Xi chairs leading body meeting on COVID-19 control, economic progress

Xi Jinping chairs leading body meeting on COVID-19 control, economic progress

The Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee on Friday held a meeting on the prevention and control of the COVID-19, and the coordination between epidemic control and economic and social development.

Chinese President Xi Jinping, also general secretary of the CPC Central Committee, chaired the meeting.

At present, the spread of the epidemic has been curbed, and the prevention and control work has achieved results. The number of newly diagnosed and suspected cases across the country has shown a general downward trend. The number of recovered patients discharged from hospitals has increased rapidly, especially in the provinces outside Hubei, according to the meeting.

However, the turning point of the COVID-19 outbreak has not come yet and the prevention and control situation in Hubei Province and Wuhan City is still severe and complicated.