THE executive of the Association for Barbados China Friendship (ABCF) is throwing its full support behind the Chinese Government and members of Chinese communities. It comes as that country grapples with containing the spread of the novel coronavirus and is working to find a treatment with a network of scientists from across the globe.
In a statement issued by former Governor of the Central Bank of Barbados, Dr. DeLisle Worrell, who announced the formation of the ABCF back in May last year, he commended the Chinese government on how it has been handling the crisis situation thus far.
“We are grateful for the measures that the government and the people of the People’s Republic of China has taken to contain the virus within China. We are full of admiration for the extraordinary speed and decisiveness within which quarantines have been implemented, new specialised hospitals have been built, supplies of food and medicines have been mobilised and support services have been put in place.
“The World Health Organisation has commended the Chinese authorities on the wealth and pertinence of the information made publicly available. The medical authorities and all related agencies in China are in active collaboration with a global network of scientists from leading medical centres in the US, Europe and around the world, in a race against time to find treatment and vaccines for the new virus.”
The former Central Bank governor noted that there is a wealth of information that can keep persons up to date with ongoing efforts being undertaken by China.
“Comprehensive up to the minute information on developments with respect to the novel coronavirus is available to Barbadians from the China Global Television Network to be found in English on MCTV Channel 209 and on YouTube. CGTN programmes include a daily news conference from Hubei Province – the epicentre of the virus; data and informed discussion panels by leading experts from all around the world; and live reports from Wuhan and other locations within China and abroad.
“There are videos of new hospitals being built and equipped, interviews with medical staff on the frontline of the fight against the epidemic and other real-time coverage of life in China and how it has been affected by the crisis. Information on the virus is also available on the website and Facebook page of the Chinese Embassy in Barbados,” Dr. Worrell said.