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2020.01.27 21:30 GMT+8

Medical supplies in virus-hit Wuhan race against time

Updated 2020.01.27 21:30 GMT+8
CGTN

Medical supplies in virus-hit Wuhan race against time

When Luo Gangqiang, director of the Red Cross Society of Wuhan, put his cell phone number on a donation notice, he was surprised by the responses.

"It has become a hotline," he said. "On the first day, I had over a thousand missed calls.  "I got tense and stressed and came to realize the virus situation had been severe."

In just a matter of weeks, the demand for medical supplies has become urgent in Wuhan, the epicenter of the novel coronavirus epidemic.

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