Coronavirus: WHO-China Expert Team Conducts Field Inspections amid Rising Death Toll

New Delhi, February 18, 2020:

The death toll due to coronavirus outbreak in China has increased to at least 1868 with 93 more deaths in Hubei province and in order to prevent and control the global disease, an expert team comprising members of World Health Organisation (WHO) has begun field inspections.

The field inspections have begun with a joint effort of WHO as well as China’s health officials. spokesperson for the National Health Commission (NHC), Mi Feng said that the expert team is scheduled to visit Beijing, Guangdong Province and Sichuan Province to conduct the inspections.

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During its field trip in Beijing Monday, the joint expert team visited the Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Beijing Ditan Hospital and the Anhuali Community in Chaoyang District, and conducted technical exchanges with related officials and experts.

The team held a symposium to brief the attendees on nationwide prevention and control measures. It vowed to work with the international community to address the challenge of the epidemic and welcomed suggestions from the expert team.

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Representatives from State Council ministries and administrations introduced their prevention and control work. The attendees talked with Hubei, the virus-hit province, during a teleconference, and discussed the epidemic situation, control and prevention measures in communities and rural areas, wildlife management and drug and vaccine development.

The joint expert team acknowledged China's prevention and control measures, as well as the dedication of Chinese medical workers, Mi said.

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