In a recent speech on social platforms, Dr. Zhang Wenhong said that China CDC has systematically monitored all virus strains. Shanghai CDC detected the first VOC strain, immediately reported it to China CDC, and released it to the world in China CDC's official magazine "China CDC Weekly". This shows that scientists and scholars in China tracked the mutant strain in COVID-19 in real time until it was reported, but it has been monitored for a long time. Therefore, we should trust our scientists and scholars.
It also shows that it not only has the ability to monitor mutant virus strains, but also has the ability to culture these virus strains, neutralize them with current antiviral serum and combine them with vaccine-induced neutralizing antibodies. There has been a preliminary study.
Dr. Zhang Wenhong said that there is nothing special about this disease, and it is no different from other patients infected with COVID-19 pneumonia. Dr Zhang Wenhong also browsed the patient's medical records, but because there was nothing special, he didn't pay attention at all. The symptoms of this case are so mild that it doesn't need the attention of Dr. Zhang Wenhong. Moreover, this patient has now turned negative for nucleic acid and left the isolation ward.
Dr. Zhang Wenhong also explained that the mutated virus would not have any clinical features. Although its transmission power may increase slightly, there are isolation measures at present, and these isolation methods are very effective, and the vaccine can still play a role in this regard. We will still expect to control the epidemic as soon as possible after the vaccine goes on the market, and reduce the chance that the virus will escape the vaccine protection through mutation during the epidemic spread.