{"id":22420,"date":"2020-02-28T18:25:14","date_gmt":"2020-02-29T02:25:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/?p=22420"},"modified":"2020-02-28T18:25:14","modified_gmt":"2020-02-29T02:25:14","slug":"wuhans-war-on-covid-19-how-china-mobilizes-the-whole-country-to-contain-the-virus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/?p=22420","title":{"rendered":"Wuhan’s war on COVID-19: How China mobilizes the whole country to contain the virus"},"content":{"rendered":"
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A health crisis struck China on the cusp of the new year. Wuhan, a metropolis of 11 million residents in central China’s Hubei Province, would become the epicenter of a new coronavirus.<\/p>\n

On January 23, Chinese authorities placed a lockdown on Wuhan, a transportation hub with a population 1.3 times that of New York, to contain the disease.<\/p>\n

Rapidly rising numbers of infected cases put the local health care system under tremendous stress. An unprecedented rescue mission and nationwide battle against the epidemic began.<\/p>\n

The first batch of medical teams from outside Hubei arrived on the Chinese New Year’s Eve. Meanwhile, Chinese companies were ordered to build a 1,000-bed hospital within 10 days. Work on a second facility with 1,300 beds followed two days later.<\/p>\n

Since then, eight top Chinese scientists, including veteran respiratory expert Zhong Nanshan, have led research teams to guide disease control and treatment in Wuhan.<\/p>\n

After the total confirmed cases in Wuhan surpassed 5,000 in early February, Wuhan authorities began converting gymnasiums and exhibition centers into temporary hospitals to admit mild cases.<\/p>\n

More backup of medical staff continued to arrive in the embattled provincial capital. On February 9, Wuhan’s airport saw the arrival of 6,000 medical workers on a single day.<\/p>\n

The Chinese government called on 19 other provinces, municipalities and regions to send medics to affected cities in Hubei.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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As the total number of confirmed cases in the city surpassed 20,000, the Chinese Air Force sent in cargo planes carrying 1,400 army medics.<\/p>\n

Over the past month, China has dispatched over 330 medical teams composed of 41,600 medics to the province.<\/p>\n

On the front line, over 3,000 medical workers have been infected with the coronavirus, and more than 20 succumbed to the disease.<\/p>\n

To plug a shortage of protective suits, masks and other medical supplies, Chinese manufacturers from various industries were mobilized, including those that normally make cars and cellphones.<\/p>\n

With the opening of two new special hospitals and 13 temporary facilities, as well as other quarantine sites, tens of thousands of new beds were added to accommodate more patients.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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New confirmed cases in Wuhan started to decline by late February, in line with a nationwide downward trend of new infections.<\/p>\n

Throughout China’s battle against COVID-19, Chinese scientists and health authorities have worked closely with other countries and the World Health Organization (WHO) and shared the country’s experience with international peers.<\/p>\n

The WHO has spoken highly of China’s contribution to disease prevention and control. “China’s efforts have\u00a0bought\u00a0the world time\u00a0\u2013\u00a0even though those steps have come\u00a0at\u00a0greater cost\u00a0to\u00a0China itself,” said WHO Director-General Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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