Active researches on prevention and treatment of COVID-19 by Chinese scholars with signifícant results

ABSTRACT

At present, novel Coronavirus is spreading wordwide, with rapid speed, strong transinissibility and many spreading channels. On January 31, 2020, WHO declared the pneumonia (COVID-19) outbreak caused by novel Coronavirus to be "an public health emergency of international concern". As of May 31, 2020, Beijing time, the cumulative number of confirmed COVID-19 cases worldwide had exceeded 6.21 million, and the cumulative number of deaths had exceeded 370 000. The outbreak of COVID-19 has prompted Chinese medical and health prevention researchers to carry out a large number of studies on COVID-19, and the important achievements have been published in many medical journals at home and abroad. Through CNKI, this study analyzed and summarized COVID-19 related articles published by Chinese scholars in domestic medical journals from January to April 2020. It was found that COVID-19 related articles were published in a wide range of journals and research institutions, including hospitals, universities, research institutes and pharmaceutical companies. The research content is comprehensive, including pathogenesis, virus antibody detection, COVID-19 diagnosis, epidemic prevention and control strategies, vaccine development and treatment drug development, etc. The treatment of COVID-19 is multipath,including anti-virus, improving the body' s immunity. Western medicine treatment, TCM conditioning and integrated treatment of traditional Chinese and Western medicine. These research findings and diagnosis and treatment experience provide important references for the prevention and treatment of COVID-19 around the world.