The female researcher confirmed by the P3 laboratory in Taiwan recalled the details of the rat bite and was accused of violating the operation

According to Taiwan's "Zhongshi News Network", after the female research assistant of the P3 laboratory of taiwan's "Academia Sinica" Gene Research Center was confirmed to be infected with new crown pneumonia, Chen Shizhong, commander of the Taiwan Regional Epidemic Command Center, said that the source of infection was determined in the laboratory, but the community still needed to be monitored. He also revealed that the researcher did not comply with standard operating procedures (SOPs) when operating, but whether he was infected with the new crown virus as a result is still uncertain.

Chen Shizhong was interviewed by the media on the afternoon of the 12th, and regarded the infection of the Delta mutation strain by the female research assistant of Taiwan's "Academia Sinica", he said that it is a two-pronged approach from the inside and the outside to monitor what is the problem.

Taipei Municipal Environmental Protection Bureau personnel disinfect in the "Academia Sinica" building Source: Taiwan media

Chen Shizhong revealed that so far, the laboratory operation SOP (standard operating procedures) formulated by Taiwan's "Academia Sinica" is not a big problem, mainly due to omissions in the implementation. According to the statement of the infected party, after she was bitten by the laboratory mouse, she hurriedly took off the gloves first, and then took off the experimental gown, which was inconsistent with the SOP.

Chen Shizhong said that the correct procedure is to take off the experimental clothes first and then remove the gloves, but the operation procedure of the researchers of the "Academia Sinica" is not like this, but whether it is infected because of this is not yet certain. However, after the researcher was infected, the test results of his close contacts were negative, indicating that the epidemic did not expand, which is a good sign.

In addition, Taiwan media broke the news that an insider of the "Academia Sinica" revealed that the research assistant infected with the epidemic actually did not go through the prescribed 3-year training at all, and was suspected of not following the regulations when wearing and taking off gloves, only wearing a layer of gloves, and finally being bitten by mice with gamma and alpha variants.

Chen Shizhong said on the 13th that the current preliminary investigation shows that there is indeed such a situation, but whether the officer has completed his training period and whether the "Academia Sinica" has employed people in accordance with soops is still unclear and needs to be further investigated.

It is rumored that Taiwan's "Academia Sinica" will catch ducks on the shelves due to insufficient manpower in the laboratory, but Chen Shizhong pointed out that if no manpower can be found, this is of course a difficulty that everyone will encounter, but after finding it, it should be trained well.

Who should be responsible for this laboratory infection incident? Chen Shizhong said that this also depends on the final investigation results, and does not rule out any possibility.

(Editor: ZLQ)