Khairul Shahril Bin Idrus (L), Deputy Director General of National Disaster Management Agency (NADMA) of Malaysia, receives the donation from Leo Chow, CEO of Lazada Malaysia representing the Jack Ma Foundation and the Alibaba Foundation, at a warehouse of the Kuala Lumpur International Airport in Sepang, Selangor, Malaysia, March 26, 2020. (Photo by Chong Voon Chung/Xinhua)
BEIJING, March 26 (Xinhua) -- Chinese President Xi Jinping said Thursday that it is imperative for the international community to strengthen confidence, act with unity and work together in a collective response against COVID-19 as the outbreak is spreading worldwide.
Xi made the remarks in Beijing while attending the G20 Extraordinary Virtual Leaders' Summit on COVID-19 via video link.
"We must comprehensively step up international cooperation and foster greater synergy so that humanity as one could win the battle against such a major infectious disease," Xi said. ■
