Coronavirus

Wuhan Huoshenshan Hospital, the first specialized hospital in Wuhan for the admission and treatment of patients infected by the new coronavirus, will begin accepting patients on February 3. The hospital's first "remote consultation platform", which is powered by Huawei, will also be officially put into use.

The National Health Commission of China held a press conference this afternoon to introduce the health protection of pregnant women, infants, and childcare institutions during the new coronary pneumonia epidemic prevention and control.

As the epidemic of the new coronavirus is getting worse, fake news related to it is spreading rapidly. To help curb the spread of misinformation, Facebook and Google have taken steps on their own services.

A book of guidelines on the prevention of pneumonia caused by the novel coronavirus has been published by the People's Medical Publishing House, according to Xinhua News Agency.

Chinese technology giant Tencent announced on Saturday the launch of a new coronary pneumonia self-examination tool to help users who experience symptoms such as fever and cough to self-evaluate their illness and make medical arrangements.

Medical journal "New England Medical Journal" (NEJM) published a number of papers on new coronavirus (2019-nCoV) cases online on Friday, one of which introduced the diagnosis and treatment process and clinical manifestations of the first confirmed case in the United States.

Didi Cloud, the cloud computing arm of China's largest ride hailing platform Didi Chuxing, said on Saturday that it will offer GPU cloud computing resources and technical support for combating the new coronavirus to domestic scientific research institutions, medical and rescue platforms, for free.

Apple retail stores in China will be temporarily closed from now until 24:00 on February 9 based on recent public health and prevention considerations, an announcement on Apple China's official website showed.

In order to control the pneumonia outbreak, from the first train on January 31, passengers are required to take their temperature before entering at all subway stations, Beijing Metro said on Weibo on Thursday.

On January 29, Zhan Qingyuan, a national clinical surveillance expert for the new-type coronavirus pneumonia, said that the new coronavirus has a shorter survival time on woolen clothing.