Prof. Eli Schwartz, MD DTMH, The founder of the Center of Geographic Medicine & Tropical Diseases at Sheba Medical Center, Tel Hashomer, Israel. Full Professor (clinical) at Sackler School of Medicine, Tel Aviv University. Head of the Molecular Lab. for Tropical Diseases at Sheba Medical Ctr.. The President of the Israeli society of Parasitology, & Tropical diseases. The past- President of the Asia-Pacific Travel health (APTH) society. He is deeply Involved in Tropical and Travel Medicine since last 30y. He published several books and more than 250 articles and chapters in the medical literature on travel and tropical diseases. Corona activities: • Consultant physician for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs • Head of the task-team for evaluating therapeutic options for COVID-19 • Evaluating new methods of diagnosis for COVID-19

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