COVID-19: zero infections among over 40,000 medics supporting Hubei

None of the more than 40,000 medical workers dispatched to central China’s Hubei Province to help combat the COVID-19 outbreak has tested positive for the virus, Ma Xiaowei, director of the National Health Commission, said at a press conference on Tuesday.

Ma was briefing the media on the progress of the work of the central leading group on responding to the new coronavirus outbreak.

Over 63,000 patient have recovered in Hubei Province so far, with the recovery rate topping 93 percent, said the official.