NSTworld: Nine Chinese experts and several tonnes of medical aid have arrived on a special to flight to Italy to help the country fight Europe’s most serious coronavirus outbreak. China covid19
China, the epicentre of the outbreak that first emerged in December, has said the peak of the epidemic has passed in the country after a steady decline in the number of new cases.
On Thursday, a flight carrying medical experts and supplies arrived in Rome to help the hard-hit country, which has more than 15,000 cases and over 1,000 deaths – the most outside of China. The team included the vice president of the Chinese Red Cross and a prominent cardio-pulmonary intensive care expert, along with pediatricians and nurses who worked on the virus outbreak in China.
Sporting face masks, the Chinese specialists were met by Italian health officials in Rome as they arrived for the visit.
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