China deploys 450 military medical staff to coronavirus epicentre


BEIJING (AFP): China has deployed 450 military medical staff, some with experience combating SARS or Ebola, to a central city stricken by a virus that has killed dozens of people, state media said Saturday (Jan 25).

The medics, who arrived in Wuhan on military aircraft late Friday (Jan 24), will be dispatched to hospitals with large numbers of infected patients, according to the official Xinhua news agency.

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