Chinese government dispatches medical expert team on COVID-19 to Sao Tome and Principe in May 2020

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On May 31, 2020, a team of Chinese medical professionals arrived at Sao Tome and Principe to help combat COVID-19. The expert group was formed by the National Health Commission and selected by the Hebei Provincial Health Commission. The expert group consists of 12 experts, including experts in infectious diseases, respiratory, critical care, nursing, medical examination, and medical imaging. From June 2nd to June 4th, the Chinese team carried out three-day training for dozens of São Tomé health professionals at Hospital Dr. Ayres de Menezes. Then, they completed their trip on June 9, 2020. The training contents included etiological and epidemiological characteristics of Covid-19, methods and techniques of the epidemiological investigation, determination and management of people in close contact with confirmed cases, diagnostic criteria for asymptomatic cases, pandemic prevention and control strategy based on zoning. and in the classification, diagnosis and treatment of infected cases, treatment of severe and critical cases, functions of different test modes in the diagnosis, operation and use of ventilators, interpretation of medical images, and analysis of laboratory data.