(Fighting new crown pneumonia) Global war epidemic: New crown epidemic rages on global China experience helps multi-national joint control

China News Agency, Beijing, March 19 (Reporter Liu Xu) At present, the new crown pneumonia epidemic continues to rag around the world. The World Health Organization said on the 18th that more than 200,000 cases of new coronal pneumonia have been diagnosed worldwide. At the time when the international community is stepping up its control of the epidemic, China is actively sharing its prevention and control experience with relevant countries, and is providing assistance within its capacity to some countries where the epidemic has spread.

Donate epidemic prevention materials to support epidemic response

At present, the situation of epidemic prevention and control is becoming increasingly severe. Many countries urgently need a large amount of prevention and control materials. The Chinese government, Chinese-funded enterprises and overseas Chinese delegations provide timely assistance. On the 19th, medical supplies such as nucleic acid test kits, protective clothing and disposable medical surgical masks urgently provided to the Iranian Armed Forces arrived in Iran to help fight the epidemic.

On the 18th local time, Zhang Yiming, Chinese ambassador to Namibia, donated 1,000 sets of New Coronavirus detection kits to the Ministry of Health of the Republic of Windhoek in the capital. On the same day, China Development Bank and the Ministry of Finance of Sri Lanka signed a loan agreement of 500 million U.S. dollars in Sri Lanka ’s Prime Minister ’s Office, helping the Sri Lankan side to strengthen financial liquidity and better respond to the current new crown pneumonia epidemic.

According to news from the Cambodian Ministry of Health on the 18th, the first batch of 2016 new crown virus detection kits donated by China arrived in the capital Phnom Penh at night on the 17th. Materials such as protective clothing and medical masks donated by China will also arrive in Cambodia soon.

On the afternoon of the 18th, 70,000 disposable medical masks and other anti-epidemic materials produced by BYD, a local enterprise in Shenzhen, Guangdong Province, China, were also packaged and sent from Shenzhen to Busan, Gwangyang, and Incheon. In addition, 200,000 masks have been collected and will be donated to Turin, Italy, Tsukuba, Japan and Bern, Switzerland as soon as possible.

Earlier, the first batch of 1,000 new crown virus detection kits donated by China had been delivered to the Serbian capital Belgrade on the night of the 15th. 300,000 masks from China also arrived at Liege Airport in Belgium at noon on the 16th. This is the first time that Belgium has received large-scale external assistance since the outbreak of the European New Crown Pneumonia outbreak.

Send medical experts to help the frontline of the overseas fight against the "epidemic"

In addition to donated supplies, China has also directly dispatched a number of medical expert teams to Iran, Iraq and Italy to provide anti-epidemic assistance.

On the 18th local time, a group of 13 people from the second batch of Chinese anti-epidemic medical expert team arrived in Milan, Italy, and randomly carried 9 tons of medical materials donated by the Chinese side, including a ventilator, dual-channel infusion pump, monitor, and test reagents.

Prior to this, a group of 9 people from the first batch of Chinese anti-epidemic medical experts team arrived in Rome on the evening of the 12th and went to the Italian Red Cross on the 13th to have an in-depth exchange with colleagues on the current epidemic situation and development trends in Italy. Subsequently, they went to Milan, Padova and other areas with severe outbreaks to conduct field inspections of front-line hospitals.

On the 7th of this month, a Chinese medical expert group dispatched by the Chinese Red Cross Association arrived in Baghdad, Iraq. The Chinese expert group had a lot of technical communication with officials from the Iraqi Ministry of Health and CDC, WHO representatives, and laboratory experts. In just one week, the expert team conducted 9 training sessions on new crown pneumonia protection for Iraqi medical staff and employees of Chinese enterprises, and trained about 400 people. In the next step, the expert group will also go to the four southern provinces of Iraq to guide Chinese-funded enterprises in the prevention and control of the epidemic situation, investigate the epidemic situation in southern Iraq, and guide local medical institutions to do a good job of prevention and control.

In Iran, the country most affected by the Middle East, a team of volunteer medical experts sent by the Chinese Red Cross arrived in the capital Tehran as early as February to help the country fight the new crown pneumonia epidemic. A few days ago, the Chinese Red Cross sent two more medical experts to assist the Iranian side in accurately using Chinese donated medicines and monitoring the effects in a timely manner.

Video conference shares China's anti-epidemic experience

In countries where medical teams have not yet been dispatched directly, Chinese experts also communicate with local health authorities through video conferences and other forms to share information on epidemic prevention and control.

On the 18th, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of China and the National Health and Health Commission jointly hosted a video conference on health experts in the China-Africa New Zealand Coronary Pneumonia Epidemic. Share information and exchange experiences in epidemiology, clinical treatment and customs epidemic prevention.

Officials and experts from health departments in Ethiopia, Kenya, Senegal, and Zimbabwe attended the meeting to ask questions about epidemic prevention and control and testing. Chinese experts introduced their multiple measures when dealing with suspected cases, and tracked suspected patients and closely Provide constructive advice on reaching people and protecting medical personnel.

On the 16th, several Shanghai medical experts and Italian medical and health experts held a video connection meeting to conduct technical exchanges on the epidemic situation, prevention and control measures, medical treatment and scientific research.

Previously, the Chinese National Health Committee and the Chinese Red Cross held expert video conferences with representatives of the Italian Ministry of Health, the Italian Red Cross, and the World Health Organization on March 9 and 11 to exchange views on the prevention and control of the new crown pneumonia epidemic. Share experience.

The virus knows no borders, and the world is so cold. China is committed to international cooperation to fight the epidemic, and is responsible for the health and safety of its people and the health and safety of the world's people. As Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi said before, "Humanity is a community of destiny, and it is the common responsibility of all countries to fight the epidemic. As long as one country is still threatened by the epidemic, all countries should work together to carry out the fight against the epidemic." (End )