The central medical leader was sent to Wuhan to take drastic measures against Covid-19, such as increasing medical facilities and doctors.

In the first press conference since coming to Wuhan against the epidemic, Wang Xiaoping, the new chairman of Hubei Provincial Health Committee, today said nine health facilities were used to welcome symptomatic patients. mild of coronary pneumonia (Covid-19) and suspected persons.

China sent 217 medical teams to all provinces and cities, including more than 25,000 health professionals to Hubei. This team will complement 181 military medical teams in Wuhan and 36 medical teams in other cities in the province.

Wang said the scale of this medical assistance would be larger than the Man Xuyen, Sichuan support, following the 2008 earthquake. He also pledged that there would be no "second Wuhan" in the communities. or another city in the province.

Stadiums will be used as medical facilities to ensure all patients receive treatment. As a result, field hospitals now have 6,906 beds, of which 5,606 beds have patients.

Jiayan, vice chairman of the China National Health Commission, said cross-infection in field hospitals would not occur because only confirmed cases of Covid-19 infection with mild symptoms. taken to these health facilities. She argued that the measure was justified because "it is low cost and still effective", helping to reduce the burden on major hospitals, often giving priority to handling serious cases.

More than half of Covid-19 cases in Hubei were also treated with Chinese traditional medicine (TCM). TCM doctors are also involved in disease prevention and treatment at the community level.

The Central Bank of China (PBOC) is also determined to prevent the Covid-19 epidemic from spreading through cash. PBOC requires banks to sterilize money before putting it into circulation, advising people to use banking services, shopping and electronic payment.

The Covid-19 outbreak started in Wuhan in December 2019, then spread to all of China's 31 provinces. Covid-19 is now present in 27 countries and territories, causing 1,526 deaths and more than 67,100 infections.

Countries with patients infected with corona virus. Click on image to see details.