张文宏：河北疫情1个月左右将得到控制丨Hebei outbreak can be contained in a month

The ongoing COVID-19 outbreak in Shijiazhuang, Hebei province, can be contained within a month, if not sooner, a renowned epidemiologist in Shanghai said on Monday.  Zhang Wenhong, director of the infectious diseases department at Huashan Hospital affiliated with Fudan University, said the spread of the novel coronavirus usually obeys the rule of three developing phases: sporadic infections, outbreak in clusters and wide spread in the community.  Zhang said the outbreak in Shijiazhuang, the provincial capital, has shown features of the second stage, but the public has no need to panic as China has seen progress in building the capacity to diagnose and isolate potential carriers since last year.  He made the remarks on Monday while participating in an online anti-epidemic forum.  The optimism came as the city races to roll out a second round of nucleic acid testing starting ………………………………