China medical team lauds anti-virus steps

KUWAIT CITY, May 3, (KUNA): Head of a visiting Chinese medical team has admired Kuwait’s response to the novel coronavirus outbreak, voicing his confidence in the Gulf State’s capability to defeat the virus.

“We believe that Kuwait will achieve very good results in fighting against coronavirus,” Ruan Yuesheng, head of a Chinese expert team visiting Kuwait to help address the pandemic, said Saturday in statements to the Chinese official news agency Xinhua.

The eight-member team, which arrived in Kuwait on Monday, comprises experts specialized in areas including virus testing, infectious disease, respiratory disease, intensive care, and traditional Chinese medicine (TCM).

The Chinese experts have held several meetings with officials of Kuwait’s Ministry of Health and experts from Kuwaiti’s medical sectors to share experiences in prevention and control, testing, treatment and quarantine.

“In the past days, we have visited the Ministry of Health and some medical institutions, and exchanged in-depth experiences with Kuwaiti experts in public health,” said Ruan.

The team has also visited field medical sites related to combating the coronavirus, including epidemic testing center. It has lauded Kuwait’s measures to curb the coronavirus spread.

“We have seen that the Kuwaiti government attaches great importance to the measures for preventing and controlling the pandemic while preparing properly for testing, treatment, quarantine management and medical protection supplies,” Ruan stressed.

He noted that the team has also brought some suggestions to the Kuwaiti side.

Ruan pointed out Kuwaiti experts have shown great interest in China’s anti-epidemic experiences.