Chinese medical team to depart for Algeria

CHONGQING: The Chinese government will send a team of medical experts to Algeria to help the country fight the COVID-19 pandemic. The team, organized by the National Health Commission, consists of 20 medical experts, including 15 from southwest China’s Chongqing Municipality and five from China’s Macao Special Administrative Region. These experts, specializing in areas including respiratory diseases, intensive care, infectious diseases, and laboratory testing, will fly to Algeria on early Thursday morning. – Agencies