China’s chief respiratory expert Zhong Nanshan has warned of a new spread pattern for COVID-19. The Global Times writes about this.
The specialist called on scientists for additional research on the so-called spread of the disease in the environment. According to the scientist, imported cases in China and the spread of COVID-19 have become two of the main problems facing the country.
The epidemiologist explained that it is about the risk of human infection from touching contaminated surfaces, which has been the focus of Chinese disease control measures in recent months.
The expert made such comments amid outbreaks of coronavirus in several Chinese cities, which were caused by contaminated outer packaging of imported cold chain food.
In November, China’s leading epidemiologist Zhong Nanshan said that the main feature of asymptomatic carriers of coronavirus infection is their high infectivity. According to the epidemiologist, in the event of a cluster infection, the source of which is unknown, mass testing should be carried out for everyone living in the area.