COVID-19: Central govt team returns to Beijing after last Wuhan patient discharged

The central government team guiding the COVID-19 epidemic control work in Hubei Province on Monday finished their work and returned to Beijing, after Wuhan, where the coronavirus outbreak first began, said it had discharged all coronavirus patients.  

The epidemic prevention and control measures in Hubei Province, including Wuhan, have also been relaxed from "emergency" to "regular," according to a statement released by Xinhua News Agency. 

The central government team, led by Chinese Vice Premier Sun Chunlan, finished their work and departed for Beijing on Monday at the approval of Chinese President Xi Jinping, who is also the general secretary of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee, the statement said. 

The team was deployed to Hubei on January 27 to guide the epidemic prevention and control work. 

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