Experts in Fujian province share their experience managing coronavirus patients with Malaysian doctors via video conference on Wednesday. [Photo provided to chinadaily.com.cn]

Ten clinical experts in Fujian province shared their experience in preventing and controlling the spread of COVID-19 with doctors from Sarawak, Malaysia, in a video conference on Wednesday.

Fujian's office for foreign affairs said that as cases of COVID-19 — the illness caused by the coronavirus — continued to grow, the provincial government overcame technological hurdles to build a remote diagnosis system in response to a request for help from the Chinese embassy in Kuching, Malaysia.

Chinese experts from respiratory and intensive care departments provided detailed answers to Malaysian doctors who asked about treatment and prevention, including what drugs are effective, the best time to apply certain therapies, which patients are suitable, how to measure success and how long traffic control should last.

N95 face masks, the highest-quality ones, are not necessary for everyone, since ordinary masks can block most virus-laden particles, said Chen Wu, deputy chief of the emergency department at the Fujian center for disease control.

"But wearing some sort of mask is quite effective in helping curtail the epidemic," he said.

Earlier, according to the provincial foreign affairs office, Sarawak had donated more than 4 million yuan ($566,000) worth of epidemic-fighting materials to Fujian, with which it has a sister relationship.

Huang Siyu in Fuzhou contributed to this story.