News from the cctv.com: novel coronavirus pneumonia is a threat to global epidemic, director of the World Health Organization, Mr Tak Desai, said. At the regular press conference of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs held today (11), Geng Shuang, a spokesman, said that the importance and urgency of all countries to strengthen communication and cooperation, join hands to fight against the epidemic, and jointly safeguard regional and global public health and safety have further increased. China is willing to make contributions to the global fight against the epidemic while continuing to do a good job of national epidemic prevention and control.
Geng Shuang introduced China's five major measures to cooperate with the international community in the fight against the epidemic, including timely sharing of information with who and the international community, sharing and exchanging anti epidemic experience with other countries, and strengthening scientific and technological cooperation. China has released novel coronavirus pneumonia treatment plan and 6 edition of the 7 edition of the prevention and control plan. These programs originated from China and face the world, and have been translated into multilingual and shared with other countries. China has also sent teams of medical experts to countries and regions in need and provided international community with drug and other anti epidemic materials.
Geng Shuang, spokesman of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs: up to now, the Red Cross Society of China has sent expert teams to Iran and Iraq to carry out intensive work in the region and help the two countries to carry out epidemic prevention and control, which has won unanimous praise from local departments and people. China is also ready to send a team of medical experts to Italy to support local epidemic prevention and control. We will continue to provide support and help in this form to countries in need. The Chinese government has donated US $20 million to the World Health Organization, masks, medicines, protective clothing and other epidemic prevention materials to relevant countries, and exported urgently needed medical materials and equipment to some countries. China's local governments and non-governmental organizations have also extended a helping hand to other countries. We are willing to overcome our own difficulties and continue to provide assistance to countries in need as much as we can while fighting the epidemic in our own country. We pull together in times of trouble and win the novel coronavirus pneumonia outbreak in the world.