Overview

China Sends Anti-Epidemic Medical Team to Lesotho to fight COVID-19 September 2020

Commitment Year•2020Country of Activity•LesothoDirect Recipient Country of Incorporation•LesothoSector•HealthFlow Type•Grant

Status

Project lifecycle

Completion

Pipeline: PledgePipeline: CommitmentImplementationCompletion

Timeline

Key dates

Commitment date: Jan 1, 2020

Start (actual): Sep 27, 2020

End (actual): Nov 5, 2020

Stakeholders

Organizations involved in projects and activities supported by financial and in-kind transfers from Chinese government and state-owned entities

Funding agencies

Government Agencies

Unspecified Chinese Government Institution

Receiving agencies

Government Agencies

Government of Lesotho

Implementing agencies

Government Agencies

Hubei Province Health Commission
National Health Commission of China

Loan description

China Sends Anti-Epidemic Medical Team to Lesotho to fight COVID-19 September 2020

Narrative

Full Description

Project narrative

On September 27, 2020, the Chinese government sent an anti-epidemic medical expert team to Lesotho in order to fight COVID-19. This team was comprised of 10 medical experts, and they arrived with personal protective equipment (PPE) and other medical supplies. It was organized by the National Health Commission of China and members were selected by Hubei Provincial Health Commission. As of October 21, 2020, the team had visited the Ministry of Health of Lesotho, the designated hospitals for the new crown, the national nucleic acid testing laboratory and the WHO representative office in Lesotho, and helped formulate plans for fever clinics. The team departed China on September 27, 2020. On November 5, 2020, the team arrived back home.