The Chinese Ambassador to Tunisia Wang Wenbin said the measures already taken by the Chinese government have helped deter further spread of the virus. “’The Chinese government took radical measures to contain the epidemy, to stop its propagation to the exterior. If we count the number of cases outside China, it just represents 0.8 percent of the total contaminations’,” Ambassador Wang said. The Chinese Embassy has welcomed the measures taken by the Tunisian Ministry of Health’,” he said. Confirmed cases in China have reached 20,527, while cases abroad have hit 176.

Source: The North Africa Journal February 04, 2020 18:45 UTC