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    Turning the Tide

    Mar 19, 2020 4 minutes
    By Ji Jing
    Copyedited by Sudeshna Sarkar

    The Wuchang Hospital, which was converted from a stadium in Wuhan in Hubei Province, was closed down on March 10 after seeing off its last 49 patients. It is the last of the 16 temporary hospitals in the city to close.

    The retirement of such hospitals, as sudden as their emergence in the past 35 days, marks a milestone in the war against the novel coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19).

    The spread of the novel coronavirus has been basically curbed in Hubei including Wuhan. “Initial success has been achieved in stabilizing the situation and turning the tide,” President Xi Jinping said on March 10 during

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