Doha - A number of officials from the Ministry of Public Health (MOPH) held a meeting via video conference with health experts from the People's Republic of China on the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic.
The meeting addressed the best ways to prevent and treat the virus. It also reviewed experiments and presentations made by experts on prevention and control of the spread of COVID-19 and techniques to detect the virus.
During the meeting, Assistant Minister of Public Health for Health Affairs Dr Saleh Ali Al Marri spoke about the most important developments related to the COVID-19 in the State of Qatar and the measures taken by the State to limit its spread, stressing the importance of cooperation and exchange of experiences between the Qatari and Chinese sides in this field, while praising Chinese experience in controlling the disease.
For his part, HE Chinese Ambassador to the State of Qatar Zhou Jian stressed the important cooperation between the two countries in all fields, especially in the health field, noting the assistance provided by the State of Qatar to China during the COVID-19 crisis.
For their part, the Chinese experts praised the efforts made by the State of Qatar to early detect and control the spread of the virus, which led to a low number of deaths in the country.