Highlights from white paper on China's fight against COVID-19 (5)

Medical experts from Hunan province arrive in Malabo, Equatorial Guinea at 6 am on May 26, 2020. [Photo provided to chinadaily.com.cn]

China firmly supports WHO's leading role in global battle against COVID-19

China called on the international community to give the WHO more political and financial support, so that necessary resources worldwide can be mobilized to defeat the virus.

All countries should implement COVID-19 response under the guidance and coordination of the WHO.

China both victim of COVID-19 and contributor to global anti-virus efforts

China has suffered tremendously but has contributed generously to the global efforts to combat COVID-19.

Its efforts should be duly recognized, and China should not be criticized groundlessly.

Since the early days of the outbreak, China has informed the rest of the world of every development in clear and unambiguous terms and certain countries ignored the information and now blame China for their own failure to respond to the epidemic and protect their people's lives.

China endeavors to minimize COVID-19 impact on social, economic development

China has endeavored to minimize the impact of COVID-19 on social and economic development without compromising epidemic control.

China has made every effort to ensure social order and stability, market order, public security, and supervision over the quality and pricing of epidemic-control supplies.

China takes most thorough, rigorous, comprehensive measures against COVID-19

China enforced quarantine and isolation on a scale never seen before, and mobilized medical resources across the country. It has ensured that all those in need have been tested, quarantined, hospitalized or treated.

China informs public right after COVID-19 human-to-human spread determined

China informed the public right after health experts determined that the new coronavirus was spreading between humans.

On January 18 and 19, the National Health Commission (NHC) assembled a high-level national team of senior medical and disease control experts and sent them to the city of Wuhan to study the local response to the epidemic.

In the middle of the night of January 19, after careful examination and deliberation, the team determined that the new coronavirus was spreading between humans.

On January 20, the NHC held a press conference for the high-level expert team, at which it was confirmed that the virus could transmit from human to human.

Chinese charities receive 38.93-bln-yuan donated funds for COVID-19 fight

Charities and the Red Cross Society of China had received donations totaling about 38.93 billion yuan (around 5.49 billion US dollars) and 990 million items of different materials for COVID-19 fight as of May 31.

Urban and rural residents, enterprises, and social organizations donated money and materials.

The allocation of donated funds and materials was focused on Wuhan and other severely affected areas inside Hubei province and elsewhere.

Of the donations they received, 32.83 billion yuan and 940 million items have been disbursed, it added.

China saves lives at all costs in fighting COVID-19

Severe cases were treated by the best doctors using the most advanced equipment, and critical supplies were pooled to save lives at all costs.

It is through such efforts that the COVID-19 fatality rate in China has dropped sharply and early medical intervention has also made it possible to have patients with mild symptoms cured without delay, thus significantly reducing the risk that their condition might worsen.