The COVID-19 outbreak is now accelerating across the African continent, with confirmed cases in the vast majority of African countries and clusters of cases and community transmission in many places, putting further strain on already fragile public health systems. To date, Botswana has been doing well in curbing the spread of the novel coronavirus with a relatively low number of confirmed cases. Consolidating this hard-won pandemic control achievement is the priority now. Over the past three months, China has fought hard and made great sacrifices to bring the outbreak under control domestically. Therefore, we are fully aware of the difficulties in fighting the pandemic and share the pain of Africa and its people. We will not forget that during China’s most difficult time, H.E. President Dr. Mokgweetsi Masisi and the Botswana leadership sent letters and messages of condolences to the Chinese people and expressed solidarity and appreciation for China’s anti-pandemic measures. Every day, friends in Botswana gave thumbs-up or comments on the embassy’s Facebook page and my personal Twitter account, expressing your confidence in China’s victory over the pandemic. Students at the Confucius Institute at the University of Botswana shouted “Stay Strong, Wuhan!” in Chinese. We will always remember and…