Fernando Simón
Fernando Simón Soria (born 1963)[1], is a Spanish epidemiologist doctor, director of the Center for Coordination of Health Alerts and Emergencies of the Ministry of Health since 2012[2], known for his performance as spokesman for the special committee on Ebola virus disease in Spain[3] in 2014 and 2019–20 coronavirus outbreak.[4]
Born in Zaragoza[5], Simón graduated in Medicine at the University of Zaragoza and specialized in Public Health and Epidemiology at the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine[6] and trained in the European Training Program in Intervention Epidemiology of the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control. He was director of the Center for Research in Tropical Diseases of Manhica (Mozambique)[7] and of the Ntita Hospital in Burundi[8], as well as director of programs of the National Center of Epidemiology (CNE) and coordinator of the Health Alert and Response Unit also of said center between 2003 - 2011. He is currently a professor at the National School of Public Health and a member of the advisory committee of the European Center for Disease Prevention and Control.[9]
References
- ^ El lado personal de Fernando Simón, el hombre del coronavirus: un "Doc" motero, escalador y bromista con sus hijos (in Spanish)
- ^ Fernando Simón, el portavoz que calma a la gente ante el temor del coronavirus (in Spanish)
- ^ Fernando Simón, "el hombre que quieres tener al lado" ante una epidemia (in Spanish)
- ^ Sanidad: "El riesgo de coronavirus en España es moderado" (in Spanish)
- ^ No hay una epidemia hasta que Fernando Simón no se vuelve el rey de los telediarios (in Spanish)
- ^ Fernando Simón, el portavoz tranquilo (in Spanish)
- ^ Fernando Simón, el supermédico contra el coronavirus: ya le ganó la batalla al ébola y el zika (in Spanish)
- ^ ASÍ ES FERNANDO SIMÓN, EL HOMBRE QUE TRANQUILIZA A ESPAÑA SOBRE EL CORONAVIRUS (in Spanish)
- ^ ¿Quién es Fernando Simón, el portavoz sobre la situación del coronavirus en España? (in Spanish)