China has stepped up efforts to curb the spread of the novel coronavirus. Here are the latest developments:
-- Hubei Province reported 4,823 new confirmed cases of the novel coronavirus infection and 116 new deaths on Thursday, bringing the total confirmed cases in the hard-hit province to 51,986.
The new confirmed cases included 3,095 clinically diagnosed cases and the new deaths included eight who were clinically diagnosed.
The capital city of Wuhan reported 3,910 new infections and 88 new deaths on Thursday.
-- An expert from Wuhan called upon cured patients who had been infected with the virus to donate plasma at hospitals as antibodies have been identified in the plasma of some patients.
-- A four-month-old baby infected with the novel coronavirus was discharged from hospital on Wednesday after recovery in east China's Jiangxi Province.
-- Chinese authorities on Thursday stressed differentiated measures for different regions to fight the novel coronavirus outbreak and demanded efforts to improve patient treatment and expedite research on drugs at a high-level meeting chaired by Premier Li Keqiang.
-- Vice Premier Hu Chunhua called for all-out efforts to ensure stable employment amid the novel coronavirus outbreak.
