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2020.02.17 16:04 GMT+8

Over 32,000 medics dispatched to battle virus in Wuhan

Updated 2020.02.17 19:01 GMT+8
CGTN

Over 32,000 medics were dispatched from 29 provincial-level regions, the Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps and also the armed forces of China to aid the prevention and control of the coronavirus in Wuhan City, central China's Hubei Province, Guo Yanhong, an official with the National Health Commission (NHC), said Monday.

China has sent about 11,000 intensive care specialists into the coronavirus-hit Wuhan, which is approximately 10 percent of the country's total number of intensive care medics, Guo added.

Meanwhile, three top-level medical groups led by Chinese academicians, namely Zhong Nanshan, Li Lanjuan and Wang Chen, have also joined the fight at the front line, according to the official. 

A total of 22 national emergency medical rescue teams and three mobile P3 laboratories had gathered in the city with selected medical kits to improve the city's ability to treat, cure and conduct virus tests, Guo said.

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