to deal with travel and quarantine restrictions - which experts say is unlikely to be effective.
Japan's Diamond Princess cruise ship, which carries more than 3,700 people, is quarantined for 14 days and ends on February 19, after a former passenger was infected with the Hong Kong virus on February 1. Since then, 61 more people on board have been positive, up to 20 only on Thursday. Although Japanese health officials did not allow passengers to leave the ship, many of them noticed that in the days before the quarantine, the passengers got off and returned to the ship at the planned stations - which opened the possibility of transporting the injured passengers to the injured at those locations - and some did not. They returned to the ship and traveled farther, potentially transporting the infection to new international destinations.
Also, experts say the travel and quarantine restrictions issued by the Trump administration last week are unlikely to be effective. The restrictions include a ban on entry by the United States of citizens who have recently traveled to China. But as the disease begins to spread and spread, international travelers may run the risk of exposure, whether or not they have recently traveled to China.
"All the evidence we have indicates that travel and quarantine restrictions directed to individual countries are unlikely to keep the virus outside our borders," Dr. Jennifer Nozo told lawmakers on February 5, at a hearing at the Business Committee. External. Dr. Nzo is Associate Professor and Senior Scientist at the Johns Hopkins University Health Safety Center. He also mentioned what many experts have said - meaning that a travel ban from certain places can stigmatize some countries and discourage other countries from reporting when cases are discovered.
In general, she said, "These measures can exacerbate the social and economic taxes for the epidemic and make us less safe."
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