The World Health Organization (WHO) has sent a team of international experts to China to work with Chinese experts. The WHO team, which will form a part of the "China-WHO joint expert investigation group," is led by Bruce Aylward, a veteran of past public health emergencies, and will arrive in Beijing, spokesman for the National Health Commission Mi Feng said on Monday. 

"The main purpose of the WHO team's visit is to conduct in-depth exchanges between experts from the two sides on the current situation of the epidemic and its prevention and control to provide advice and suggestions for the next step for China and other affected countries and regions in the world," Mi said.