BAKU, Azerbaijan, May 23
By Jeila Aliyeva - Trend:
Turkmenistan and Japan have discussed a cooperation against COVID-19, Trend reports with reference to Turkmenistan’s State News Agency.
The representatives of specialized institutions and scientific structures of Japan and Turkmenistan held a video conference on the bilateral cooperation of the countries in the health sector and countering COVID-19 coronavirus infection.
The parties considered comprehensive measures to prevent the spread of dangerous infection, including targeted research and manufacturing of medicines and vaccines, exchange of experience and strengthening mutually beneficial international relations in this area.
Thus, the parties stressed the potential for developing cooperation between Turkmenistan and Japan’s scientific and health institutions in current areas of modern medicine, as well as in the training of qualified specialists.
According to the source, since the first days of the COVID-19 threat, Turkmenistan has been in favor of consolidating common efforts and developing joint actions to combat the spread of the virus.
The outbreak in the Chinese city of Wuhan - which is an international transport hub - began at a fish market in late December 2019.
The World Health Organization (WHO) on March 11 declared COVID-19 a pandemic. Some sources claim the coronavirus outbreak started as early as November 2019.
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