An Online Conference About COVID-19

On May 19th, 2020, the online conference on experience sharing for China-ASEAN University Consortium on Medicine and Health on the theme “Diagnosis and Treatment Protocol, Prevention and Control of COVID-19”. The conference was well attended by Mr. FANG Jun, Deputy Director-General of Department of International Cooperation and Exchanges, Ministry of Education, People’s Republic of China; Mr. CHEN Dehai, Secretary-General of ASEAN-China Centre; Prof. Prasit Watanapa, Dean of Faculty of Medicine Siriraj Hospital, Mahidol University & President of the Consortium from ASEAN Side; Prof. ZHAN Qimin, Executive Vice President of Peking University, President of Peking University Health Science Center & President of the Consortium from China Side. The conference was moderated by Prof. ZHANG Ning, Vice President of Peking University Health Science Center (PKUHSC), and Assoc. Prof. Prapat Wanitpongpan, Deputy Dean of Faculty of Medicine Siriraj Hospital, Mahidol Univerisity.

The online conference also provided the experience sharing presentation from the experts:

The Role of Universitas Indonesia during the COVID-19 Pandemic” by Dr. Ari Fahrial Syam, Dean, Faculty of Medicine, Universitas Indonesia & President of ASEAN Medical School Network.

Practices and experience on curing patient and infection control from Peking University Third Hospital in COVID-19 pandemic” by Academician QIAO Jie, Executive Vice President of PKUHSC, President of Peking University Third Hospital, Prof. SHEN Ning, Vice President of Peking University Third Hospital, Dr. Li Shu, Emergency Department, Peking University Third Hospital.

Prof. ZHANG Wenhong, Leader of Shanghai Novel Coronavirus Pneumonia Medical Treatment Expert Group, Director of Infectious Diseases Department, Huashan Hospital Affiliated to Fudan University.

The Unique Mode of against COVID-19 in Wuhan University and it’s Enlightenment” by Prof. TANG Qizhu, Vice President of Wuhan University, Dean of School of Medicine, Wuhan University.

Experience Sharing of Fighting on the Front End in the Hardest-hit City in China” by Prof. XU Kewei, Vice President, Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hospital, Leader of the medical team from Sun Yat-sen University supporting Wuhan city in the fight against Covid-19.

Cytokine Storm in COVID-19 Patients and Proper Management” by Prof. Dato Adeeba Kamarulzaman, Dean of Faculty of Medicine, University of Malaya, Malaysia.

Proper Treatment of Severe COVID-19 Disease” by Assoc. Prof. Nithipatana Chierakul, President of Thoracic Society of Thailand.

Prevention and Control of the Pandemic” by Prof. Dale Fisher, NUS Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National Chair of Infection Prevention and Control, Ministry of Health, Singapore.