1,600 more medical workers to aid Hubei's novel coronavirus control
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Updated: 2020-01-26 16:24
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BEIJING -- China will send additional 12 teams of more than 1,600 medical staff to areas hit hard by the novel coronavirus outbreak in Hubei province, a senior health official said Sunday.
Ma Xiaowei, director of the National Health Commission, said at a press conference that the medical staff will be sent out shortly, adding that authorities are also coordinating supplies urgently needed to control the outbreak.
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