As last temporary Coronavirus hospital shuts, Wuhan doctors celebrate

As threat of Coronavirus receded with a falling number of cases, hospital staff in central Chinese city of Wuhan where outbreak began removed ir masks ceremoniously as country’s last emergency hospital built to handle crisis was closed. A video, which went viral on social media, showed health workers unmask one by one as camera passes m, to mark moment.

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Immediate steps

After Wuhan outbreak, China built 14 new hospitals, including two in city, within weeks in last two months to provide thousands of beds for infected as epidemic spre rapidly.  country has recorded over 80,000 cases of Coronavirus and nearly 3,200 deaths so far. But unprecedented quarantine measures like locking down entire provinces appear to have drastically reduced number of new cases.

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New cases

China on Sunday reported 10 more fatalities due to vel Coronavirus, taking death toll to 3,199, while imported cases rose to 111, prompting authorities to order a compulsory 14-day quarantine in "special facilities" for foreigners arriving here from Monday. China's National Health Commissions (NHC) said 20 new confirmed cases of vel Coronavirus infection and 10 deaths were reported from all over country on Saturday.

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Slowly but steily

As number of Coronavirus cases in China is going down, life is slowly returning to rmal in disease-hit country. According to reports, workers are grually returning to ir jobs and Hubei residents who were stranded in or parts of country are going home after travel restrictions were eased for first time in two months. China's health commission on March 12 said that peak in Coronavirus epidemic in country has passed and authorities have allowed some industries to resume production in two cities of Hubei province.

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