Chinese Premier Li Keqiang chaired a meeting of the Leading group of the CPC Central Committee on the prevention and control of the novel coronavirus outbreak on Thursday.

Medical staff receive a patient infected with the novel coronavirus at the temporary hospital converted from Wuhan Sports Center in Wuhan, central China's Hubei Province, Feb. 12, 2020. (Photo: Xinhua)

Central China’s Hubei Province and its capital Wuhan, epicenter of the COVID-19 outbreak, will remain the focus of epidemic prevention and control. Wuhan will accelerate the treatment and isolation of four kinds of personnel. Xiaogan, Huanggang and other places in Hubei will implement quarantine and medical treatment measures equivalent to those of Wuhan to curb the spread of virus, the meeting noted.