Thursday, July 2, 2020

WHO: Swine influenza virus is not a new virus and has been monitored since 2011

Reporter : Zhu He
Publisher : CCTV News, re-produced on ScienceNet 
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On July 1, local time, WHO held a regular press conference on New Coronary Pneumonia. In response to relevant research on Chinese swine influenza virus, Michael Ryan, WHO health emergency project leader, said that since 2011, relevant Chinese agencies, The Global Influenza Surveillance Network and the WHO Collaborating Center have been monitoring this virus. The relevant content recently released is also the monitoring data during this period, as well as the evolution of the virus in pig populations and occupational exposure of staff.

Michael Ryan emphasized that this is not a new virus and will continue to be closely monitored. The Chinese Center for Disease Control and WHO has developed a variety of candidate vaccines against closely related types of strains. If any strains appear The possibility of effective transmission in the population can quickly develop related vaccines.

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