Chinese authorities sent hundreds of doctors to the crisis epicenter in Wuhan and are set to repurpose 24 hospitals in a bid to contain the epidemic, which has killed at least 42 people and infected more than 1,300 others
BEIJING—Xi Jinping established a new, high-level party committee to take control of the Chinese government’s response to a deadly new virus that has quickly spread across the country and around the world, as Beijing halted overseas departures of Chinese tour groups and Hong Kong raised its epidemic alert to the highest level.
Chinese authorities, meanwhile, sent hundreds of doctors to the epicenter of the crisis, setting plans to build a second special-purpose clinic and repurposing 24 existing hospitals as specialized wards...
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