Chang Shan-chwen
Chang Shan-chwen () is a Taiwanese medical researcher and academic administrator. He convenes the advisory specialist panel of the Central Epidemic Command Center (CECC), which is associated with the Centers for Disease Control in Taiwan. Chang Shan-chwen is vice president of National Taiwan University and professor of medicine in the university's medical college. Academic background Chang has previously held posts including chief of the Division of Infection, Immunology and Rheumatology within the Department of Internal Medicine at National Taiwan University Hospital; and dean of the National Taiwan University College of Medicine. COVID-19 pandemic in Taiwan Chang regularly attended press conferences to provide updates about the coronavirus in Taiwan. He says that of the current confirmed cases in Taiwan, the symptoms are mainly fever, respiratory symptoms, and loss of olfactory taste. He noted that the two groups most susceptible to coronavirus are students and members of tour groups. He has also said there has been an increasing numbers of confirmed COVID-19 infected patients with diarrhoea. He has noted that the CECC decided to expand screening to patients with pneumonia – hoping to detect those infected with COVID-19 more quickly and before they infect others. In March 2020, Chang helped to investigate