A panel of epidemiology experts set out to Hong Kong for assistance in COVID-19 fight, in Shenzhen, south China's Guangdong Province, Feb. 17, 2022. China's National Health Commission (NHC) said in a statement on the website that it has been paying close attention to the fifth wave of the COVID-19 pandemic in Hong Kong.(Xinhua/Liang Xu)

China's National Health Commission (NHC) on Thursday said it will continue fully supporting the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region government and meet its demands in containing the current COVID-19 outbreak.

The commission said in a statement on the website that it has been paying close attention to the fifth wave of the COVID-19 pandemic in Hong Kong.

A panel of epidemiology experts were sent from Guangdong Province to Hong Kong on Thursday, along with two mobile COVID-19 test vehicles, read the statement.

A panel of epidemiology experts gather before setting out to Hong Kong for assistance in COVID-19 fight, in Shenzhen, south China's Guangdong Province, Feb. 17, 2022. China's National Health Commission (NHC) said in a statement on the website that it has been paying close attention to the fifth wave of the COVID-19 pandemic in Hong Kong. (Xinhua/Liang Xu)

Mobile COVID-19 test vehicles set out to Hong Kong for assistance in COVID-19 fight, in Shenzhen, south China's Guangdong Province, Feb. 17, 2022. China's National Health Commission (NHC) said in a statement on the website that it has been paying close attention to the fifth wave of the COVID-19 pandemic in Hong Kong.(Xinhua/Liang Xu)

Editor: Jin Weiduo