1,600 more medical workers to aid Hubei's coronavirus control

China will send additional 12 teams of more than 1,600 medical staff to areas hit hard by the novel coronavirus outbreak in Hubei Province, a senior health official said Sunday.

Ma Xiaowei, director of the National Health Commission, said at a press conference that the medical staff will be sent out shortly, adding that authorities are also coordinating supplies urgently needed to control the outbreak.