The team consists of experts on respiratory diseases, public health, nursing & Traditional Chinese Medicine and will help their Ethiopian counterparts to help contain the spread of COVID-19 in EthiopiaMahlet Fasil @MahletFasilAddis Abeba, April 16/2020 – A 12 member Chinese medical expert team, invited by the Ethiopian government and dispatched by the Chinese government, are expected to arrive in Ethiopia today. The team consists of experts on respiratory diseases, public health, nursing & Traditional Chinese Medicine and will help their Ethiopian counterparts to help contain the spread of COVID-19 in Ethiopia. #China will send medical experts to #Ethiopia, #BurkinaFaso https://t.co/pho17EGOvG The Chinese experts will share experience, provide guidance & technical advice on #COVID19 prevention with medical and health institutions in the two countries, FM spokesperson Zhao Lijian said. pic.twitter.com/4GvQEKBM0v — Addis Standard (@addisstandard) April 15, 2020The 12 member expert team are the first China has dispatched to Africa since the outbreak of the COVID-19. “The Chinese experts will share experience, provide guidance and technical advice on epidemic prevention with medical and health institutions in the two countries,” Mr. Lijian as saying.

Source: Ethiopian News April 16, 2020 12:45 UTC