President Xi Jinping speaks at Huoshenshan Hospital in Wuhan, March 10, 2020. [Photo/Xinhua]

President Xi Jinping visited Huoshenshan Hospital in Wuhan, Hubei province, the epicenter of the novel coronavirus outbreak, on the morning of March 10 after his arrival in the hardest-hit city.

During his inspection of the hospital, Xi, also general secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee and chairman of the Central Military Commission, learned of the hospital's construction and operation, admission and treatment of infected patients, medics' protection and protective supplies, and scientific research on the virus.