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KUALA LUMPUR-As the unprecedented novel coronavirus pandemic is taking a heavy toll globally, China has provided much-needed medical supplies and treatment experience to help countries fight the crisis.

A team of medical experts dispatched by the Chinese government has arrived in Kuala Lumpur to help Malaysia fight the pandemic.

The eight-member expert team was received by China's Ambassador to Malaysia Bai Tian and officials of Malaysia's Ministry of Health upon their arrival at Kuala Lumpur International Airport on Saturday.

During the contingent's two-week stay in Malaysia, it will share its expertise in fighting COVID-19 with its Malaysian counterparts, which will help Malaysia's efforts against the pandemic, Bai said.

"This is the time when governments and the people of China and Malaysia are working together and looking after each other to overcome the difficulties."

Malaysia's Health Ministry Director-General Noor Hisham Abdullah said the Chinese expert team and Malaysian experts would share their expertise and views on COVID-19.

"We will discuss with our colleagues from China and we will see how we can cooperate, to improve our virus detection, our treatment and public health, and how we can work together with China."