At the same time, Volvo Cars also conducted face-to-face interviews with experts from the Shanghai Public Health Clinical Center on issues of vaccine and drug development and personal protection that people in novel coronavirus are concerned about.
First of all, let's take a look at the advice of two experts on our daily personal protection!
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Ask and answer. Can you introduce Shanghai Public Health Clinical Center?
Professor Zhu:
Shanghai Public Health Clinical Center has the world's top virology, bacteriology and immunology research teams and a complete clinical rescue force. It is the only research, teaching and training institution of emerging infectious diseases in the World Health Organization, and has played an important role in the epidemic battles triggered by SARS, H7N9, Ebola and Zika. The public health center also has world-class conditions of large negative pressure wards to ensure biological safety and zero infection in hospitals.
Ask and answer. A: What role does the public health center play in fighting the novel coronavirus epidemic?
Professor Zhu:
The Public Health Center is the only hospital in Shanghai that treats adults infected with novel coronavirus, and it is also responsible for scientific research, clinical transformation and vaccine development in novel coronavirus.
In the process of fighting the epidemic, the Public Health Center is the first professional infectious disease treatment institution in the world to analyze the complete gene sequence of the new virus and publish it to the world, which has won time for the world to diagnose novel coronavirus.
Ask and answer. A: What role will Volvo cars play in donating to public health centers?
Professor Zhu:
We have recently received support and help from all walks of life across the country. Volvo cars are particularly unique among them. Not only donated medical equipment urgently needed for clinical frontline and scientific research, but also directed funds to support our scientific research work.
The key to conquering novel coronavirus is scientific research. The targeted funds provided by Volvo Cars will be mainly used for research on pathogenesis, vaccines and drugs. In these three aspects, public health centers are already at the top level in the world.
The research on the pathogenic mechanism is mainly for the traceability and purification of the virus, because we must find out where the virus comes from before we can solve this problem. The research of drugs and vaccines is also aimed at effective treatment and prevention. These three points are the key points that the public needs to know to fight the epidemic. ?
Protecting life and health and saving lives are the top priority of medical institutions. Volvo cars are also famous for their safety and health. At this point, Volvo Cars and our philosophy are completely consistent. We are very grateful to Volvo Car for its foresight and help us solve the problems in novel coronavirus more quickly. Because every second counts, the amount of funds needed to develop vaccines is also huge. On the basis of government support, the funds donated by enterprises and society can be quickly put in place, which also adds weight to winning the battle against the epidemic as soon as possible.
Ask and answer. A: What's the latest progress of public health centers in vaccine research and development in novel coronavirus? What is its uniqueness?
Professor Xu:
For novel coronavirus, the public health center has many years of research and development experience and multiple technical reserves. Two vaccines designed by the public health center team are progressing in an orderly manner.
Among them, the "rapid anti-COVID-19 vaccine" is about to break through. The vaccine takes human cells as vaccine carrier and carries virus S protein instead of COVID-19 itself, which is characterized by rapidity, safety and high efficiency. Using human cells as vaccine carriers, the Public Health Center is the only team in the world that adopts this technology.
The second is "broad-spectrum anti-coronavirus vaccine". The Center for Public Health has also started research. If we want to completely fight against coronavirus, the most important thing is to develop a broad-spectrum vaccine. This vaccine is expected to prevent SARS, MERS, 20 19-nCoV and bat-borne coronavirus at the same time. This means that some novel coronavirus will be transmitted to people in the future, and we can control it.
Ask and answer. A: What is the cycle from vaccine research and development to market application? At present, can the public hope to get novel coronavirus vaccine as soon as possible?
Professor Xu:
In fact, the upstream research and development of the whole vaccine can be completed in about one month to one and a half months. However, it is impossible for traditional vaccines to be marketed in 4-5 years. Inactivated vaccines can be faster and can be completed in three to six months.
Now with innovative technology, the time for vaccine development can be shortened. Of course, we are also looking at whether the country will open up a green channel and push the newly developed vaccine to the clinic as soon as possible, but this is another matter of time.
Ask and answer. A: Is there any specific medicine for novel coronavirus? What is the principle of drugs used in clinical diagnosis and treatment?
Professor Xu:
At present, the medical community is still exploring the specific drugs in novel coronavirus, but it is not so fast in developing directly targeted drugs. Because novel coronavirus is an RNA virus, there are several key links in the replication cycle. For example, the synthesis of RNA genome requires nucleotides, and clinical diagnosis and treatment require several drugs, mainly including nucleoside inhibitors, protease inhibitors, interferon inhibitors, broad-spectrum antiviral drugs and drugs that inhibit inflammation.
A broad-spectrum antiviral spray developed by the Public Health Center on 20 14 during the outbreak of H7N9 epidemic was resistant to different viruses causing respiratory infections. In the process of fighting the epidemic, this drug has entered the middle and lower reaches of the production process, and quickly put into emergency occupational protection for frontline medical staff.
Ask and answer. A: major cities in China are about to usher in the peak of return journey. Any suggestions on personal virus protection?
Professor Zhu:
Mainly do personal protection, wash your hands frequently and wear a mask. According to the latest research, the handle of the door, the button of the elevator, the desktop and other places that people can easily touch every day may cause the spread of the virus. As long as everyone is well protected, the spread of the virus will be blocked and the epidemic will slowly subside.
As the world's first luxury car brand that advocates the concept of health, Volvo Cars has always been people-oriented and has been actively paying attention to innovative technologies that change the course of human life. Thanks to active and in-depth exchanges and cooperation with various disciplines, Volvo Cars has continuously introduced primary innovations in the health field.