Need to be careful: the Director of evramur who assessed the situation with COVID-19 in Russia

As the situation with coronavirus COVID-19 in Russia is estimated in the world health organization said in an interview with TV channel “Russia 1″ ” the Director of who / Europe Hans Kluge.

“Hello,” in Russian, welcomed the correspondent nail Asker-zade, Hans Kluge,

— How do you assess the measures taken in Russia to combat coronavirus?

“Russia has implemented all the recommendations of the who, says Kluge. — Implemented the cumulative approach, containment, mitigation, and engagement companies. But there are problems, as well as in other countries that are related to the fact that the medical staff, for example, must be very well protected against coronavirus infections.”

— Now, many countries emerge from quarantine, but the restrictions are not removed completely.

“European organization who released detailed guidance to countries on when and how to weaken action. Can’t say that at the moment we are unable to face reality after a coronavirus, for example, there is no such thing as “after the virus”, — said the Director of the European Bureau of who. And we have to learn to live with a coronavirus in the same way as we have learned to live with other viruses such as seasonal flu. A new element is that we must learn to protect the most vulnerable people in society.”

— You remember the moment or maybe the message about the number of infected per day when you thought, well, all the nightmare?

“Yes, very well remember, because in that moment I celebrated Christmas, nodding Shans Kluge. And not only I, but all the world health organization reacted very quickly December 31. In early January, and Dr. Golden Gallea from the main office immediately sent a team of doctors in Wuhan, which is the first week of January was reported about a virus that is transmitted from person to person and causes atypical pneumonia. That was really oodvitalino is the speed. Here we must be Frank and say that many countries and agencies were caught off guard by the speed of spread of the virus”.

– do you think the mortality rate in different countries? And why, in your opinion, in Russia the low mortality?

“There are a lot of discussions about mortality, the mortality rate. First, I want to say that mortality is not an indicator of how your health system. You need to be very careful, warns Hans Kluge. For example, we saw high mortality rate in China, but then, when the epidemic is “old”, the mortality rate has decreased. There are many factors, such as the number of conducted tests. The more tests, the less the mortality rate. In some countries, such as Belgium, for example, the mortality rate was higher but has been tested by medical personnel. And now Belgium is expanding its capabilities for testing, and the mortality rate is falling. There is also a dependence on the age of your population. There are a lot of factors. We are working with the who country office in Moscow, with the Ministry of health and Rospotrebnadzor. Everything will be more clear with the development of the epidemic. It is too early to make a precise statement, it is necessary to treat this with great caution.”

— COVID-19 with us for almost six months, you new discovered, knew about it? There is a feeling — the farther, the more questions than answers about the virus?

“That’s right, agrees Kluge. — There are many things that we know and much that we don’t know. But you need to understand that this is a new and young virus. There are three risk factors: the majority of cases are men, then age — especially men over 65, other diseases that reduce immunity, especially cardiovascular disease, kidney disease, diabetes. We also know that works well, as I said. This respiratory hygiene, physical distance, and hygiene ruK. See, I have some sanitizer. There are some things that we don’t know. For example, children. As a General rule, children are less spread the disease. Even if they are sick, sick in the form of light. But in a few weeks we see the Kawasaki syndrome, which affects the organs, the immune system and is very deadly. Before, we thought that it is not associated with coronavirus, but now I doubt it. Now who activates a global network of pediatricians. We adapt the description of cases of the disease for close monitoring. But you’re right, we still have much to learn. The main thing is to implement what we know and make it work.”

Thank you!

“Thank you very much, — the Director of evramur who again in Russian. – Be healthy!”