Zhang Jixian

Zhang Jixian
Born1966 (age 57–58)
EducationDepartment of Clinical Medicine, Hubei Medical University
Known forDiscovering the SARS‑CoV‑2
Medical career
ProfessionMaster of Medicine, Professor
FieldPulmonology
InstitutionsHubei Provincial Hospital of Integrated Chinese & Western Medicine
Chinese name
Simplified Chinese
Traditional Chinese

Zhang Jixian (simplified Chinese: 张继先; traditional Chinese: 張繼先; pinyin: Zhāng Jìxiān, born 1966) is a Chinese pulmonologist. She is known to have discovered SARS‑CoV‑2, and was the director of the Department of Respiratory Medicine of Hubei Provincial Hospital of Integrated Chinese & Western Medicine. She is also a member of the Chinese Communist Party.[2][3]

  1. ^ 光明日报 (8 April 2020). "【光明日报】哭笑天使". 湖北省卫生健康委员会 (in Chinese). Retrieved 3 June 2021.[permanent dead link]
  2. ^ 新华网. "湖北给予张定宇、张继先记大功奖励". 新华网 (in Chinese). 新华网. 新华社. Archived from the original on 7 February 2020. Retrieved 7 February 2020.
  3. ^ 澎湃新闻. "请记住张继先这个名字!最早发现这种不一样的肺炎并上报疫情的是她". 澎湃新闻 (in Chinese). Archived from the original on 7 February 2020. Retrieved 7 February 2020.

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