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Wang Huiyao: Step up int’l cooperation to curb the COVID-19 pandemic
China's COVID-19 pandemic is now effectively under control after a two-month battle, with an orderly resumption of business and production underway in most parts of the country. On March 10, China's President Xi Jingping arrived in Wuhan, the capital city of Hubei Province, to inspect the effort in containing the virus. It is evident in his inspection that the central government of China attaches great importance and caution to the work of virus containment.
March 12 , 2020 -
Laurence Brahm: Western nations should try TCM against coronavirus
Traditional values and methods often prove effective when applied in modern circumstances. In combating novel coronavirus China adopted a combination of both, using both advanced medical technologies and big data on one hand, and classic methods of organization and response with herbal medicines on the other.
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Jay Dong: Revealing the puzzle pieces of COVID-19
There are a couple possibilities. One is false negative to begin with. The false negative can be due to different detection methods… And then the other one could be sample timing. As I mentioned, as the disease progresses, if you check one location [and it's] negative, but [it] may not mean all locations negative. So that's a false negative possibility.
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Laurence Brahm: Fighting coronavirus: China experience invaluable to the world
On March 14, President Xi Jinping spoke on the phone with the heads of state of Italy, Korea, Iran and Iraq. Expressing and assuring that China would share its experiential knowledge, medical supplies and technical expertise with each of these countries at their time of need. China has gotten control over coronavirus within just two months of its outbreak. China turned around immediately and responded to support other countries with its practical experiential knowledge.
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Laurence Brahm: Global unity needed to beat coronavirus
President Xi Jinping personally inspected Wuhan on March 10, announcing the coronavirus crisis has been met head-on and vowed to win the war against coronavirus. The makeshift hospitals used to quarantine and cure coronavirus patients have been officially closed. Healthcare workers were seen removing their masks in celebration of their control over the coronavirus spread.
March 12 , 2020
