China has rolled out a mobile app "close contact detector," enabling people to check whether they were at the risk of catching the novel coronavirus.
Exhibition halls, stadium converted to receive patients with mild symptoms.
China has stepped up efforts to curb the spread of the novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV).
Politicians and specialists worldwide have voiced their confidence that China will win battle against the novel coronavirus outbreak and appreciated China's measures in curbing the epidemic.
The World Health Organization (WHO) has published an article on the basic information, transmission mechanism and protection measures relating to the novel coronavirus in a Q&A format, amid global efforts to tackle the outbreak. The following is the text of the article.
China Energy Conservation and Environmental Protection Group, a centrally-administered State-owned enterprise specializing in waste disposal, sewage treatment and energy efficiency, will help build a disposal center for medical waste in Wuhan of Hubei province to fight against the outbreak of the epidemic.
China will make all-out efforts to strengthen the diagnosis of pneumonia caused by the novel coronavirus, Chinese authorities have said.
After 10 days' work, the Leishenshan (Thunder God Mountain) Hospital, another makeshift hospital in Wuhan, started to be delivered gradually after passing the check by the city's urban construction and health departments on Feb 6.
International community praises China's response to novel coronavirus.
Addressing the challenges facing the world from the novel coronavirus outbreak, the head of the UN urged "a strong feeling of international solidarity, a strong feeling of support to China and all the countries that might be impacted".
Leishenshan Hospital, the second makeshift hospital built in Wuhan, Central China's Hubei province, to care for novel coronavirus patients, passed evaluation on Feb 6 by the Wuhan urban construction team and health authorities and will be delivered soon.
China's epidemic-hit Wuhan has set up 132 quarantine sites by Feb 4, providing over 12,500 beds to cope with the surging number of patients confirmed or suspected to be infected with the novel coronavirus.
Leishenshan Hospital, one of the makeshift hospitals to battle against the novel strain of coronavirus in Wuhan, has completed its main part of construction.