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China's Foreign Ministry Monday said China will closely cooperate with the international community and share its experience in fighting the new coronavirus as COVID-19 rapidly spreads around the globe.

Ministry spokesman Zhao Lijian made the comment at Monday's daily briefing, saying China relates to what those countries that have been hit hard by the new virus are going through at the moment.

"The epidemic is a common challenge for all mankind and it requires the international community to work together to cope with it," Zhao said, promising China will actively engage in regional and global cooperation and work with the World Health Organization (WHO) to safeguard global public health and security.

A positive trend in China recently shows that more and more people are recovering and less are getting infected. The situation is the opposite outside China.

South Korea, Japan, Iran and Italy have become the latest COVID-19 hotspots.

In face of the overseas rise of COVID-19, China has tightened measures for foreign nationals entering China from those areas.

Zhao said the measures, including checking their temperatures and home isolation, are necessary and could be adjusted to latest situation. 

"The measures are in line with China's laws and regulations. It not only meets the need of epidemic prevention and control, but also could effectively help prevent the transnational spread of the virus," Zhao said. "It's beneficial to China as well as all parties in the world."