China News Service, Changsha, June 22 (Fu Jingyi) On June 22, the Chinese (Hunan) Anti-epidemic Medical Expert Group ended its aid mission and isolation recuperation in African countries Zimbabwe and Equatorial Guinea and returned to Changsha. The expert group shared China's experience and Hunan's practice with the recipient countries, and also submitted highly professional and guiding "National Recommendations for the Prevention and Control of New Coronary Pneumonia Epidemic Situation" according to different national conditions.
All sectors of society welcomed the team of anti-epidemic medical experts. Photo by Yang Huafeng
According to the country's overall deployment and requirements, the National Health and Wellness Commission, China's expert team for anti-epidemic medicine selected by the Hunan Province, and medical anti-epidemic materials assisted by the Hunan Provincial People's Government departed by charter on May 11, 2020. Go to Zimbabwe to carry out international anti-epidemic assistance tasks. During the mission to reinforce Equatorial Guinea, the team arrived in Malabo, the capital of Equatorial Guinea, on the evening of May 25.
Twelve members of the expert group, including the Department of Respiratory Medicine, Infectious Diseases, Intensive Medicine, Infection Control, etc., successfully completed Zimbabwe and Equatorial Guinea’s international anti-epidemic assistance tasks for one month, and took on June 9 The charter flight arrived in Sanya, Hainan. According to relevant national regulations, the expert group is isolated in Sanya.
China went to Zimbabwe and Equatorial Guinea's anti-epidemic medical expert group to return to Hunan. Photo by Yang Huafeng
It is understood that during the anti-epidemic period in the two countries, the expert team exchanged experience with the Zimbabwe Interministerial Joint Action Group and the New Coronary Pneumonia Response and Surveillance Technical Committee, visited and guided relevant medical units and testing institutions, shared Chinese experience, and based on the two countries’ experience. According to different national conditions, the National Proposal for the Prevention and Control of New Coronary Pneumonia Epidemic Situation was submitted.
In Zimbabwe, in order to reduce the risk of infection, experts go out for 6 hours a day without drinking a drop of water or a grain; write a diary every night and prepare handouts. In Equatorial Guinea, bracing a high temperature of 34 degrees Celsius, wearing protective clothing and entering the isolation ward with the local medical staff to study the case treatment plan, and guide the laboratory to improve nucleic acid detection capabilities.
The anti-epidemic medical expert group ended the aid task and reunited with relatives and friends. Photo by Yang Huafeng
"We have conducted extensive exchanges with China's most successful, effective and feasible experience in the fight against epidemics. The next step will be to think about how to better integrate into the global fight against epidemics." Zhu Yimin, leader of the expert group and deputy director of the Hunan Provincial Health Commission, said that they Not only are the retrogressors and participants in the international anti-epidemic, but also the practitioners and guardians of the community building a healthy and destiny for humanity.
Within a month, the members of the expert group supported each other, overcame various difficulties, and solved a series of problems. Wu Guiying, deputy governor of the Hunan Provincial People's Government, said that the expert team traveled thousands of miles away in Zimbabwe and Equatorial Guinea to carry out international cooperation in the fight against epidemics, further deepening the comprehensive strategic partnership between China and Tianjin and the comprehensive cooperative partnership between China and Zimbabwe, and further consolidating China and Tianjin and China. The friendship between the people of Chigui. (Finish)