BISHKEK, April 23 (Xinhua) -- Kyrgyzstan's medical workers have exchanged experiences and information on COVID-19 with Chinese experts in online training courses, Deputy Health Minister Nurbolot Usenbaev said Thursday.
Since Wednesday, a group of 10 Chinese medical experts, who arrived in Kyrgyzstan on Monday, have offered online training courses for their Kyrgyz counterparts to help fight the pandemic, after visiting medical facilities and a virology laboratory in the country.
The Chinese experts shared their experience in treating infected patients, provided advice on the use of drugs, and answered questions raised by their Kyrgyz counterparts in the online courses.
Epidemiologists, virologists and laboratory staff across the country have participated in the training, according to the health ministry.
"These trainings will continue for several days, and we hope that we gain good knowledge," Usenbaev told a news conference, expressing the hope that the exchange of experience will be productive.
The 10-member team from west China's Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region includes six medical experts specializing in disease prevention and control, traditional Chinese medicine and respiratory medicine, among others.
Kyrgyzstan has reported 590 confirmed COVID-19 cases, with seven deaths and 216 recoveries so far.
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