Live: First group of medical assistance teams leave Hubei Province
Updated 17:15, 17-Mar-2020

As the situation of coronavirus epidemic in China gradually eases, the first group of medical assistance teams from across the country are scheduled to leave Hubei Province. About 41 medical teams with 3,675 people will depart today. Those teams mobilized nationwide have assisted 14 temporary hospitals and seven designated hospitals in Wuhan, the provincial capital and epicenter of the outbreak. On Monday, Hubei reported only one new confirmed novel coronavirus case.