Chen Wei: The epidemic continues to charge
Since the beginning of this year, the team of Chen Wei, an academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering and a researcher of the Academy of Military Medicine of the Academy of Military Sciences, has made persistent efforts and created flashing moments worth remembering one after another.
On February 25, the adenovirus vector vaccine was conditionally approved by the State Food and Drug Administration for marketing.
On June 1, the vaccine was locally produced in Pakistan.
On July 26, the Phase I clinical trial data of the recombinant new crown vaccine (adenovirus vector) for aerosol inhalation was published online in the international authoritative medical journal “The Lancet · Infectious Diseases”. This is the world‘s first published clinical trial of new crown vaccine mucosal immunity test results.
“You can rush up at critical moments and take out the dangers, and you are the real communists.” Chen Wei has always adhered to many tasks in the fight against the new crown, the fight against SARS, the Wenchuan earthquake and the prevention of the Ebola epidemic. This life creed.
After the outbreak of the new crown pneumonia last year, Chen Wei led a team of military medical experts to rush to Wuhan on the second day of the new year. In just one day, she led the expert team to complete the construction of the tent-type negative pressure laboratory and testing platform. She was the first to enter the experimental shelter to carefully inspect various equipment; before her teammates performed high-risk tasks, she would check whether the protective measures were in place one by one. On the front line of the anti-epidemic, Chen Wei was overloaded and only slept for three to four hours a day. After more than three months, she had more gray hair and lost a lot of weight.
“China’s vaccines must be independently developed by China.” Chen Wei led a team to cooperate with Beijing’s rear scientific research base to focus on emergency scientific research on vaccine development. On March 16, 2020, their adenovirus vector vaccine was approved and officially entered the clinical research phase. This is the world‘s first new crown vaccine to enter clinical trials. On April 12, the vaccine started a phase II clinical trial. According to the announcement on the official website of the World Health Organization, this is the world‘s first new crown vaccine to carry out a phase II clinical trial.
Chen Wei’s motto is “Actions speak louder than words.” She used her actions to deeply affect the people around her.
During the anti-epidemic period in Wuhan, under the leadership of Chen Wei, the Jiang Tao team of the nucleic acid testing team formulated safety operation specifications and emergency plans overnight; Cao Wuchun and Cao Cheng teams responsible for epidemiological investigations and aerosol sampling shuttled to major hospitals every day As well as key areas; assistant researchers Zhang Mengyao and Yang Yilong entered and exited Wuhan Taikang Tongji Hospital, Vulcan Mountain Hospital, and Central Theater General Hospital several times in one day from 7 am to early the next morning; two young researchers submitted applications for membership of the Party and were approved FireWire joins the party.
On September 8th last year, at the National Commendation Conference for Fighting the New Coronary Pneumonia Epidemic, President Xi presented Chen Wei with the national honorary title of “People’s Hero” medal. “That is a moment I will never forget. This honor belongs to all comrades on the scientific research frontline of epidemic prevention and control in the entire army.” Chen Wei said emotionally.
(Our reporter Liu Xiaobing, our correspondent Wang Di Guantong)
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