Farewell my friends! Medical assistance teams begin to leave Hubei

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WUHAN, March 17 (Xinhua) -- Medical staff from east China's Jiangxi province on Tuesday saw off their colleagues from northwest China's Qinghai province in Wuhan. They have worked together to fight against COVID-19 here, the epicenter of the outbreak.

The two medical teams shared the same hotel and worked at the same makeshift hospital while assisting Wuhan in the fight against the coronavirus.

The first batch of medics has been scheduled to depart Hubei, once the hard-hit province of the novel coronavirus, on Tuesday, as the epidemic situation has been greatly eased.

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.

A medical staff member from east China's Jiangxi sheds tears as she sees off her colleagues from Qinghai in Wuhan, central China's Hubei Province, March 17, 2020. (Xinhua/Cai Yang)

A medical staff member (R) from east China's Jiangxi hugs with her colleague from Qinghai in Wuhan, central China's Hubei Province, March 17, 2020. (Xinhua/Cai Yang)■