6 lessons from China's Zhejiang Province and Hangzhou on how countries can prevent and rebound from an epidemic like COVID-19

Mar 12, 2020

Staff members move medical supplies to be sent to Italy for the prevention of the novel coronavirus, following the coronavirus outbreak, at a logistics center of the international airport in Hangzhou, Zhejiang province, China March 10, 2020. Picture taken March 10, 2020. China Daily via REUTERS ATTENTION EDITORS - THIS IMAGE WAS PROVIDED BY A THIRD PARTY. CHINA OUT. - RC27IF9T61PM

National and local governments around the world can learn from China's response to the COVID-19 outbreak. Image: REUTERS

Xifeng Wu

M.D., Ph.D., Dean and Professor of School of Public Health, Vice President of The Second Affiliated Hospital, Director of National Institute for Data Science in Health and Medicine, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China

Xiaolin Xu

Ph.D., Research Professor, School of Public Health, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China

Xuchu Wang

M.D., Director, Hangzhou Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Hangzhou, China

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