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Newsletter/2020-20 March 13. 2020

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China's Battle Against COVID-19 (20)

Faced with an increasingly severe situation worldwide, what will China do to help enhancing international epidemic response?

Step up communication and coordination with the WHO and the international community.
Continue experience-sharing and exchange with other countries.
Send medical specialists to more countries and regions in need.
Provide medicines and other supplies to the international community.
Ramp up cooperation with the international community on science and technology.

Chinese teams of medical experts have arrived in Italy, Iran and Iraq to assist these countries in confronting the outbreak of COVID-19.

China and Central and Eastern European Countries held a video conference on COVID-19 on March 13. Officials from the Chinese Foreign Ministry, National Health Commission together with experts in disease control, clinical treatment, civil aviation, customs and community-based quarantine shared information and exchange experience with their counterparts from 17 CEECs.

Facts & Updates

As of midnight on March 12 (Beijing Time), Chinese mainland reports 11 new infections of COVID-19 (including 3 imported cases) and 7 new deaths.

The overall confirmed cases on the Chinese mainland had reached 80,813 , including 13,526 patients ( 4,020 in serious condition ) still receiving medical treatment in hospital, 64,111 patients having been discharged after recovery, and 3,176 people died of the disease.

Picture above: Medical workers pose for photos after seeing cured patients off at the Wuchang temporary hospital in Wuhan, central China's Hubei Province.

" The peak of the current outbreak of novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in China is over." Mi Feng, spokesperson for the National Health Commission, said on Thursday.

With the spread of the Epidemic basically curbed, China pushes ahead battle against economic fallout. China's State Council unveiled new measures to support foreign trade and investment in case the increasingly severe situations overseas might further weigh down global industrial chains. The measures in the pipeline include a shorter negative list of foreign investment and more foreign trade loans from financial institutions.

Since Feb. 17, China’s railway has transported more than 11 million tons of goods every day for 13 consecutive days. Meanwhile, China’s road freight market continues to pick up, and the vehicle operating rate has returned to 70 percent pre-epidemic levels.

The Chinese banking sector has beefed up financial support for small businesses to weather the COVID-19 outbreak. As of Tuesday noon, China's city commercial banks and private banks have offered credit support of 298.3 billion yuan (42.8 billion U.S. dollars), according to the China Banking Association.

Video Clip: Share China's Experience in COVID-19 Control

Zhong Nanshan , head of China's COVID-19 expert team, recently exchanged ideas with Prof. Anita Simonds, vice president of the European Respiratory Society .

China shares COVID-19 control experience with European experts

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