On March 1 1, 2020, Liang Zongan, director of the Department of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine of West China Hospital, and Tang Menglin, head nurse of the pediatric ICU of the Department of Critical Care Medicine, joined the China Red Cross Volunteer Expert Group and flew to Italy with relevant humanitarian relief materials to support Italy in fighting the COVID-19 epidemic.

It is understood that the expert group of China Red Cross going to Italy to fight the epidemic was led by experts from China Red Cross 1 and National Center for Disease Control and Prevention 1, and five comrades from Sichuan Province participated, including Tong, an expert from West China Hospital, deputy director and chief technician of Institute of Microbiology of Provincial Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Ji Jin, a lecturer from School of Foreign Languages of Sichuan University, and Qin Xiaoli, director of Chengdu Disaster Preparedness and Relief Center of China Red Cross.

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On March 7, 2020, Zhejiang Province set up a medical expert group on epidemic prevention in China *** 12 people to go to Italy. The expert group will share and exchange experiences with local hospitals and prevention and control experts in COVID-19, provide prevention and control guidance and consultation, and provide medical and health guidance and assistance to local embassies and consulates in China, Chinese-funded enterprises, overseas students and overseas Chinese.

The medical team was led by Qiu Yunqing, executive vice president, infectious disease expert and chief physician of the First Affiliated Hospital of Zhejiang University School of Medicine. It is reported that this is one of the first medical experts sent by the China government to Italy to fight against COVID-19. ?

People's Network-China anti-epidemic medical expert group went to Italy.

Phoenix Net-China Anti-epidemic Expert Group went to Italy to support the fight against the COVID-19 epidemic.