The key tasks of the central government work group guiding epidemic control work in Central China's Hubei province are to contain the novel coronavirus pneumonia epidemic in the provincial capital of Wuhan and prevent the situation in other cities from worsening, a member of the work group said on Thursday."Wuhan is the epicenter of the outbreak. We must prevent the virus from spreading and transforming into a storm. The medical resources in other cities are relatively weak and people may also lack knowledge to protect themselves. So it's even more unimaginable if the situation in Wuhan is duplicated elsewhere," said Ding Xiangyang, deputy secretary-general of the State Council, China's Cabinet. "The sudden epidemic is a special battle for China. The viciousness of the virus, the speed of infection and the challenge it has posed to society are unprecedented," he said at a news co
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