Covid-19: China ready to send aid to the Philippines

Members of a quarantine team set up a checkpoint area in Cainta City, Manila City, the Philippines, on Saturday, March 14, 2020. President Rodrigo Duterte said he would place some 12 million people in the Manila area on lockdown and largely suspend government work for a month in an effort to stop the coronavirus from spreading. - Bloomberg

BEIJING (Xinhua): Chinese State Councillor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi held a phone talk with Philippine Foreign Secretary Teodoro Locsin on Sunday (March 15), saying China is willing to do its utmost to help the Philippines fight against Covid-19.

On behalf of the Philippine side, Locsin reiterated firm support for China's fight against Covid-19, and congratulated China on its important achievements so far.