NHC fully supports Hong Kong in countering COVID-19 outbreak

A panel of epidemiology experts set out to Hong Kong for assistance in COVID-19 fight, in Shenzhen, south China's Guangdong Province, Feb. 17, 2022. China's National Health Commission (NHC) said in a statement on the website that it has been paying close attention to the fifth wave of the COVID-19 pandemic in Hong Kong.(Xinhua/Liang Xu)

BEIJING, Feb. 17 (Xinhua) -- China's National Health Commission (NHC) on Thursday said it will continue fully supporting the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region government and meet its demands in containing the current COVID-19 outbreak.

The commission said in a statement on the website that it has been paying close attention to the fifth wave of the COVID-19 pandemic in Hong Kong.

A panel of epidemiology experts were sent from Guangdong Province to Hong Kong on Thursday, along with two mobile COVID-19 test vehicles, read the statement. 

A panel of epidemiology experts gather before setting out to Hong Kong for assistance in COVID-19 fight, in Shenzhen, south China's Guangdong Province, Feb. 17, 2022. China's National Health Commission (NHC) said in a statement on the website that it has been paying close attention to the fifth wave of the COVID-19 pandemic in Hong Kong. (Xinhua/Liang Xu)

Mobile COVID-19 test vehicles set out to Hong Kong for assistance in COVID-19 fight, in Shenzhen, south China's Guangdong Province, Feb. 17, 2022. China's National Health Commission (NHC) said in a statement on the website that it has been paying close attention to the fifth wave of the COVID-19 pandemic in Hong Kong.(Xinhua/Liang Xu)

Mobile COVID-19 test vehicles set out to Hong Kong for assistance in COVID-19 fight, in Shenzhen, south China's Guangdong Province, Feb. 17, 2022. China's National Health Commission (NHC) said in a statement on the website that it has been paying close attention to the fifth wave of the COVID-19 pandemic in Hong Kong.(Xinhua/Liang Xu)

A panel of epidemiology experts set out to Hong Kong for assistance in COVID-19 fight, in Shenzhen, south China's Guangdong Province, Feb. 17, 2022. China's National Health Commission (NHC) said in a statement on the website that it has been paying close attention to the fifth wave of the COVID-19 pandemic in Hong Kong.(Xinhua/Liang Xu)