Gennady Onishchenko about the dangers of coronavirus: we live, we're not going anywhere

Defensive ditches around the Chinese cities will not help to stop the spread of deadly infection. “It’s just obscurantism, they’re not needed,” — said in the program “60 minutes” first Deputy Chairman of the Duma Committee on education and science Gennady Onishchenko.

He believes that to talk about the epidemic before. “2744 cases 1 600 000 000 of the population — it’s not even an isolated case. This is a Prime example, where party power is commanded by professionals,” — said the Deputy of the state Duma.

Onishchenko has paid attention to the fact that European experts week studied the problem and came to the conclusion that while it is not necessary to speak about the emergency situation. “The fact that China is in the armored vehicles, tanks, digging ditches, we should stop. You need to do business, to conduct explanatory work among the population, and not to disrupt the economy and sow panic,” — said the former head of Rospotrebnadzor.

this Onishchenko assured that the land border of the Russian Federation closed. With China we only have air service. All flights are digitized, you can check each passenger. “No country has not yet closed air links with China, and rightly so. If we close the air border, neither the Russians will not return from there,” he said.

the Deputy of the state Duma noted that, to date, no vaccination against coronavirus is not and until. However, according to him, to be cured from this disease can be. “On the biological studies at the Shanghai University for the treatment of virus you can use 30 of known preparations, among which 12 standard antivirus. So don’t panic, we live, we’re not going anywhere,” — concluded Onishchenko.

the 2019 Outbreak of coronavirus-nCoV has begun in the Chinese city of Wuhan at the end of December 2019. The number of confirmed in Toin China, cases of disease amounted to 2,027, while the number of deceased has increased to 81.
Coronaviruses are a family of more than 30 viruses are divided into two subfamilies. Was first isolated in 1965. Affect people, Pets, birds, pigs, cattle. Coronavirus can cause the defeat of the respiratory system, gastrointestinal tract, nervous system.