(Fighting new crown pneumonia) Chinese government decides to donate US $ 20 million to WHO to support developing countries in response to epidemic
China News Agency, Geneva, March 7th. Chen Xu, China's permanent representative to the United Nations Office at Geneva and other Swiss international organizations, met with WHO Director-General Tan Desai on the 7th and informed the Chinese government's decision to donate US $ 20 million to the World Health Organization to support WHO has launched international cooperation to combat the new crown pneumonia epidemic, helping developing countries to improve their ability to respond to the epidemic and strengthen the construction of public health systems.
Chen Xu said that the Chinese government and people have taken decisive and effective measures to combat the epidemic, and the national epidemic prevention and control situation has been actively and steadily developing, which not only protects the lives and health of the people in the country, but also makes an important contribution to global public health security. China is willing to participate in international cooperation in epidemic prevention and control with practical actions, and support WHO to continue to play a professional advantage and coordination role, especially to help developing countries with weak public health systems to effectively respond to the epidemic. The virus knows no borders. China will continue to work with WHO and all parties to help each other and overcome the epidemic.
Tan Desai thanked and highly appreciated the Chinese government for overcoming its huge difficulties at the critical moment of the global epidemic response, and extended generous assistance to other developing countries in a timely manner. He said that he would continue to strengthen coordination and cooperation with China and promote international epidemic prevention and control cooperation. progress. (Finish)