Live: COVID-19 containment measures in China's Guangdong
Updated 11:25, 18-Mar-2020

Guangzhou municipal government holds a press conference on COVID-19 containment at the First Affiliate Hospital of Guangzhou Medical University. Chinese respiratory scientist Zhong Nanshan, who has experience fighting SARS in 2003, attends the press conference and speaks on the latest COVID-19 control measures.

Recent new COVID-19 cases in Guangdong Province are mostly imported from overseas. Guangdong uses three risk levels – high, medium and low – to mark the places in the whole province, while resumption of work is underway. About 300 psychological counseling hotlines in Guangdong Province are open for the residents experiencing panic, anxiety, anger, hypochondria and other physical and mental reactions.