China provided assistance to 83 countries, organisations to battle COVID-19 pandemic

China earlier hotspot of coronavirus outbreak has provided assistance to 80 countries to battle disease and international organisations, Chinese Vice Foreign Minister Luo Zhaohui said at a press conference. According to reports, China sent medical teams to countries like Iran, Italy, Iraq, Serbia and Cambodia and has held 20 expert video conferences with over 100 countries. Zhaohui in his remark also said that China has shared a diagsis plan with relevant countries in a timely manner. 

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During press meet, Zhaohui also hoped that special Group of 20 (G20) video summit, which is scheduled to be held on March 26 and will be attended by Chinese President Xi Jinping, will see China send a positive mess for working toger to defeat COVID-19. special summit will be first in history of G20 and it will be Xi Jinping's first meeting with international leers since virus broke out in December last year. e video conference will be hosted by Saudi Arabia, presidency of this year's G20 summit. 

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Coronavirus outbreak

COVID-19 has claimed more than 21,200 lives across world and has infected more than 4,71,000 people globally since it first broke out in December 2019. China was most affected country until last week, however, Italy and Spain have surpassed it to record most number of deaths anywhere in world due to COVID-19. virus is believed to have originated from a seafood market in China's Wuhan city, epicentre of disease, where animals were reportedly being tred illegally. 

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France and United States have also joined list of countries that have recorded more than 1,000 deaths due to coronavirus. Health experts believe that hotspot could soon shift to United States, where 1,032 people have died so far, out of 68,489 confirmed cases that country has recorded since January 2020.

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