Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro greeted the Chinese medical team with fist and palm salute and expressed his gratitude to China for helping the country fight COVID-19 at the presidential palace. He said China is a strong support for Venezuela in the face of the global challenge of the pandemic. The eight-member team of Chinese medical and scientific experts arrived in Venezuela on March 31 and they brought along anti-epidemic supplies such as respirators, portable color ultrasound, nucleic acid testing kits and masks.