Chinese embassy doing all to insulate Botswana from the Coronavirus
Friday, January 31, 2020
In response to epidemic situation and the travel-rush of people during the Spring Festival holidays, the Chinese government has made the prevention and control of novel coronavirus-related pneumonia a national priority and set up a national joint prevention and control mechanism. Effective and concrete measures have been swiftly put in place against the epidemic. Local governments and medical staff in infected areas are working around the clock to cut off the transmission chain of the spread of the epidemic, diagnose and treat the patients. Especially, with full support of the Chinese government and people across the country, nearly 5, 000 medical personnel from other parts of China have already been in Wuhan to help, and two new hospitals with thousands of beds reserved for infected patients are being built in Hubei Province, the first of which is expected to be used on February 2.
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