Chinese doctor Zhang Junqiao’s heroic act exemplifies the deep China-Africa friendship and the extraordinary dedication, commitment, love and fighting spirit of Chinese medical teams, a Chinese foreign ministry spokesperson said on Tuesday.
Zhang Junqiao, the leader of the 27th Chinese medical team in Tanzania and a Chinese anesthesiologist, lost his life on June 15, while rescuing a drowning woman off the coast of Dar es Salaam, Tanzania.
“Our thoughts are with Zhang Junqiao’s family, and it is absolutely painful to lose a dear and stellar member of Chinese medical teams in Africa,” Guo said.
Guo said that it has been 62 years since China sent its first medical team to Africa in 1963, and almost 57 years since China began sending medical teams to Tanzania.
The caring and highly skilled members of Chinese medical teams have treated and saved many local people, and trained medical teams of their own, Guo said, adding the work of the medical teams has contributed so much to China-Africa friendship.
“The people of China and Africa will never forget. History will not forget,” the spokesperson added. Enditem
10 killed, over 90 injured in Russian missile strike on central Ukraine
KIEV, June 24 (Xinhua) — At least 10 people were killed and more than 90 injured on Tuesday as Russian missiles struck two cities in Ukraine’s central Dnipropetrovsk region, regional governor Sergii Lysak said.
In the city of Dnipro, at least eight people were killed and around 84 injured in the attack, Lysak said on Telegram.
Dnipro Mayor Borys Filatov described the strike as one of the most severe assaults on the city since the start of the conflict. He said that 34 educational institutions, eight healthcare facilities, and a passenger train traveling from Odesa to Zaporizhzhia were damaged in the attack.
Elsewhere, in the city of Samar — located about 26 km northeast of Dnipro — two people were killed and 11 injured. Enditem
Source: Xinhua
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