The Chinese Red Cross volunteer team of experts in Iran said in an exclusive interview with reporters from the Global Times on the 13th that with the aid of China and the joint efforts of Iranian parties, Iran ’s national nucleic acid detection capacity has reached 200 people per day from the end of February. It has increased to 6,000 person-times per day, and is expected to reach more than 10,000 per day next week. Experts said that the improvement of detection capabilities will help to further identify the actual number of people infected in Iran and do a good job of screening, isolation and treatment. At the same time, the expert team revealed that all domestic and foreign employees in Chinese companies in Iran are now “zero infection” due to the complete “moving” of a set of domestic measures to Iran.
In terms of treatment capacity, Zhou Xiaohang, the leader of the Chinese Red Cross team of experts to Iran, told the Global Times reporter that although Iran has also adopted a designated hospital model, the hospital's treatment capacity is still under great pressure. It still takes the form of home isolation. At the same time, Iran is also imitating the construction of a cabin hospital in China to isolate patients with mild cases, but it is not clear whether the cabin size will be sufficient to treat all patients after completion.
According to public media reports, Iran has learned from China's experience in Qum, Qazvin, Tehran and other places where the epidemic is most severe, and has established a square cabin hospital, each of which can accommodate between 10 and 200 patients.
"When we first arrived,
Iranian officials don't wear masks when meeting with us "
Zhou Xiaohang said that one of the biggest challenges currently facing Iran ’s fight against the epidemic is the serious shortage of medical resources. He said that the Iranian expert team visited the Iranian Ministry of Health, a number of medical institutions, research institutes and community hospitals in the past ten days and found that the protective equipment of medical staff is weak, and there is a large gap in protective clothing and high-grade masks. .
An Iranian girl with multiple relatives in her family engaged in medical work in Iranian hospitals told the Global Times reporter, "What I have learned is that the hospital's capacity is almost at its limit, but the number of patients is still increasing every day. . Due to the shortage of equipment, many medical staff have been infected. If this situation continues, we will face a large shortage of medical staff. "She said that currently Iranian doctors would recommend that most of the symptoms are not severe, but go home and isolate them, but There is no ability to perform nucleic acid tests on all of these people, so many people fail to count towards the confirmed diagnosis.
Another major challenge in Iran's fight against the epidemic is the implementation of social disruptions. Zhou Xiaohang told the Global Times reporter that Iran ’s propaganda work has been put in place in this regard, and the street crowds have also been reduced, but on March 20 Iran is about to usher in its most important annual festival, the Iranian New Year. Convincing people to continue to reduce social and public activities like they do now will be a challenge.
"Overall, Iranians have paid much attention to the epidemic. For example, when we first arrived, Iranian officials basically never wore masks when we were meeting with us. Now whether we are meeting with us or we see In some of their own high-level meetings, Iranian officials have already wore masks. "Zhou Xiaohang said.
Chinese experience is difficult to replicate,
"Some measures Iran cannot really do"
A team of Chinese aid experts in Iran told the Global Times reporter that members of the team of experts have shared much of China's domestic anti-epidemic experience with the Iranian Ministry of Health, medical institutions, communities, and Chinese-funded enterprises and groups in Iran. Zhou Xiaohang said that Chinese-funded enterprises in Iran have completely moved various domestic measures to Iran. "For example, closed management, disinfection, measurement and reporting of questions, and wearing masks are all strictly implemented. Therefore, all employees in Chinese enterprises in Iran, whether Chinese or Iranian, have now achieved 'zero infection'."
The expert team also believes that, given Iran ’s actual national conditions, China ’s anti-epidemic measures are not possible and it is not appropriate to be completely “replicated”. For example, the current standards for Iranian patients to be discharged from hospital are different from those in China. They are mainly judged based on symptoms such as dyspnea and fever and cough, rather than nucleic acid testing. "Considering Iran's current testing capabilities, we believe that this is also in li
The kit mainly relies on donations from China and WHO,
Adherence capacity is still under great pressure
Ma Xuejun, a Chinese member of the WHO expert group for Iran and a researcher at the Institute for Viral Disease Control and Prevention of the Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, told the Global Times reporter that when they first arrived in Iran on February 29, there were only three laboratories for nucleic acid testing in Iran. The daily detection capacity is about 200 times. By March 13, there were 30 network laboratories capable of testing, and the daily testing capacity had reached about 6000 times. Ma Xuejun said that Iran's own laboratory level is good, but it does not have the ability to produce nucleic acid kits by itself, and the 60,000-70,000 kits and expert teams assisted by China have helped it quickly improve its detection capabilities.
According to data from the Iranian Ministry of Health, as of noon on the 14th, 1365 new cases of Iran ’s new coronary pneumonia have been diagnosed in the past 24 hours, and a total of 12,729 confirmed cases, including 611 deaths. However, it is widely believed that this is just the “tip of the iceberg” of the actual number of infected people in Iran: if the detection and treatment capacity of a country is poor, the number of confirmed patients will be much lower than the actual number of infected people.
Ma Xuejun believes that there is still a big gap in Iran's testing needs, and the kit mainly depends on donations from WHO and China. WHO has coordinated the next shipment of kits and other medical supplies to Iran. Next week, Iran is expected to achieve 50 laboratories with testing capabilities, with an average daily testing capability of more than 10,000. He said that further improvement of detection capabilities will help Iran to identify the actual number of infections and achieve early screening, isolation and treatment.
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According to public media reports, Iran has learned from China's experience in Qum, Qazvin, Tehran and other places where the epidemic is most severe, and has established a square cabin hospital, each of which can accommodate between 10 and 200 patients.
"When we first arrived,
Iranian officials don't wear masks when meeting with us "
Zhou Xiaohang said that one of the biggest challenges currently facing Iran ’s fight against the epidemic is the serious shortage of medical resources. He said that the Iranian expert team visited the Iranian Ministry of Health, a number of medical institutions, research institutes and community hospitals in the past ten days and found that the protective equipment of medical staff is weak, and there is a large gap in protective clothing and high-grade masks. .
An Iranian girl with multiple relatives in her family engaged in medical work in Iranian hospitals told the Global Times reporter, "What I have learned is that the hospital's capacity is almost at its limit, but the number of patients is still increasing every day. . Due to the shortage of equipment, many medical staff have been infected. If this situation continues, we will face a large shortage of medical staff. "She said that currently Iranian doctors would recommend that most of the symptoms are not severe, but go home and isolate them, but There is no ability to perform nucleic acid tests on all of these people, so many people fail to count towards the confirmed diagnosis.
Another major challenge in Iran's fight against the epidemic is the implementation of social disruptions. Zhou Xiaohang told the Global Times reporter that Iran ’s propaganda work has been put in place in this regard, and the street crowds have also been reduced, but on March 20 Iran is about to usher in its most important annual festival, the Iranian New Year. Convincing people to continue to reduce social and public activities like they do now will be a challenge.
"Overall, Iranians have paid much attention to the epidemic. For example, when we first arrived, Iranian officials basically never wore masks when we were meeting with us. Now whether we are meeting with us or we see In some of their own high-level meetings, Iranian officials have already wore masks. "Zhou Xiaohang said.
Chinese experience is difficult to replicate,
"Some measures Iran cannot really do"
A team of Chinese aid experts in Iran told the Global Times reporter that members of the team of experts have shared much of China's domestic anti-epidemic experience with the Iranian Ministry of Health, medical institutions, communities, and Chinese-funded enterprises and groups in Iran. Zhou Xiaohang said that Chinese-funded enterprises in Iran have completely moved various domestic measures to Iran. "For example, closed management, disinfection, measurement and reporting of questions, and wearing masks are all strictly implemented. Therefore, all employees in Chinese enterprises in Iran, whether Chinese or Iranian, have now achieved 'zero infection'."
The expert team also believes that, given Iran ’s actual national conditions, China ’s anti-epidemic measures are not possible and it is not appropriate to be completely “replicated”. For example, the current standards for Iranian patients to be discharged from hospital are different from those in China. They are mainly judged based on symptoms such as dyspnea and fever and cough, rather than nucleic acid testing. "Considering Iran's current testing capabilities, we believe that this is also in li
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