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Xinhua News Agency, Stockholm, May 1 Reporters from the Xinhua News Agency in Europe reported: Many European countries have recently expanded the scale of the new coronavirus test to try to further block the chain of transmission of the virus, and also help ensure staff strength in important positions such as healthcare.
French Prime Minister Philippe emphasized in his speech to the National Assembly on April 28 that after May 11, protective, testing and isolation measures will be more critical to controlling the epidemic. France will step up virus testing and carry out 700,000 tests per week. Philip said that if the test is positive, all of his contacts will be tested and quarantined to block the virus’s transmission chain. France will establish a “virus tracking” department to track the activity path of the patient and his contacts.
Although the “loose, self-aware” anti-epidemic strategy is still in place, the Swedish government’s attitude towards detecting new coronaviruses has also undergone a complete change in recent days. Swedish Health and Social Affairs Minister Lena Hallengren said on April 30 that Sweden has expanded its testing capabilities through various means, such as hospital tests, mobile test stations and self-assessments, and is expected to reach the 100,000 weekly tests in mid-May. Times of person. Swedish Director of Public Health John Carlsson said on the 30th that the test results are of great importance to all parties, and the decision to improve the capacity of the test is based on the judgment that the epidemic does not It will pass quickly.
On April 22, the British Health Ministry said it has just established three major virus analysis laboratories to further improve the virus analysis network and lay the groundwork for a substantial increase in national analysis capabilities. John Newton, coordinator of the New Corona National Virus Testing Program, said these new laboratories and existing testing facilities will form the UK’s largest network of diagnostic tests. British Health Minister Matthew Hancock previously said the government plans to significantly increase the nation’s virus detection capacity to 100,000 people per day by the end of April.
The first “Fire Eye” virus testing laboratory in Serbia, where Chinese companies participated in the design and donation of core equipment, opened in Belgrade, Serbia on April 20. The testing capacity of this laboratory is that it can analyze 2,000 samples per day. Samples can be collected and processed efficiently, and results can be reported within 24 hours of receipt of samples.
Many experts believe that for Italy and many European countries, safe “unlocking” requires large-scale testing, tracing close contacts, and isolating infected people. Andrea Crisanti, head of the Microbiology Laboratory at the University of Padua, Italy, believes that due to the amount of reagents and labor costs, priority can be given to “high risk groups” such as medical personnel, supermarket employees and public service personnel. Detection to reduce the speed of virus transmission. (Note holder: Fu Yiming; participating reporters: Chen Zhanjie, Zhang Jiawei, Chen Chen, Shi Zhongyu)
