China will continue to take the strictest control and prevention measures in central Hubei Province to battle against the ongoing novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19), the National Health Commission said in a statement on Tuesday.

Strict control on outbound movement of people in Wuhan, as well as other cities in Hubei where restrictions on people's movements are already in place, will remain. For the cities where traffic control has not been implemented, people will be quarantined for 14 days upon their arrival to their destination, read the statement.

Hubei had 499 new confirmed cases on February 24, bringing the total number in the province to 64,786. The Chinese mainland reported 508 new cases, up from 409 on February 23, bringing the total number to 77,658.

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China adheres to strict control of personnel in and out of Wuhan