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COVID-19 TIMELINE - WORLD HEALTH ORGANISATION (WHO) / AUSTRALIA / CHINA
12 March 2020
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WHO officially calls Covid-19 a PANDEMIC
12 March 2020
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12 March 2020
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Xi said China supports the UN and the WHO in mobilizing the international community to strengthen policy
coordination and increase resource investment, especially to help developing countries with weak public health systems
to prepare for prevention and response.
The Second Sherpa Meeting of the G20 Riyadh Summit was held in Saudi Arabia, to discuss COVID-19 and its impact
on people worldwide and the global economy. A special statement by the sherpas (personal representatives) of the
leaders of the G20 on international response to the coronavirus pandemic was issued after the meeting.
China and the WHO held an international briefing via video chat in Beijing on China's experience in preventing and
controlling COVID-19. Representatives of relevant countries' embassies in China and international organizations
attended the briefing. Representatives of the WHO Western Pacific Region and relevant countries attended the meeting
remotely via video chat.
China and the WHO jointly released the latest English versions of the diagnosis and treatment guidelines and
prevention and control guidelines at the briefing.
The first batch of Chinese medical experts carrying China-assisted medical supplies arrived in Italy to help with its
epidemic prevention and control efforts.
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