Chinese TV drama "Ebola fighters" to be screened in Senegal

The file photo shows a doctor of Chinese medical team in Senegal examining the ear of a female patient at the Hann/Mer Medical Center in Darkar, capital of Senegal, March 31, 2013. (Xinhua/Wang Meng)

The 24-episode Chinese TV drama "Ebola fighters," a production of the China International Television Corporation (CITVC) about the experience of a Chinese virologist and his medical team in the fight against the Ebola epidemic in several West African countries in 2014, will soon be broadcast on TV in Senegal.

DAKAR, July 17 (Xinhua) -- The French version of the Chinese TV drama "Ebola fighters," a production of the China International Television Corporation (CITVC), premiered Friday at the Grand National Theatre in Dakar, capital of Senegal.

This TV drama, designed in 24 episodes of 45 minutes each, tells the experience of Chinese virologist Zheng Shupeng and his medical team in the fight against the Ebola epidemic in several West African countries in 2014.

The file photo shows a doctor of Chinese medical team in Senegal examining the eyes of a local female patient in Darkar, capital of Senegal, Dec, 20, 2014. (Xinhua/Wang Meng)

The Chinese drama will soon be broadcast on the first and second channels of the Senegalese Radiodiffusion Television (RTS 1 and RTS 2), as well as on various regional channels of Senegalese public television, announced Boubou Sall, head of the IT department of RTS.

He praised "the exemplary relations" between RTS and CITVC, noting that the new Chinese production will further strengthen the relations between the two organizations.

The president of the Senegalese Association of Film Critics Fatou Kine Sene said this drama was "well done" and hoped China and Senegal will strengthen the audiovisual partnership.