Xinhua News Agency, Stockholm, May 1st Xinhua News Agency reporters in Europe reported: Many European countries have recently expanded the scale of the new crown virus test, trying to further block the virus transmission chain, and also help ensure the strength of personnel in important positions such as medical care.
French Prime Minister Philippe emphasized in his speech to the National Assembly on April 28 that after May 11, protection, testing and isolation measures will be more critical to control the epidemic. France will step up virus testing and conduct 700,000 tests per week. Philip said that if the test is positive, all of its contacts will be tested and quarantined to block the chain of virus transmission. France will set up a “virus tracking” department to trace the patient’s activity route and contacts.
Although the “loose, self-conscious” anti-epidemic strategy is still being implemented, the Swedish government ’s attitude towards the detection of the new crown virus has also undergone a complete change. Swedish Minister of Health and Social Affairs Lena Hallengren said on April 30 that Sweden has expanded its testing capabilities through various means such as hospital testing, mobile testing stations and self-testing. Person-times. The Swedish Public Health Director John Carlsson said on the 30th that the test results are of great significance to all parties, and the decision to improve the test capacity is based on the judgment that the epidemic will not pass quickly.
The UK Ministry of Health stated on April 22 that it has set up three new large-scale virus testing laboratories to further improve the virus testing network and lay the foundation for a substantial increase in national testing capabilities. John Newton, coordinator of the National New Corona Virus Testing Program, said that these new laboratories and existing testing facilities will form the largest diagnostic testing network in the UK. British Health Minister Matthew Hancock previously said that the government plans to significantly increase the nation ’s virus detection capacity to 100,000 person-times per day by the end of April.
Serbia ’s first “Fire Eye” virus testing laboratory with Chinese companies participating in the design and donation of core equipment was inaugurated in Belgrade, Serbia on April 20. The testing capacity of this laboratory is that it can test 2,000 samples per day. The samples can be collected and processed efficiently, and the results can be reported within 24 hours of receiving the samples.
Many experts believe that for Italy and many European countries, to safely “unblock” it is necessary to conduct large-scale testing, track close contacts and isolate infected persons . Andrea Crisanti, the head of the Microbiology Laboratory at the University of Padova, Italy, believes that due to the amount of reagents and labor costs, priority can be given to “high-risk groups” such as medical staff, supermarket employees, and public service personnel. Detection to reduce the speed of virus transmission. (Note holder: Fu Yiming; seeWith reporters: Chen Zhanjie, Zhang Jiawei, Chen Chen, Shi Zhongyu)
(the original title is “Integrated News: Expanding the Scale of New Coronavirus Detection in Many European Countries”)