BEIJING, June 22 (Xinhua) -- After the Ebola outbreak, China provided emergency humanitarian assistance to the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and the African Union, dispatched medical experts and urgently needed medicines and epidemic response supplies to the DRC. Now nearly 1,000 medical personnel are fighting Ebola alongside African people, Chinese foreign ministry spokesperson Guo Jiakun said at a regular press briefing on Monday.
Guo stated that China and Africa have always been brothers and partners who share one future together and have always supported each other in times of difficulty, and China has given African strong aid in fighting Ebola over the years.
"We closely follow the outbreak in the DRC and Uganda. After arriving in Kinshasa, the capital of the DRC, on June 2, Chinese medical experts immediately joined the health authorities of the DRC to learn about local needs and provide medical services and advice, whose effort has won acclaim from various sectors," Guo said.
Guo said that given the severity of the outbreak, the Chinese government has decided to provide additional emergency humanitarian assistance to the DRC, Uganda and the African Union. China will continue working with the international community, closely follow the situation on the ground and provide every possible support in light of Africa's needs for an early victory against the virus, he added. ■
