1,600 more medical workers to aid Hubei's coronavirus control
BEIJING, Jan. 26 (Xinhua) -- 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.
