Situation in China's virus-hit Hubei province "severe and complicated" - vice governor

The situation in Hubei province, the center of China's virus outbreak, remains "severe and complicated" and medical resources at the county level are relatively weak, vice governor Xiao Juhua told a news conference on Sunday.

Wang Wei, director of Hubei's science and technology department, told the briefing that the time needed to confirm cases with test kits had halved to no more than two hours and that the kits' accuracy had improved.

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