A worker wearing a protective suit transfers patients in the back of a van at a tumor hospital newly designated to treat COVID-19 patients in Wuhan in central China's Hubei Province, Saturday, Feb. 15, 2020. The virus is thought to have infected more than 67,000 people globally and has killed at least 1,526 people, the vast majority in China, as the Chinese government announced new anti-disease measures while businesses reopen following sweeping controls that have idled much of the economy. (Chinatopix via AP)
BEIJING — Wuhan, Hubei province, center of the novel coronavirus outbreak, has started to provide medical treatment for non-infected patients, according to the local health commission.
Six hospitals in Wuhan will be open to people not infected with the new virus in order to meet public medical demands amid the ongoing epidemic, especially patients who have chronic diseases with severe symptoms, pregnant women, children and patients on hemodialysis, the commission said.
