Wuhan sends 34,000 gov't workers, Party members to fight coronavirus in communities

A man wearing a face mask collects free vegetables sorted by community workers of the residential compound, following the outbreak of the coronavirus in Wuhan, Hubei province, on Tuesday (Feb 11). China has mobilised more than 34,000 officials, government workers and Communist Party members into its 1,100 communities to fight the epidemic. - Reuters

WUHAN: Wuhan, the epicentre of the novel coronavirus outbreak, has mobilised more than 34,000 officials, government workers and Communist Party members into its 1,100 communities to fight the epidemic.

The city's committee of the Communist Party of China (CPC) said Tuesday (Feb 11) the figure includes 16,700 employees of government units and state-owned enterprises, who will join the teams of community workers in neighbourhoods hit hard by the virus.