MANILA - The team of Chinese medical experts has left Manila after a two-week visit and releasing its “findings and recommendations on how the Philippines can better deal with COVID-19.”

Foreign Affairs Secretary Teodoro Locsin Jr. and Health Secretary Francisco Duque III expressed their appreciation to the medical experts as they sent them off at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport Sunday.

Sec @teddyboylocsin sends off the team of Chinese medical experts whose two-week technical visit gave the opportunity for Filipino and Chinese health professionals to share valuable information in the global fight against #COVID19. 🇵🇭🇨🇳#DFAinACTION#WeHealAsOne pic.twitter.com/pTl7CUPTZ3

— DFA Philippines (@DFAPHL) April 19, 2020

The Chinese medical experts completed their two-week mission which included visits to various hospitals and COVID-19 facilities in the country.

• VIsiting Chinese medical team moved by professionalism of Pinoy health workers
• Chinese medical team shares COVID-19 treatment plan with PH doctors

As of Sunday, the Philippines has a total of 6,259 confirmed COVID-19 cases. Of this number, 572 have recovered while 409 have died.

The infection began at a public market that sold wild animals as delicacies in the Chinese city of Wuhan in late December. It began spreading globally in January and has since infected over 2.1 million people, with more than 145,000 deaths.

- with a report from Willard Cheng, ABS-CBN News