Fight against the New Coronavirus, Together!

APD NEWS

text

Staff members carry medical supplies to be transported to Wuhan in Nanjing, east China's Jiangsu Province, Jan. 25, 2020. The first group of 147 medical staff of Jiangsu Province left for Wuhan, the center of the novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV) outbreak, to provide medical aid. (Xinhua/Li Bo)

China has been strengthening the provision of medical supplies to combat the viral pneumonia outbreak.

BEIJING, Jan. 26, 2020 (Xinhua) -- The Ministry of Industry and Information Technology has transferred 14,000 protective suits and 110,000 pairs of gloves from the central medical reserves to Wuhan.

It also coordinated emergency supplies of 3 million masks, 100,000 protective suits and 2,180 pairs of goggles.

The Ministry of Transport has announced measures to prioritize transportation of emergency supplies and medical staff to aid control of the outbreak in Wuhan.

The Red Cross Society of China's Wuhan branch opened 24-hour hotlines to receive donated emergency stocks.

Personal protective equipment manufacturers are going full steam ahead in production.

Medical staff members from Guangdong Province attend a training in Wuhan, central China's Hubei Province, Jan. 25, 2020. Medical staff members from Guangdong arrived in Wuhan, the center of the novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV) outbreak, to provide medical aid. (Xinhua/Xiao Yijiu)

Workers make masks at a mask producing factory in Zhangpu County, southeast China's Fujian Province. (Photo by Lin Duhong/Xinhua)

A medical staff from Air Force Medical University prepares for leaving for Wuhan in Xi'an, capital of northwest China's Shaanxi Province, Jan. 24, 2020. A group of medical staff of Air Force Medical University left for Wuhan, the center of the novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV) outbreak, to provide medical aid. (Photo by Zhang Haopeng/Xinhua)

Medical staff wait to board an airplane leaving for Wuhan at Chengdu Shuangliu International Airport in Chengdu, capital of southwest China's Sichuan Province, Jan. 25, 2020. The first group of 138 medical staff of southwest China's Sichuan Province left for Wuhan, the center of the novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV) outbreak, to provide medical aid. (Xinhua/Liu Kun)

Photo taken on Jan. 24, 2020 shows a medical aid team of Army Medical University assembling before leaving for Wuhan in southwest China's Chongqing. On the Chinese Lunar New Year's Eve, a group of 150 medical workers from the Army Medical University left for Wuhan, the center of the novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV) outbreak, to provide medical aid. (Xinhua)

Photo taken on Jan. 24, 2020 shows a medical aid team of Nanfang Hospital leaving for Wuhan in Guangzhou, capital of south China's Guangdong Province. On the Chinese Lunar New Year's Eve, 128 medical workers from Guangdong left for Wuhan, the center of the novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV) outbreak, to provide medical aid. (Xinhua)

Aerial photo taken on Jan. 24, 2020 shows the construction site of a makeshift hospital in Wuhan, central China's Hubei Province. The makeshift hospital is expected to pool medical resources to provide isolated and efficient treatment for infected pneumonia patients. (Xinhua/Xiao Yijiu)

Medical workers write names on each other's protective suits for recognition in Zhongnan Hospital of Wuhan University in Wuhan, central China's Hubei Province, Jan. 24, 2020. (Xinhua/Xiong Qi)

Aerial photo taken on Jan. 24, 2020 shows mechanical equipment working at the contruction site of a special hospital in the Caidian District of western suburb of Wuhan, central China's Hubei Province.(Xinhua/Xiao Yijiu)■