Liang Wannian: Expert team to China impressed by the country's handling of COVID-19

Liang Wannian, head of the expert group on the novel coronavirus outbreak response and disposal at China's National Health Commission, Friday said the joint expert team of China and the World Health Organization (WHO) is impressed by China's handling of COVID-19 outbreak.

"In the face of this new disease, with no vaccine or effective medicines, the Chinese government has taken decisive measures and contained the epidemic within seven weeks. The measures have safeguarded the lives and health of hundreds of thousands of people, and built up the first defense line for global epidemic prevention and control," Liang told a press conference.

He was responding to questions regarding the details of the China-WHO Joint Mission in China on COVID-19, which was conducted from February 16 to 24 in Beijing and the provinces of Sichuan, Guangdong and Hubei. 

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