Newsletter from #ChineseConsulateLA 2020-13

Newsletter/2020-13 Feb. 25, 2020

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China's Battle Against COVID-19 (13)

China's unprecedented public health responses to the COVID-19 outbreak have yielded notable results in blocking human-to-human transmission of the virus, preventing or at least delaying hundreds of thousands of cases , said a joint expert mission consisting of experts from China and the World Health Organization.

The 25-member mission has concluded a nine-day field study in China's Beijing, Guangdong, Sichuan and Hubei.

Some findings by the joint mission

The epidemic peaked and plateaued between Jan. 23 & Feb. 2, and has been declining steadily since then.
There has been no significant change in the DNA of the virus.
The fatality rate is between 2%-4% in Wuhan, and 0.7% outside Wuhan.
For people with mild disease, recovery time is about 2 weeks, while people with severe or critical disease recover within 3-6 weeks.

Comments and advice from joint mission experts

For the moment, we are not witnessing the uncontained global spread of this virus.
In the battle against coronavirus, there has been tremendous collective commitment and will of the Chinese people.
China’s efforts have bought time for countries to adopt active prevention and control measures and provided them with meaningful experience.
China is now taking prudent, phased and methodical steps to gradually restore order. Other countries should reassess their measures taken vis-a-vis China accordingly.
Countries should take active monitoring measures, trace & quarantine close contacts.
Countries with imported cases are advised to activate national emergency plans and adopt more rigorous measures if necessary.
The team calls for more information sharing and united efforts of all countries to jointly meet the challenges brought by COVID-19.

China's supportive measures to enliven economy amid epidemic

Some provinces and regions lowered emergency response level after reporting no new cases for days.
The central bank issued 300 billion yuan (appx. US$42.7 billion) loans to support enterprises.
Ministry of Finance collected 1.85 trillion yuan (appx. US$ 263.3 billion) worth of new local government bonds ahead of schedule.

Tax and fee cuts were offered to industries heavily impacted by the epidemic.
Insurers donated 11.58 trillion yuan (appx. US$1.65 trillion) worth of insurance to frontline personnel fighting the epidemic.
Ministry of Commerce pledged to facilitate foreign-invested enterprises, particular support would go to large foreign investment projects.

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Facts & Updates

The number of new confirmed cases outside Hubei dropped to 9 on Feb. 24 , with 24 out of 31 province-level regions on Chinese mainland recording zero new infections.

As of midnight on Feb 24 (Beijing Time), t here still remained 47,672 confirmed cases (including 9,126 in serious condition) on the Chinese mainland. China's National Health Commission (NHC) had in total received 77,658 reports of COVID-19 confirmed cases and 2,663 deaths. Monday saw 2,589 people walk out of hospital, making the total number reaching 27,323 .

The National Medical Products Administration (NMPA) has approved two antibody test kits for the rapid detection of novel coronavirus infections.

The traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) has been applied in treating over 60,000 confirmed cases of the infection in China since the outbreak.

Consul General Zhang Ping on Twitter

" Pleased to join @kathrynbarger & Dr. Barbara Ferrer of @lapublichealth in briefing the Chinese community about #COVID19 epidemic. We appeal with one voice for more rational response by the general public to minimize the negative impact on the local business and firmly oppose xenophobia and racism against the Chinese community. "

"While #COVID19 epidemic situation in China still remains grim and complex, we see positive progress with an obvious decline in both new confirmed cases and suspected cases nation wide. Governments at all levels in China will continue to make unremitting efforts in epidemic prevention and control, and advance gradual resumption of work and production."

Zhang Ping Speaks at LA County Press Briefing on COVID 19

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