Working as the Program Manager of Non-Communicable Diseases and Healthy Living in the Turkey Office of the World Health Organization, Prof.Dr. Toker Ergüder said that the new type of coronavirus, which emerged in Wuhan, China and caused the death of many people, is not a new virus. Stating that there were epidemics related to coronavirus in both China and the Middle East before, Prof. Dr. Ergüder said that this virus, which is from the corona virus family, is called the ‘new coronavirus’ because it has not been encountered before. Reminding that the new type of coronavirus emerged in December 2019, Prof.Dr. Ergüder, “Therefore, there is currently no medicine or vaccine proven, scientifically proven, tested and tested by the World Health Organization. “He is doing the necessary work especially to develop a vaccine, but the research has not yet been concluded. There is no treatment for this newly emerged virus at the moment. The development of the vaccine takes at least 3-4 months,” said.
Do not touch these animals because
Prof. Dr. Emphasizing that the important thing here is that people take their own precautions, Ergüder said, “These precautions are actually the precautions we take against the flu. Some of them are washing your hands frequently with soapy water, sneezing or coughing with a tissue or a wet cloth. Of course, our recommendation in this process is not to eat raw meat. Meat should be cooked and boiled as much as possible. This is not the case in Turkey, but we should not touch wild animals and animal species we do not know too much,” said.
Masks do not protect against viruses
Prof.Dr. Ergüder, “For example, can it be transmitted from pets? It can’t be transmitted. Could there be a virus in packages from China? No. Do antibiotics work? Antibiotics don’t work, antibiotics are for bacteria, but this virus. They don’t work either. Another question we were asked was, ‘Do these masks protect?’ Masks do not prevent you from getting a virus from someone else. Masks prevent your disease from being transmitted to others through droplets. Therefore, we do not recommend wearing a mask to the general public. If a person has a disease or has such a suspicion, one should not be in close contact with them too much” used the expressions. Noting that there are some herbal medicines and methods related to the epidemic, but there is no known medicine or vaccine because it is a new virus, Prof. Dr. Ergüder said that the Ministry of Health has taken the necessary precautions and that the decisions taken should be followed. Noting that there are some herbal medicines and methods related to the epidemic, but there is no known medicine or vaccine because it is a new virus, Prof.Dr. Ergüder said that the Ministry of Health has taken the necessary precautions and that the decisions taken should be followed.
There is nothing to be afraid of
There are currently close to 18 thousand cases of the new type of coronavirus epidemic and 17 thousand 800 of them Stating that he is in China, Prof.Dr. Ergüder, “Currently, 99.9 percent of the cases are in China. Apart from this, there have been cases in 23 more countries, but the majority of these cases, 80 percent, are people from China. Currently, the World Health Organization and As the Turkish Ministry of Health, we are following the situation closely. We hope the epidemic will be stopped before it spreads outside of China, but there is nothing to fear globally at the moment. The lethality of the virus is also very low, around 2 percent. Previously, these were much higher in MERS and SARS. 15 percent. “There were cases up to 50 percent. For example, this was higher in ebola. Our citizens should follow the decisions and measures taken by the Scientific Committee of the Ministry of Health, without panic. Personal precautions will be sufficient accordingly.” he said. prof. Dr. Ergüder also stated that as the World Health Organization Turkey Office, they work very closely and in coordination with both the World Health Organization Headquarters, the World Health Organization Europe Regional Office and the relevant units of the Ministry of Health, and that they are closely following this process and trying to take the necessary measures together.
