Chinese Vice Premier Sun Chunlan, also a member of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, asks in detail about the working conditions and epidemic protection measures while inspecting a power plant in Ezhou, central China's Hubei Province, March 6, 2020. Sun, who is leading a central government team guiding the epidemic control work in Hubei, on Friday called for continuous efforts to prevent the COVID-19 outbreak from rebounding during an inspection to the city of Ezhou. (Xinhua/Li He)

WUHAN, March 6 (Xinhua) -- Chinese Vice Premier Sun Chunlan on March 6 called for continuous efforts to prevent the COVID-19 outbreak from rebounding during an inspection to the city of Ezhou in central China's Hubei Province.

Leading a central government group to guide the epidemic control work, Sun, also a member of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, demanded no relaxation in curbing the epidemic.

Highlighting that the task of epidemic prevention and control remains arduous, Sun required optimizing the distribution of medical resources to treat COVID-19 patients with all-out efforts and to better satisfy the needs of patients with other diseases.

She also called for solid measures to ensure the supply of materials for the daily lives of residents.

Sun asked in detail about the working conditions and epidemic protection measures while inspecting an Ezhou power plant, where more than 600 workers have been working for over 40 days since the outbreak to guarantee power and heating supply to Ezhou and Wuhan, the capital city of Hubei.

She required strict implementation of differentiated approaches to resume production and guidance to enterprises to improve epidemic prevention in work.