Over 38,000 medical workers sent to Wuhan to fight virus
In response to arguably the worst health crisis the nation has ever faced, China mobilized an unprecedented medical force in its fight against the COVID-19 outbreak, sending over 38,000 medical workers to Wuhan alone, its hardest-hit city.
Snapshots of lives inside Wuhan’s makeshift hospitals
On Feb 5, the first makeshift hospital in Wuhan - the capital of central China’s Hubei province and the Chinese city hit hardest by the outbreak - began to receive COVID-19 patients. The city had 16 such makeshift medical facilities in total, and by March 10, when the last one closed its doors, over 12,000 patients had received treatment there.
In Wuhan, a frantic fight to save the critically ill
It was thanks to their concerted efforts and continuous trials that the city's cure rate for the critically ill was able to shoot up from a low of 15 percent to over 60 percent.
Wuhan pulls through the worst, with a tough lockdown
It was nothing short of sensational when Wuhan, capital of Hubei province and the Chinese city hardest-hit by the COVID-19 outbreak, announced a citywide lock-down in late January.
Makeshift hospitals pivotal in China’s fight against virus
Ma Xiaowei, minister of the NHC, said at a press conference on Feb 28 that by that date Wuhan had built 16 makeshift makeshift hospitals with more than 13,000 beds, and treated more than 12,000 patients.