Foreign Ministry to hold daily WeChat briefings on coronavirus

The Chinese Foreign Ministry will hold daily news briefings online starting Monday due to the outbreak of the novel coronavirus in China.

At this special period, the spokesperson will answer questions from Chinese as well as foreign journalists through WeChat at 3 pm every working day, according to a statement from the official WeChat account of the spokesperson’s office of the ministry.

The foreign ministry shoulders the responsibility to show China's progress in fighting against the epidemic and release relevant information, the office said.

The ministry will spare no effort to build international consensus on combating the epidemic, it added.