© Shanghai EMT In a bid to boost its response to the ongoing COVID-19 outbreak, China mobilized four out of five WHO classified Emergency Medical Teams (EMTs) to Wuhan, the centre of the epidemic, on 3 February 2020.

EMTs are teams of health professionals, usually made up of doctors, nurses and paramedics who treat patients needing medical care during an emergency.

They come from governments, charities, the military and international organizations. These trained and self-sufficient medical teams come prepared to assist in international and national emergencies to avoid over burdening the local systems.

China has five WHO classified teams from Shanghai, Guangdong, Tianjin, Sichuan and Macao. The Shanghai, Guangdong, Sichuan, and Tianjin

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