Medical assistance teams leave hard-hit Hubei as epidemic wanes

Source: Xinhua| 2020-03-17 16:20:43|Editor: huaxia

CHINA-WUHAN-COVID-19-MEDICS-RETURN-LUGGAGE (CN)

Combo photo shows medical staffer Li Jianing from the Second Xiangya Hospital of Central South University putting letters and certificates into her luggage, and a letter Li received during the International Women's Day in Wuhan, before her departure in Wuhan, central China's Hubei Province, March 17, 2020. On Tuesday, 29 medical staffers from the Second Xiangya Hospital of Central South University are scheduled to depart Hubei and go back to Changsha of Hunan Province. The first batch of medical assistance teams started leaving Hubei Province early on Tuesday as the epidemic outbreak in the hard-hit province has been subdued. The 3,675 medical staffers belonging to 41 medical teams from across China have assisted 14 temporary hospitals and seven designated hospitals in Wuhan, the provincial capital and epicenter of the outbreak. (Xinhua/Shen Bohan)

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