An additional 2,600 military medics sent by the People's Liberation Army to help fight the novel coronavirus epidemic have all arrived in Wuhan, central China's Hubei Province, after the final batch of 1,200 military medics arrived on Monday.

China approved sending 2,600 additional medical personnel on February 13 to Wuhan. The first team of 1,400 medics arrived last Thursday.

Medical personnel and sanitary supplies were transported by air and rail.

The medics will be tasked with treating confirmed patients of novel coronavirus infection in Taikang Tongji Hospital and a branch of Hubei's Maternity and Child Health Care Hospital.