A medical worker checks a coronavirus patient’s pulse at the Affiliated Hospital of Jiangxi Traditional Chinese Medicine University in east China's Jiangxi province. Photo: Xinhua A medical worker checks a coronavirus patient’s pulse at the Affiliated Hospital of Jiangxi Traditional Chinese Medicine University in east China's Jiangxi province. Photo: Xinhua
A medical worker checks a coronavirus patient’s pulse at the Affiliated Hospital of Jiangxi Traditional Chinese Medicine University in east China's Jiangxi province. Photo: Xinhua
China /  People & Culture

Chinese doctors’ hard lesson from coronavirus outbreak: be prepared and plan ahead

  • Countries must boost training of medical staff to allow them to safely deal with infectious diseases, say doctors on the front line of the Covid-19 epidemic
  • Experts share their experiences in the hope of helping their global counterparts to be prepared

Topic |   Coronavirus pandemic
Zhuang Pinghui
Zhuang Pinghui in Beijing

Updated: 11:27pm, 5 Mar, 2020

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A medical worker checks a coronavirus patient’s pulse at the Affiliated Hospital of Jiangxi Traditional Chinese Medicine University in east China's Jiangxi province. Photo: Xinhua A medical worker checks a coronavirus patient’s pulse at the Affiliated Hospital of Jiangxi Traditional Chinese Medicine University in east China's Jiangxi province. Photo: Xinhua
A medical worker checks a coronavirus patient’s pulse at the Affiliated Hospital of Jiangxi Traditional Chinese Medicine University in east China's Jiangxi province. Photo: Xinhua
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