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Latest developments in epidemic control on March 26 (2)
Updated: March 26, 2020 10:37 Xinhua

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

— China hopes the G20 extraordinary virtual leaders' summit on COVID-19 will reinforce solidarity, cooperation and coordination, and boost the confidence as the world is grappling with the novel coronavirus pandemic, Vice Foreign Minister Ma Zhaoxu said on March 25.

The summit will be hosted via video by Saudi Arabia, which holds the presidency of the G20 this year.

— No new domestically transmitted cases of the COVID-19 were reported on the Chinese mainland on March 25.

The National Health Commission received reports of 67 new confirmed COVID-19 cases on the Chinese mainland on March 25, all of which were imported.

— Also on March 25, six deaths and 58 new suspected cases were reported on the mainland with all the deaths in Hubei province and all the suspected cases from abroad.

A total of 401 people were discharged from the hospital after recovery, while the number of severe cases decreased by 164 to 1,235.

— The overall confirmed cases on the mainland had reached 81,285 by the end of March 25, including 3,947 patients who were still being treated, 74,051 patients who had been discharged after recovery, and 3,287 people who died of the disease.

— By the end of March 25, 410 confirmed cases including four deaths had been reported in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (SAR), 30 confirmed cases in the Macao SAR, and 235 in Taiwan including two deaths.

A total of 106 patients in Hong Kong, 10 in Macao and 29 in Taiwan had been discharged from the hospital after recovery.

— No new confirmed cases of the COVID-19 were reported on March 25 in Wuhan, the former hardest-hit city in Central China's Hubei province.

— Commercial flights will resume operations in Wuhan starting on April 8, excluding international flights and those between Wuhan and Beijing, Wang Benju, with the provincial department of transportation, told a press conference on March 25.

— Construction has resumed on 65 airport projects across China, representing more than 80 percent of the country's airport projects under construction, according to the Civil Aviation Administration of China.

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