Wang Guangfa (, born 1964) is a Chinese physician. He is a respiratory expert at .

Career

Wang entered

Beijing Medical University } Beijing ( ; ; ), alternatively romanized as Peking ( ), is the capital of the People's Republic of China. It is the center of power and development of the country. Beijing is the world's most populous national capital city, with over 21 ...

in 1981, majoring in medical, where he graduated in 1987 and earned a bachelor's degree. Between 1995 and 1996 he was studied in

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, majoring in respiratory medicine. Later, he earned a master's degree in

Peking University Peking University (PKU; ) is a public research university in Beijing, China. The university is funded by the Ministry of Education. Peking University was established as the Imperial University of Peking in 1898 when it received its royal charter ...

in 2001, and doctor's degree in 2006. Since 1998 he started working in . During SARS Outbreak, he served as the chief examiner and expert group leader of SARS at Peking University First Hospital, responsible for SARS treatment of the hospital. In January 2020, a "unknown cause pneumonia" (later known as

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) outbreak in Wuhan. Wang was part of National Health Commission's expert group and visited

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. On 10 January, Wang told

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(CCTV) that "There was uncertainty regarding the human-to-human transmission" and the outbreak was "preventable and controllable". However, he was infected by COVID-19 and hospitalized on 21 January. On 30 January, he recovered and discharged from the hospital.

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