Hospitals designated for novel coronavirus patients in Wuhan resume normal operation

Patients wait for medical examination at Huayuanshan branch of Hubei Provincial Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine in Wuhan, central China's Hubei Province, March 15, 2020. The Huayuanshan branch of the hospital has been thoroughly disinfected after its mission of treating COVID-19 patients is completed, and started taking regular patients gradually. Hospitals designated for novel coronavirus patients in Wuhan will return to normal operation by the end of March, as the number of COVID-19 patients continues to drop. Those hospitals will be thoroughly disinfected after their missions of treating COVID-19 patients and will start taking patients of other diseases gradually. (Xinhua/Shen Bohan)