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For those who have experienced the hardship of waiting in line at hospitals, the advent of online diagnosis is a boon.

“Send your request, and you’ll get answered in 10 minutes with more than 230,000 doctors ready to respond.” This is what an Internet medical service platform promises its users.

The novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) hindered normal operation in a majority of hospitals, making contactless diagnosis and treatment preferred by many patients, which increased the market expectations on Internet healthcare.

It’s estimated the market scale of Internet healthcare will hit 200 billion yuan ($28.65 billion) in 2020, up 46.7 percent

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