China is strengthening preventive measures to monitor incoming visitors as the novel coronavirus epidemic spreads in other countries.

Flexible, targeted monetary policy aims to help businesses survive epidemic

On 25 February, at a press briefing of the State Council inter-agency task force on responding to the novel coronavirus pneumonia outbreak, Director General of the Department of Social Development of the National Development and Reform Commission Ou Xiaoli elaborated on the principle of region-specific, targeted resumption of work and production. Under this principle, each county, with the exception of those in Hubei Province and Beijing Municipality, will be categorized as either low-risk, medium-risk or high-risk in light of its outbreak intensity.

At the press briefing organized by the State Council inter-agency task force on COVID-19 outbreak on the afternoon of 26 February, Mi Feng, an NHC spokesperson, said that between 00:00 and 24:00, 25 February, 406 confirmed cases, 52 fatal cases (all in Hubei province) and 439 suspected cases were newly reported by the 31 provinces, autonomous regions and municipalities and the Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps.