Hindustan Times:

From the Hindustan Times newspaper. In the last couple of days, there have been spike in cases in India. Keeping in mind that both India and China have similarly densely populated cities and regions, what advice would the doctors have for their colleagues back in India, [and] the health authorities that are looking into this? How can this be tackled and stopped from being escalating into an epidemic in India?

Qiao Jie:

Thank you for the question. Actually, China and India are the two most important countries in Asia. And we have some similarities, aspects like the large population and habits of people like [family activities together]. And also the medical system and technique—there is some room to improve. So, I think we have something to share. In my experience in hospital treatment, actually we have no enough medical staff to deal with the infection disease. Most of staff have no or lacked the experience for treating the infection disease combined together with this pneumonia and other complicated conditions.

So, first we need to train more medical staff for facing this special COVID-19 disease—mild and severe, different [types of] training. And also how to protect themselves. Even putting on and taking off protective clothing also need education and training. And as for the equipment—need to prepare first, invasive or non-invasive. [The equipment] we need for treatment of different diseases need to be prepared first.

The third thing is room preparation, like the negative pressure ward. It’s difficult to change completely, but [we] can practically. For example, by using high power and exhausted fan in the ward, we can change the airflow and [increase] safety for the patient and the medical doctor and nurse.

And as for the training, for the community populations, even wearing mask and washing hands, need step-by-step training, and it can isolate the disease epidemic. It's all very important. Thank you.

Xi Yanchun:

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