On February 27, 2020, Zhong Nanshan delivered a speech at the special news briefing on epidemic prevention and control held by Guangzhou Municipal Government Information Office at Guangzhou Medical University, pointing out that
1. The epidemic situation in COVID-19 may be worse than SARS. Probably one person can infect two or three people, and the infection is very fast;
2. I am confident that the epidemic will be basically controlled by the end of April;
3. The probability of reinfection of patients with "recurrence" after discharge is very low;
4. The status of China's CDC is too low, and its special status has not been paid enough attention, so it should be reported at the first level;
5. The world needs to establish a joint prevention and control mechanism;
6. In the past, we didn't pay enough attention to sudden infectious diseases and didn't carry out continuous scientific research;
It is impossible to develop a new drug in a month.
On March 9, 2020, Zhong Nanshan said at the Guangdong expert symposium on epidemic prevention and control that the global epidemic situation in COVID-19 is estimated to last at least until June, and the focus of prevention and control will shift from export to import. At the same time, measures should be taken to isolate China from epidemic areas outside China.
On September 3, 2020, Zhong Nanshan was selected as a member of the WHO expert group for COVID-19 epidemic response assessment.
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Sars period
Since the beginning of 2003, Guangdong and other places began to have an outbreak of pneumonia with unknown causes, Zhong Nanshan has been paying close attention to the development of the epidemic.
In February, 2003, Zhong Nanshan denied the view that "typical chlamydia is the cause of atypical pneumonia" in China Center for Disease Control and Prevention, which is directly affiliated to the Ministry of Health, and provided decision-making basis for Guangdong health administrative department to formulate treatment plan in time.
On February 1 1, 2003, Zhong Nanshan said at the press conference held by the Guangdong Provincial Health Department: "Citizens will not be infected when they go to public places for normal activities, and the general public need not be overly afraid of it in their daily lives." On April 1 1, the press conference stated that "there was no deliberate concealment in the early stage of SARS in Guangdong Province".
The research group led by Zhong Nanshan put forward a set of effective treatment methods, which greatly improved the rescue success rate of critical SARS patients in Guangdong, reduced the mortality rate and significantly shortened the treatment time of patients. Based on many years' experience, Zhong Nanshan first used mask ventilation to maintain the patient's life, and then used appropriate doses of corticosteroids to stop bleeding in patients with pulmonary cystic fibrosis.
Facts have proved that his judgment and attempt are correct. The expert group sent by the World Health Organization believes that the treatment experience explored by Guangdong experts headed by Zhong Nanshan has certain guiding significance for the world to fight against atypical pneumonia. However, the use of hormones has caused sequelae, which makes the recovered people need to treat other symptoms for life.
Character and words and deeds
Zhong Nanshan is famous for telling the truth about the epidemic. At the press conference of the Taiwan Affairs Office of the State Council on April 1 1, 2003, he said, "From a medical point of view, the disease has not been effectively controlled? Because the pathogen of the disease is not clear, it can't be controlled.
(Reporter: Is the protection of medical staff in China in place? ) no! On April 3rd, Zhang, Minister of Health of China, said on behalf of the Minister that the SARS epidemic situation had been effectively controlled in some areas of China? It is also safe to come to China for work, travel and meetings.
In addition, on February 18, 2003, China Center for Disease Control and Prevention wrongly pointed out that the pathogen of SARS was chlamydia, and Zhong Nanshan corrected the pathogen of SARS as virus at the emergency meeting of Guangdong Provincial Health Department that day.