Chinese President orders army to help in epidemic control

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BEIJING, Jan 29 (KUNA) — Chinese President Xi Jinping Wednesday ordered the military to contribute to winning the battle against the novel coronavirus epidemic.

Medical workers in protective gear talk with a woman suspected of being ill with a coronavirus at a community health station in Wuhan in central China’s Hubei Province, Monday, Jan. 27, 2020. China on Monday expanded sweeping efforts to contain a viral disease by extending the Lunar New Year holiday to keep the public at home and avoid spreading infection. (Chinatopix via AP)


Xi, also general secretary of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee and chairman of the Central Military Commission, made the statement in fresh instructions to the military on the prevention and control of the outbreak of pneumonia caused by the novel coronavirus, Xinhua News Agency reported.


“The epidemic prevention and control remained grim and complex and demanded the armed forces to shoulder their responsibility, fight the hard battle and actively assist local authorities in fighting the epidemic,” he was quoted by Xinhua as saying.


Earlier on Wednesday, Chinese authorities announced that the epidemic has killed 132 people and infected 5,974 others in 31 regions and districts throughout the Asian country.


The virus, suspected to have originated in markets that sell sea food and wild animals in the Chinese city of Wuhan, has spilled over to Beijing, Shanghai, and several other countries like, the U.S., Thailand, South Korea, Japan, Australia, France, Canada and UAE

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