Chinese President Xi Jinping on Tuesday vowed to resolutely fight for a victory in the war against the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) during his inspection in the outbreak epicenter Wuhan, central China’s Hubei Province.
Xi, also general secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee and chairman of the Central Military Commission, called for firm, solid and meticulous prevention and control efforts to defend Hubei and Wuhan.
Xi said after hard work, the situation in Hubei and Wuhan has shown positive changes with important progress, but the prevention and control task remains arduous.
Xi stressed continuing to take epidemic prevention and control as a task of paramount importance.
In recent days, only a few dozen confirmed cases were reported, compared with thousands during the peak of the epidemic.
Many provinces in China have also reported zero new cases for a number of days.
Additionally, the government also ordered the closing down of the makeshift hospitals in Wuhan due to the decline in the number of reported cases.
According to reports, less than 20,000 of the confirmed cases are still under treatment, with almost 60,000 having reportedly recovered.
Also on Tuesday, Hubei said it would implement a “health code” system to allow people in areas at medium or low risk to start traveling. Qianjiang, a city in Hubei, said that all traffic checkpoints will be removed, public transportation will restart and firms will resume work in the near future, according to a report on an official website.
Globally, more than 114,300 people have been infected by the coronavirus and over 4,000 have died, according to a Reuters tally of government announcements.
Since the outbreak, 59,897 patients have been discharged from hospitals in China. Recently discharged patients need to go into quarantine for 14 days.
