Xi has called on the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China to focus efforts to combat the increasingly frightening spread of the new Corona pneumonia disease.
"We are facing a difficult situation, because the spread of the new Corona virus is increasing," the Chinese president said at a CPC Central Committee meeting on January 25 - on the same day. 1 Lunar New Year.
The National Health Committee said on Monday it sent 1,230 doctors to help cope with the new Corona virus in Wuhan, the city where the disease started in December last year and is now Hot spots of this disease. At least 450 military physicians, including those experienced in fighting SARS and Ebola, have also been sent to Wuhan.
According to the National Health Commission of China, the total number of confirmed coronavirus infections in China currently stands at nearly 2,000. At least 56 people have died from this virus in China. New confirmed cases of Corona virus infection have also been reported in Thailand, Japan, Vietnam, Korea, Singapore, Nepal, France, USA and Australia.
Wuhan city officials are blamed for their slow response to the pneumonia epidemic and many believe they should resign.
"Like many people, I used to believe that the decision to temporarily replace Wuhan leaders with less experienced people in this situation would not be good for fighting the spread of viruses," Hubei correspondent Zhang Ouya Daily, a speech agency in Hubei Province, China, wrote on Weibo on January 24.
"However, the current worsening and serious situation shows that those in power have no leadership ability. For Wuhan, please change the leadership immediately," Zhang added. refers to the spread of acute pneumonia caused by a new strain of the corona family (nCoV).
In a public letter to the National Health Commission of China, a self-confessed doctor from a leading hospital in Wuhan accused the severe outbreak of pneumonia was caused by the slow response of officials. local health. The doctor, speaking on condition of anonymity, said the number of patients had been increasing since January 12, but local health authorities did not report new cases.
"These patients are not properly isolated or under medical treatment and they can move around the city. Later, when we warn patients and the public to wear masks and avoid crowded places , they think we’re exaggerating. Even some health workers don’t believe and aren’t ready to take basic precautions, "the letter said.
