The staff of the team includes Liang Zong'an, a senior respiratory physician at West China Hospital, Tang Menglin, a senior nurse at the hospital, and Tong Wenbin, deputy director at the institute of microbiology, Sichuan Center for Disease Control and Prevention.

Together with them are Ji Jin, a lecturer from Sichuan University, who will serve as an interpreter, and Qin Xiaoli, a Sichuan Red Cross officer in charge of communication.

They have also brought medical protective materials at the request of Italian Red Cross.

Liang Zong'an (center), Tang Menglin (right) and Ji Jin (left)