East China’s Jiangsu province has stood together with people in other countries by contributing its share in China’s provision of medical assistance and information sharing. It is expected to help shore up confidence of other countries in their fights against the novel coronavirus and deepen mutual trust and friendship in a community of shared public health.
The Chinese medical team, consisting of experts from Jiangsu, held working meetings with Venezuelan Ministry of Health officials and medical experts to share China’s experiences in fighting the pandemic.
Carlos Humberto Alvarado Gonzalez, Venezuelan Minister of Health, briefed the Chinese experts on Venezuela’s measures on epidemic prevention and treatment.
Chinese experts provided detailed answers to the questions concerning the use of steroids, the therapeutic effect of plasma in patients during rehabilitation, the use of non-invasive ventilator, and prone ventilation.
Huang Mao, head of the Chinese medical team
I shared with them China’s ways
of treating patients infected
by the novel coronavirus pneumonia
in particular our experiences
and I also learned
about some treatment-related issues
that local experts are most concerned about
Carlos Humberto Alvarado Gonzalez, Venezuelan Minister of Health
We have borrowed a lot of China's experience
in the prevention and control
of the virus in the early stage
and we hope that the Chinese experts
can give us more help in laboratory testing
and community prevention and control
to jointly fight the epidemic
The medical team from east China’s Jiangsu province arrived in Caracas, capital of Venezuela, on March 30. The team of 8 front-line experts from Jiangsu will help contain the novel coronavirus or COVID-19 pandemic in the South American country.
The expert group carried with them anti-epidemic materials and medicines such as ventilator, portable color Doppler ultrasound, nucleic acid detection kits, medical protective masks, protective clothing, and isolation clothing.
At the request of the Canadian Red Cross, more than 60 Chinese and Canadian health and medical colleagues had a remote meeting Wednesday evening to share Jiangsu's experience in fighting the epidemic.
The experts from Jiangsu answered questions concerning the necessity of wearing masks and isolation of the cured patients.
The establishment of a screening model for critically ill patients introduced by China is very helpful to the current epidemic prevention and control in Canada, Canadians experts say.
Yang Yi, Director of Department of Critical Care Medicine, Southeast University Zhongda Hospital
For example, when we see changes
in respiratory frequency
on chest radiographs or CT radiographs
and the significant reduction of lymphocyte counts
we can use these indicators as a model
and make a prediction
so as to help us identify severe patients early
and give earlier treatment
The China-Israel Changzhou Innovation Park has sent 100 thousand masks and 1,000 sets of protective clothing to Israel overnight.
Nantong Third Construction Grou has raised 1000 test kits, 50 thousand medical gloves, 100 thousand medical masks and 1000 sets of medical protective clothing that will be shipped to Serbia by charted aircraft.
Wanshi town in Yixing County donated 10 thousand masks to Japan in return for the donation of 6000 masks by a cooperative Japanese company in February.
Yu Zhen, deputy CPC secretary of Wanshi town, Yixing County
They helped us when we were in trouble
and we also want to help Japanese friends
Ten multifunctional dust suppression trucks produced by Xugong Group are transported to the Middle East by air. After adding a certain proportion of disinfectant to the water, the equipment can help the Middle East to sterilize public places efficiently and in large areas.
