President Xi Jinping said China is conducting a tough battle against the outbreak of the corona virus "demon".

"The plague is a demon and we cannot let this demon hide," Xi said at a meeting with World Health Organization (WHO) Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus today in Beijing.

"The Chinese government always has an open, transparent and responsible attitude, in order to provide timely information about domestic and foreign epidemics," Xi said.

Wuhan City, the capital of Hubei Province, is the center of an outbreak of pneumonia caused by a new strain of the corona virus (nCoV), which has killed 106 people so far and thousands of people infected throughout China. and abroad, including Thailand, USA, France, Canada, Korea, Thailand, Vietnam, Japan, Singapore, Nepal and Australia. Wuhan has been blocked, and public transport in 18 other cities in Hubei Province has been stopped to limit spread.

Wuhan Mayor Chu Tien Vuong acknowledged on January 27 that the disease was not handled well, did not publish timely information and was ready to resign to calm public opinion. Mr. Wang on January 26 said he was "very miserable and felt guilty".

On Chinese social media, many mocked officials amid the epicenter of the new epidemic crisis, including Hubei province chief Wang Xiaoming.