Officials and experts have called for strengthening the role of the World Health Organization in synchronizing international efforts to address the global public health crisis.

"For the accusations that China is hiding the numbers, just think about it. We have such a huge population, such a big country, you cannot hide the cases with such a very vicious virus," Cui said in the interview on April 3.

The fresh figure reached 550,016 with 21,733 deaths as of 5:30 p.m. (2130 GMT), according to the CSSE.

Pompeo, who Diehl called “among the worst secretaries of state ever” due to his pandemic performance, really does seem to be in a senseless crusade against China.

Such time-tested friendship is a treasure for both Chinese and African people.

China's macroeconomic indicators are expected to improve as its economy reopens with downward risks remaining to be tamed, according to economists.

According to statistics, over 70,000 COVID-19 patients in China have been given some forms of TCM, accounting for 91.5 percent of the total.