Chinese President Xi Jinping calls coronavirus a 'big test' for the country

President Xi Jinping reportedly said that coronavirus epidemic was most serious ‘public crisis’ and a big test for China in his recent effort rallying to get people back to work.  Xi Jinping was leing a response to COVID-19 outbreak as he spoke at a meeting in Beijing, confirmed reports.

According to news ncy, Xi Jinping said, “On Jan. 22, in light of epidemic’s rapid spre and challenges of prevention and control, I me a clear request that Hubei province implement comprehensive and stringent controls over outflow of people,” while speaking at meeting of party’s standing committee.

He furr ded, “ national efforts against epidemic have shown results”, speaking in context to declining new cases in mainland China that fell for third consecutive day. health commission of China reported that total confirmed cases decelerated to 68,500 with only 2,009 new cases that emerged past 24 hours, confirmed reports.

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Percent of severe cases dipped to 7.2% 

Mi Feng, spokesperson for health commission told media that percent of severe cases dipped to 7.2 per cent of total from a peak of 15.9 per cent which was detected in January. proportion was higher in Wuhan city in Hubei province where outbreak first originated, but it has recently fallen to 21.6 per cent, he ded.

“ national efforts against epidemic have shown results,” Mi said at commission’s daily media briefing. Over 9,419 patients have recovered so far from COVID-19 and were discharged from hospitals, suggest reports.

Zhang Lifan, a commentator in Beijing, told media that local authorities should take responsibility for failing to take effective measures to stem virus spre after Xi gave instructions in early January. He furr ded that President Xi Jinping was willing to take responsibility because he was aware of situation, Zhang said.

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(With inputs from AP)