Xi Jinping, General Secretary of the CPC Central Committee, President of China, and Chairman of the Central Military Commission, has recently made an important instruction on protecting and caring about the medical workers engaged in the fight against the epidemic. He stressed that medical workers are the backbone in defeating the disease. It is critical to protect them, care about them, and give them full support so that they can stay strong and healthy and focus on fighting the epidemic with full energy and high spirit.

Xi reiterated the need of well-planned and effective command and control and sound logistical support for medical workers. Greater efforts must be made in a timely manner to ease their stress, provide them with basic necessities, and ensure that they get necessary rest and strong moral support. No effort must be spared to ensure that medical teams in Hubei and Wuhan can carry out their work in a safe, orderly, coordinated, effective and swift manner.

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