Will Asymptomatic People Become The Source Of Infection?

At present, in addition to imported cases abroad, “asymptomatic infection” has also attracted much attention.
In response to asymptomatic infections, CCTV reporters interviewed Lu Jinxing, secretary of the Party Committee of the Infectious Disease Prevention and Control Center of the Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention.
Lu Jinxing, Secretary of the Party Committee of the Institute for Infectious Disease Control and Prevention of the Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention: Among the large numbers of samples we have done, some individuals do have a relatively long detoxification cycle. As for individual individuals, is he infectious and has not done some Detailed research has no direct data to prove that he is contagious, but after all, there are certain potential risks.
Reporter: Will asymptomatic people become a source of infection?
Lu Jinxing, Secretary of the Party Committee of the Institute for Communicable Disease Control and Prevention of the Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention: The risk in Wuhan should be smaller than that in the country. The period of exposure has been long enough. Such a long, long-term containment and control measure is far away. Far beyond what we call the 14-day incubation period. If he has a problem, it should have been revealed long ago. It is not absolute, and we still cannot relax in our future work.
Journalist: Cut off the source of infection. So how do we find out those asymptomatic and infectious people in the next step?
Lu Jinxing, Secretary of the Party Committee of the Institute of Infectious Disease Control and Prevention of the Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention: It is necessary to strengthen the relevant fever clinics, including the hospital’s infectious disease department. If there is a similar situation, find it in time and identify him in time .
Reporter: Immediately until April 8th, (Wuhan) everything is back to normal. The future will be ordinary Wuhan people. How can they prevent and control it?
Lu Jinxing, Secretary of the Party Committee of the Institute for Communicable Disease Control and Prevention of the Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention: I think the most effective measure is to wear a mask in a public place where people are crowded. Ordinary or medical surgical masks are sufficient. Everyone wears medical protective masks like N95 or above.