China says research centres to be set up to help contain coronavirus
China’s president Xi Jinping said that a series of national clinical research centres would be set up to help contain the coronavirus outbreak, state television CCTV reported on Monday.
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He also said bio security was an important part of national security, adding that China should set up national vaccine reserves to prepare for possible prevention work.
COVID-19 was first detected in China in late December 2019 and has since spread to more than 50 countries, prompting the World Health Organisation to declare a global health emergency.
So far, the virus has infected more than 89,000 people worldwide, with more than 3,000 people having died and over 45,000 recovered
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