China deploys measures to improve admission, survival rates in coronavirus battle

Medical workers are pictured at Huoshenshan (Fire God Mountain) Hospital in Wuhan, central China's Hubei Province, Feb. 4, 2020. (Photo by Fan Xianhai/Xinhua)

BEIJING, Feb. 4 (Xinhua) -- Chinese authorities on Tuesday deployed further measures to improve patient admission and survival rates and reduce infection and mortality rates in the coronavirus hard-hit central province Hubei and its capital Wuhan.

More measures will also be taken to ensure the supply of medical resources and daily necessities, according to an official statement issued after a meeting of the leading group of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee on the prevention and control of the novel coronavirus outbreak.

Chinese Premier Li Keqiang, a member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee and also head of the aforementioned leading group, presided over the meeting. ■