Beijing: China and US take steps to work together in cooperation, to contain the coronavirus pandemic. Chinese President Xi Jinping and his US President Donald Trump spoke by phone on Friday in an attempt to ease tensions following weeks of finger pointing over the pandemic.
Xi told Trump that China had been transparent and responsible in its release of information, including the gene sequence of the coronavirus, since the start of the outbreak, and had provided assistance to other nations.
The call comes at a point of time when the US has surpassed China in terms of confirmed cases.
John Hopkins University reports US has a total of 85,505 cases, while China has 81,782. The overall death toll in the US and China currently stands at 1,290 and 3,291, respectively.
Xi said he was concerned about the outbreak in the US and health officials from two sides were in constant communication, said the SCMP reported citing the CCTV as saying.
Chinese and American officials have been trading accusations over handling of the crisis in recent weeks.
The US has criticised China, where the outbreak was first reported, for its slow initial response and attempts to silence people who raised the alarm about the pandemic.
