Foreign Minister Wang Yi urged countries to strengthen cooperation with China when it took strong action to prevent the nCoV epidemic.

Speaking at the ASEAN-China Foreign Minister's Special Meeting on Covid-19 Responding Cooperation in Vientiane, Laos, Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi today called on countries to strengthen trade and people relations. with Beijing, confirmed its efforts to prevent corona pneumonia (Covid-19) outbreaks.

"China not only protects its people but also the world," Wang said, citing the latest data on the number of people infected with nCoV today. After the National Health Commission of China updated its new statistics on nCoV infections, removing the calculation based on clinical symptoms of Hubei, the number of cases at nCoV in Hubei increased at least since the 25th. first.

According to China's Foreign Minister, the outbreak has some impact on China's economy, but that impact will be temporary and limited. "Under the current conditions, countries need to strengthen human relations and cooperation. We will turn challenges into opportunities," Wang said, adding that many new industries appear in the sue many challenges.

At a press conference after talks with 10 ASEAN foreign ministers, China's Foreign Minister said he and his colleagues agreed to strengthen cooperation to fight the disease. Beijing is committed to timely sharing of information on the disease and governments will consider establishing a communication mechanism between China and ASEAN to promote rapid response.

The Covid-19 outbreak has been reported in Wuhan, China, and has been reported in 28 countries and territories. Nine cases of nCoV have been recorded outside of mainland China, including Japan, France, the Philippines, Taiwan, Hong Kong and Iran. Worldwide, 75,662 people were infected with nCoV and 2,126 people died. 16,433 people recovered and 11,914 people in critical condition.

Since the outbreak, dozens of countries and territories have imposed travel bans and visa restrictions on China, a series of airlines have suspended flights to and from the country. The United States, Russia, Australia, Singapore, Indonesia and the Philippines prohibit people from mainland China and call for non-Chinese citizens to travel. Other countries prohibit tourists from Hubei and suspend operations with international cruise ships departing or transiting at ports in China.

ASEAN leaders last week expressed deep concern that the outbreak of Covid-19 disrupted the region's trade, supply and tourism chains, forcing countries to lower their growth forecasts this year and up. operational maintenance plan for the business.

Philippine Foreign Minister Teodoro Locsin Jr said that in addition to the health effects, Covid-19 also caused great disadvantages to global trade, tourism and economy. He noted China's efforts to contain the disease and also urged countries to strengthen cooperation to reverse the epidemic.