Military medical workers prepare to leave Chongqing for Wuhan on Friday night. Photo: Xinhua
Military medical workers prepare to leave Chongqing for Wuhan on Friday night. Photo: Xinhua

China sends hundreds of military medics to Wuhan coronavirus front line

  • Specialists from armed forces sent in to epicentre to relieve hospital staff stretched by overwhelming caseload
  • No sign yet that wider involvement of the People’s Liberation Army is required, retired colonel says

Military medical workers prepare to leave Chongqing for Wuhan on Friday night. Photo: Xinhua
Military medical workers prepare to leave Chongqing for Wuhan on Friday night. Photo: Xinhua
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