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Latest developments in epidemic control on March 20 (1)
Updated: March 20, 2020 07:03 Xinhua

WUHAN — Here are the latest developments on the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in China:

— No new infections of the novel coronavirus were reported March 18 in Wuhan, the epicenter of the epidemic, marking a notable first in the city's months-long battle with the deadly virus.

— No new domestically transmitted cases of COVID-19 were reported on the Chinese mainland on March 18, and the 34 new confirmed COVID-19 cases on the Chinese mainland were all imported cases.

— A total of 819 patients of COVID-19 were discharged from the hospital on March 18 on the Chinese mainland.

— Beijing municipality has required people arriving in the city from other countries to undergo a self-paid 14-day concentrated medical observation from March 19, as imported cases of COVID-19 continue to increase.

— Beijing reported one new confirmed imported case, the Beijing Municipal Health Commission said.

— Shanghai reported two confirmed cases of COVID-19 on March 19, both of which were imported.

— North China's Inner Mongolia autonomous region became the latest in a crop of Chinese provincial-level regions that have zero COVID-19 patients.

— Southwest China's Chongqing municipality has donated medical supplies to the Republic of Korea and Iran to assist the countries' fight against the COVID-19.

— Anti-coronavirus supplies including 1.5 million masks donated by two Chinese foundations have arrived in Belgium and will be handed over to France, Slovenia and Belgium.

— Chinese medical experts held a video conference call with their foreign counterparts, sharing with them China's experience in combating the coronavirus outbreak.

— With a high-speed railway train carrying 551 migrant workers departing Central China's Hubei province, the province hard-hit by the coronavirus are sending more workers to South China's manufacturing heartland Guangdong province.

— Alibaba Cloud, the cloud computing arm of China's internet giant Alibaba, is sharing its AI-powered novel coronavirus disease diagnostic technology for free use by hospitals worldwide.

— Shanghai added eight more countries to the list of key countries for epidemic prevention and control to further prevent and control the risk of imported cases.

— China released the report of an investigation conducted by the National Supervisory Commission into issues concerning doctor Li Wenliang.

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