A joint online meeting on prevention and treatment of COVID-19 was held in China on March 12, 2020 by the National Health Commission of China and the WHO. Representatives of embassies and international organizations in China attended the conference in Beijing while teleconferences were attended by representatives from the Western Pacific region and other countries.

Online meeting on sharing experience on combating Covid-19

Ma Xiaowei, Director of the National Health Commission of China, pointed out that China’s experience in fighting the pandemic was focused on eight aspects: A unified and efficient command system; legal, scientific and precise prevention and control strategies; prevention and control mode going deep into the grassroots; overall allocation of medical resources; close cooperation to improve treatment ability; extensive use of high and new technology; focus on a people specific anti-epidemic approach; and in-depth international exchanges and cooperation. China’s prevention and control strategies, methods, technologies, standards and cases have undergone practical tests and the country is willing to share them with other nations to help maintain global health and safety. Shanghai, Hubei, Guangdong and Sichuan shared their local prevention and control measures and cases. 

Sichuan Province has donated a batch of medical surgical masks to international sister cities in South Korea and Japan on March 10. A COVID-19 treatment team of experts was sent to Italy on March 12 to communicate with Italian doctors. They will advise them on epidemic prevention and anti-epidemic measures.

On March 10, Sichuan donated masks to South Korea and Japan. (Photo/Sichuan Online)

China medical aid team arrived in Rome, Italy on March 12. (Photo/Xinhua) 

China’s prevention and control of COVID-19 was also acknowledged by WHO secretary-general Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus who thanked China for its effective prevention measures while calling on countries to strengthen cooperation to tackle this global public health challenge.(Edina Liang)