A team of 20 medical workers from Chongqing and the Macao Special Administrative Region await their departure to Algeria on May 12 morning. [Photo by Tan Yingzi/China Daily]

A team of 20 medical professionals from Chongqing and the Macao Special Administrative Region boarded a plane in Chongqing on May 12 and departed for Algeria to help the African country contain the COVID-19 pandemic.

At the invitation of the Algerian government, the Chinese experts will share information about epidemic control and prevention, treatment and testing.

The team includes 15 medical workers from Chongqing and five from the Macao SAR, covering the fields of respiratory and infectious diseases, intensive care, cardiology, traditional Chinese medicine, laboratory work, epidemiology and nursing.