On behalf of Director-General Wang Sheng of Hainan Provincial Foreign Affairs Office, Deputy Director-General Zeng Xiaoming, jointly with officials from the provincial Department of Education and the Department of Science and Technology, made video calls to foreign teachers, experts and students still staying at Hainan University, Hainan Medical University, Haikou Experimental Station of Chinese Academy of Tropical Agricultural Sciences and other organizations after the outbreak of COVID-19, asking about their living conditions on February 13.

Hainan Provincial Foreign Affairs Office, jointly with the provincial Department of Education and the Department of Science and Technology, made video calls to foreign teachers, experts and students in Hainan during COVID-19 epidemic on February 13.

"I fully understand and support the measures taken by the government and the university to combat the virus during this special period of time," said Brian, an Irish teacher in Hainan University. Recently, the university has been paying close attention to the health of its teachers and students. For those not feeling well, doctors on campus will give timely advice, provide medicine delivery service, and follow up on condition changes, which Brian believed has made everyone feel a lot relieved.

Saraswati Gurung, a student from Nepal who is studying at Hainan Medical University, also thought that the current preventive and control measures adopted by local governments and schools are necessary and important. "We don't have much difficulty in our lives. The school has opened temporary stores that provide daily necessities for us." As more international students are about to return, Saraswati said that she would be willing to support the school in taking care of the others, and together win the battle against the epidemic.