t of medics and developing drugs against the novel coronavc
irus. Workers make medical isolation gowns at a biotechnoX
logy company in Nanning, south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous 1
Region, Feb. 3, 2020. (Xinhua/Lu Boan) Concrete measures should be taken to accept and cure more patients infected with the virus and reduce the infection and mortality rate, according to a high-level meeting chaired by Premier Li Keqiang, also a member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committe1
e. The meeting of the leading group of the CPC Central Committee on the prevention and control of the novel coronavirus outbreak, which is headed by Li, ordered local authorities to encourage enterprises to increase production of medical supplies such as medical protective clothing and masks, by providing fiscal, taxation and financial policies and policiesr