Mutual aid to hinder contagion

With travel and trade on rise, China seeks quarantine cooperation within Eurasia

China is looking to step up cooperation with Eurasian countries in border health quarantine procedures to prevent the spread of endemic diseases just as the Belt and Road Initiative is set to bring about more frequent international exchanges.

Establishing a China-Eurasia health quarantine cooperation mechanism would help to prevent the spread of endemic diseases such as the Zika virus and Middle East respiratory syndrome, according to Zhang Jiwen, head of the Department of Supervision on Health Quarantine. The department is part of the General Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine.