On March 20, Chinese expert groups sent to Italy both went on their own missions. Clinical treatment expert group, led by Qui Yunqing, the group leader and the executive vice-president of the First Affiliated Hospital of Zhejiang University, communicated with the Italian medical staff on the treatment technique and the measures of prevention and went into the wards to get hold of the up-to-date information.

At 9 a.m., the expert group left the hotel, bring full sets of personal to protect materials. After over one hour of drive, they arrived at Giovanni XXIII Hospital, the biggest and most advanced hospital in the city and the major hospital for treating COVID-19 patients, in the city of Bergamo, the most infected city in Italy.

Giovanni XXIII Hospital had already taken in over 900 COVID-19 patients, 440 patients were still in the hospital. The hospital focused on COVID-19 treatments. The general outpatient departments have been closed. Only emergency surgical and cardiac outpatient departments were open. The hospital was planning to change into a specialized hospital for COVID-19 patients. All the patients were waiting to be transferred by the Lombardia government.

Learning the visiting of China's expert group, medical experts in Giovanni XXIII Hospital had been waiting in the conference room, eager to communicate with the Chinese experts.

"We are very grateful to Italian people for helping us out in the early stages of COVID-19. Now it only makes sense for us to come here and help when Italy is having a hard time with COVID-19." Professor Qui Yunqing said, "Now, China has achieved stage victory after a hard time, daily new case number has been zero. This is due to the Chinese government and people's scientific and joint efforts of strict prevention and control measures. Our experience is early detection, early diagnosis, early isolation, and early treatment. We are willing to share all of our experiences and even our lessons. We have compiled The Manual for COVID-19 Prevention and Treatment - the Clinical Experience of The First Affiliated Hospital of Zhejiang University as a reference, translated into many languages by Jack Ma Foundation and Alibaba DAMO Academy for discovery, adventure, momentum, and outlook." 

The First Affiliated Hospital of Zhejiang University is a major hospital for COVID-19 patients, with rich experience in treating severe and critical cases. Both parties discussed thoroughly the prevention, diagnostic and treatment of COVID-19.

After the discussion, the expert group came to the infectious ward on the 3rd floor of the hospital to check for the treatment of the COVID-19 patients, the working status of the medical staff and the control measures of hospital infection protection. This is the front line of the epidemic, with the greatest risk of infection.

48 beds in the infectious diseases unit of Giovanni XXIII Hospital were all filled with COVID-19 patients. Though there were no strict measures such as "three areas and two channels", the medical staff worked under the relatively simple infection protection conditions.

The expert group had in-depth exchanges with the medical staff in the ward on the treatment of patients, non-invasive ventilation equipment, medicine delivery system, etc., and made it clear to the nurses in the wards of nosocomial infection. The Italian medical staff appreciated the professional protection, perfect details, and professionalism of the expert group.

Leaving the isolation wards, the expert group was deeply touched by how devoted their Italian peers were: "It's not easy for them to work overtime under such simple conditions of nosocomial infection protection. I hope the materials and experience brought by us could be helpful!"

3月20日，中国赴意大利抗疫医疗专家组再次兵分两路。由专家组组长、浙大一院常务副院长裘云庆带领的临床治疗专家组奔赴医院一线，与意大利医护人员就新冠肺炎诊疗技术和防控手段进行全面沟通，并进入病房了解一线最新情况。

上午9点，专家组一行带上全套个人防护物资，从驻地酒店出发，一个多小时的车程后，他们抵达目前意大利疫情最严重的伦巴第大区的贝加莫市，进入当地的Giovanni XXIII医院，这是贝加莫最大最先进的医院，也是当地收治新冠肺炎患者的主要医院。

Giovanni XXIII医院已累计收治新冠肺炎患者900余例，目前住院440例。医院目前以收治新冠肺炎患者为主，普通门诊已关闭，仅开放紧急外科和心脏科门诊。医院计划改建为集中收治新冠肺炎患者的专科医院，目前住院的其他病人正在等待伦巴第大区政府安排转移至其他医院。

得知中国专家组的到来，Giovanni XXIII医院的医疗专家们早已等候在会议室里，迫不及待地想要“取经”。

“非常感谢意大利人民在新冠肺炎疫情早期对中国的无私帮助，现在意大利疫情控制遇到困难，我们理所应当过来与意大利专家一起战斗！”裘云庆教授说，“目前，中国已经走过艰难的时刻，新冠肺炎防治取得阶段性胜利，每日本土新发病例已下降为0。这要归功于中国政府和人民基于科学的严格防控联防联控措施，我们的经验总结为：早发现、早诊断、早隔离、早治疗。我们愿意全方位分享我们取得的经验甚至是教训，我们还组织编写了《新冠肺炎防治手册-浙江大学医学院附属第一医院临床经验》，现由马云公益基金会和阿里达摩院译成多国语言，可供大家参考。”

浙大一院正是浙江收治新冠肺炎危重患者的主要医院，拥有治疗新冠肺炎重症、危重症患者的大量的宝贵经验，双方围绕新冠肺炎预防、诊断、治疗等方面展开了全面细致的讨论。

讨论结束后，专家组一行主动要求来到位于医院3楼的感染科病房，实地了解新冠肺炎患者的救治情况、医护人员的工作状态和院感控制措施。这里是疫情抗击的最前线，感染风险最大。

Giovanni XXIII医院感染科病区的48张床位全部收满了新冠肺炎患者，虽然是感染科病房，但这里并没有严格的“三区两通道”，医护人员在比较简陋的院感防护条件下工作。

专家组与病区的医护人员就患者的治疗情况、无创通气设备、药品传输系统等进行了深入交流，并对病区护士进行了院感宣教，意大利医护人员则对专家组专业的防护、完美的细节、敬业的精神表示了赞赏。

从隔离病房出来，专家组被意大利同行的奉献精神所感动：“他们在比较简陋的院感防护下超负荷开展工作，真的很不容易，希望我们带来的物资和经验能给他们带来多一点的帮助！”

(Executive Editor: Ye Ke, Shang Ruofei)