The Information Office of Hubei Provincial People's Government holds its daily press conference on the latest updates on the prevention and control of the novel coronavirus pneumonia, which WHO officially named as COVID-19. On Thursday, Shanghai mayor, Ying Yong was appointed Party chief of virus-hit Hubei Province, while former Party secretary of Jinan, the provincial capital of eastern Shandong Province, Wang Zhonglin, will be Wuhan's Party chief.