As many as 21 teams of medics have been freshly formed as part of China's increased efforts to treat severe cases of pneumonia cause by novel coronavirus (COVID-19) in Wuhan, the epicenter city of the virus outbreak, the National Health Commission (NHC) said Thursday.

The NHC dispatched 21 teams, comprising 3,170 healthcare personnel in total, on Wednesday, to take over the treatment of patients from Tumor Center of Union Hospital affiliated to Tongji Medical College of Huazhong University of Science and Technology and Wuhan No. 1 Hospital. 
 

The teams consist of healthcare professionals from provincial level regions, including Tianjin Municipality and Sichuan, Zhejiang and Jiangsu provinces.