The novel coronavirus pneumonia continues to spread. As of 13:00 on January 29, a total of 6,014 confirmed cases have been reported. At the critical period of the whole country's fight against pneumonia, people pay attention to the progress of the epidemic and need to fully and systematically understand the authoritative knowledge related to epidemic prevention in order to better stay away from the epidemic. Recently,
users can search for keywords such as "pneumonia" and "new coronavirus pneumonia" on Baidu, enter the manual on the search result aggregation page, or view it in the "Fighting Pneumonia" channel of Baidu App to obtain comprehensive protection and treatment information.
It is understood that this epidemic prevention manual contains systematic protection and treatment guidelines, timely updates authoritative knowledge for all types of people, including the knowledge of wearing masks and home habits in the asymptomatic instructions, the isolation methods of self-examination for close contacts, how to report, typical manifestations of the guide for suspected people, treatment suggestions for confirmed cases, etc., which can save time for all types of users to screen information online. The rumor section is sorted by real-time popularity, which can block the spread of rumors faster and keep users away from panic. In addition, professional doctors’ online answers are displayed through real cases, which are highly referenceable and have a sense of scene, making it easier for users to understand the symptoms of the disease.
It is worth mentioning that the National Key Laboratory for Infectious Disease Diagnosis and Treatment, which was jointly released by the manual, was one of the earliest units to successfully cultivate and isolate SARS virus that year. After the outbreak of the new epidemic this year, the laboratory successfully isolated the new coronavirus strain on January 25, laying a solid foundation for the development of new coronavirus vaccines, screening of antiviral drugs, and research and development of rapid detection reagents.
Since the spread of the novel coronavirus pneumonia epidemic, Baidu has also become the most important channel for people to obtain authoritative information about the epidemic. Data shows that currently, 1 billion people browse epidemic-related information and knowledge through Baidu App every day. Baidu continues to change authoritative information to help users better obtain information and knowledge.
It is understood that since the outbreak of the epidemic, Baidu has joined hands with authoritative domestic medical experts to launch the entry "New coronavirus infection with pneumonia". At the same time, through big data, it summarized the core hot search questions of netizens after the outbreak, including what is coronavirus, the clinical manifestations of new coronavirus pneumonia, the transmission route of coronavirus, who is prone to infection with coronavirus and how to prevent coronavirus, and jointly with well-known experts to answer in detail and present the search results.
In addition, Baidu also linked with the Beijing Center for Disease Control and Prevention to answer the question of "preventing novel coronavirus infection". Baidu Baijiahao has opened an official account to refute rumors, and has connected with the core authoritative media such as CCTV, People's Daily , Global Times , and Global Times to refute rumors.
