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Preventing and controlling is the most important thing in the battle against the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19), a Chinese medical expert said at a press briefing Monday while sharing experience on fighting the epidemic with overseas counterparts.
Treatment is only secondary, while prevention and control has primary effects, said Du Bin, medical ICU director of the Peking Union Medical College Hospital, who is now a member of a national medical team in the hard-hit Chinese city of Wuhan, Hubei Province.
"You must have plans, and failure to prepare is preparedness for failure," he noted, saying that even now with fewer newly reported cases in Wuhan, they should stay alert.
When asked about specific measures of prevention and control, Du simply stressed "test, test and test."
"Apart from testing, I have no idea how you can identify suspected cases and how to quarantine close contacts," he said, adding that the turning point of the epidemic outbreak in Wuhan only came when all suspected patients and close contacts were isolated.
