Ministry of Health: There is no reason to worry about coronavirus so far
23/01/2020 17:58
Ministry of Health: There is no reason to worry about coronavirus so far
23/01/2020 17:58
Tashkent, Uzbekistan (UzDaily.com) - A press conference was held at the Agency for Information and Mass Communications under the Presidential Administration of the Republic of Uzbekistan, organized by the Ministry of Health and the Agency for Sanitary and Epidemiological Well-being, on the current issue of the spreading coronavirus in China, and also the prevention and treatment of influenza in our country.
Here, experts provided detailed information about the new type of coronavirus epidemic detected in Wuhan, China.
According to the morning data on 23 January in China, the number of patients with pneumonia caused by a new type of coronavirus exceeded 600. 17 people also died from pneumonia.
On 22 January, the World Health Organization (WHO) convened an emergency meeting of the emergency committee to assess the threat of the new virus and make recommendations to combat it. Following the meeting, it was decided that experts need to learn more about the outbreak before declaring an international emergency. WHO officials decided to continue the meeting on Thursday, after receiving information from the organization’s experts who had previously arrived in Wuhan at the invitation of the Chinese authorities, along with doctors from several Asian countries.
The head of WHO, Tedros Adhan Ghebreyesus explained that he sees no reason for panic. According to him, China’s very decisive measure to effectively quarantine Wuhan will help curb the outbreak in this country and minimize the likelihood of its spread. European health authorities consider the threat of the spread of the virus "moderate." At the same time, WHO made recommendations to prevent the threat of coronavirus.
Due to the epidemiological situation in China, the Health Services of Uzbekistan Airports JSC and Uzbekistan Temir Yollari JSC take measures to implement high-quality health monitoring of people crossing the state border, especially those arriving from China. A seminar was held on the epidemiological status and organization of preventive measures with the participation of stewards and stewardesses, flight attendants operating in the system of JSC Uzbekistan Airports and JSC Uzbekistan Temir Yollari.
In addition, a special box for patients with suspected coronavirus infections has been prepared at the intensive care unit of the Virology Research Institute. If patients with suspected virus are detected in the sanitary quarantine points of the airport and railway stations, their immediate isolation in isolators and sampling for laboratory analysis of coronavirus are determined.
The Agency for Sanitary and Epidemiological Welfare under the Ministry of Health has developed an action plan to prevent the importation and spread of a new type of coronavirus into the country. Methodological recommendations on the organization and implementation of preventive and anti-epidemic measures against a new type of coronavirus have been prepared.
During the press conference, it was noted that the work on the prevention of coronavirus was taken under the strict control of the Ministry of Health and the Agency for Sanitary and Epidemiological Welfare, there is no reason to worry the population of our country about the epidemiological status of coronavirus in China.
And also it was said about the work on the prevention and treatment of influenza, acute respiratory viral infections in our country. As noted, at present, the chief doctors of the centers of sanitary and epidemiological welfare of the Republic of Karakalpakstan, the city of Tashkent and the regions are carrying out consistent work to prevent these diseases. All hospitals in our country are provided with the necessary medical equipment, medicines and medical personnel. In this process, special attention is paid to protecting children from influenza and acute respiratory viral infections.
If we take the example of the city of Tashkent, as of January 1, 2020 there are five children’s clinical hospitals and a children’s department of the city clinical hospital No. 4. At this time, children with high workload are being treated in 1,267 beds of city hospitals. The reason is a temporary exacerbation in winter of seasonal acute respiratory infections among children. Also now, on the basis of the Investment Program, repair work is being carried out in the City Children’s Hospital No. 3. Given this condition, an additional 150 beds were organized in other medical institutions of the city.
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