Summary of news
- China may have information about the first coronavirus infections in Wuhan.
- The data was on an open access platform but has been removed.
- The WHO requests that information be shared with the folder.
- Information can indicate the origin of the pandemic to the WHO.
China may have information that could reveal origin of Covid pandemic Aly Song/Portal 06/02/2022
The WHO (World Health Organization) this Friday (17) made its umpteenth appeal to China to share any scientific information that could be useful in determining the origin of the Covid19 pandemic, after noting that the giant Asia genetic and molecular results preserved pointed to the animal market as the first focus of the public health emergency.
The information, which comes from the Centers for Disease Prevention and Control (CDC, the English acronym) in China, was released on an openaccess scientific platform in January and discovered by European experts, who analyzed it and reported their findings to the WHO. but since then all this data has been removed.
The WHO said as soon as it learned of the case (five days ago) it asked the Chinese authorities to provide the information, which it has not yet done.
The company clarified that these data do not allow definitive conclusions about the start of the pandemic, but “represent an important element for us to get closer to a response”.
Western scientists who were able to download and work with the information from China presented their findings to a WHO expert panel dedicated to determining the origin of new pathogens, including the cause of Covid19.
The WHO has asked China to send the data directly to these experts for more comprehensive analysis later.
The organization’s directorgeneral, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, said at a virtual press conference that “this information could and should have been shared three years ago,” reiterating his call for China to act transparently.
For now, the indirect information obtained by the organization corresponds to genetic and molecular tests of samples collected from the Wuhan food and animal market in January 2020 that were positive for the SarsCoV2 virus.
“However, the virus has not been identified in animals or animal samples on the market, nor have we found animals that have infected humans,” said Maria Van Kherkove, WHO technical officer for response to the pandemic.
“We are directly asking the China CDC to make this information available to the international community. Any information that is available, any data that is available, whether from China or any other country, must be shared,” he reiterated.
The epidemiologist stressed that there are still several hypotheses about the origin of the coronavirus, which has caused almost 7 million deaths worldwide, 5,000 of them in the last week alone.
For this, the WHO told China that it should conduct further studies to track down the animal that may have acted as an intermediary and infected humans, and to find out if the virus leaked from a laboratory and where the animals came from the Wuhan market. .
“The part of the information that we don’t have yet is, for example, where the animals came from, from which farm. We also ask about serological tests from people who have worked in the market or on the farms where the animals come from, but “these are all questions that have not been answered,” regretted Van Kherkove.
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Omega 3
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Complex B vitamins
Scientists from Wayne State University School of Medicine in Michigan (USA) found in 2009 that depression, dementia and intellectual deficit are often associated with a lack of B vitamins B1, B2, B3, B5, B6, B7 . B9 and B12. The first, for example, is essential to give us energy, which the brain needs almost constantly. B7 (biotin) plays an important role in neurotransmitters. B9 (folate) also acts on the nervous system. These vitamins are found in eggs, yogurt, legumes (black beans, chickpeas, and lentils), sunflower seeds, salmon, and leafy greens. There are also supplements
magnesium
Magnesium acts on more than 300 enzymes in our body and regulates a number of functions, including the nervous system. Studies have already shown that this mineral particularly magnesium bisglycinate, malate, dimalate or lactate supplements plays an important role in anxiety, depression and insomnia and in some cases is an ally to help alleviate these conditions. In food it is found in chestnuts, bananas, cooked spinach and beans, among others.
Vitamin D
A recent study in the United States showed that the Vitamin D may improve brain performance. The researchers found that people with high levels of the nutrient in four brain areas had better brain function as they got older, compared to those with low levels. Vitamin D is obtained from sun exposure but can also be supplemented under medical supervision.
vitamin C
There is scientific evidence that vitamin C supplementation may have a positive effect on mood in people with symptoms of depression, which could mitigate the low cognitive function common in these disorders.