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From the time when the first cases of COVID-19 were identified in Wuhan City, China, in December 2019, WHO has been at the forefront of the country’s containment efforts. The WHO Country Office in China, supported by the Regional Office for the Western Pacific and global headquarters, has provided the Government of China with technical advice on detection, testing, isolation and quarantine measures to support a rapid response to contain the outbreak.
As China emerges from the containment phase of the outbreak after 2 months and moves into the mitigation stage, its experience is helping countries currently at the start of the COVID-19 cycle to plan their responses better.
In an interview with WHO/Europe, the WHO Representative to China, Dr Gauden Galea, spoke about the next phase of China’s response to the pandemic and what lessons other countries should draw from its experience. These are excerpts from the interview.