Data from China’s National Health Commission shows that as of midnight Thursday, there remained 70 confirmed Covid-19 cases on the Chinese mainland.

A study published in academic journal Nature earlier this month says that China may have prevented a far worse situation with its aggressive response including intercity traffic restrictions, early testing, and monitoring of possible patients.

The medical team of Nanjing First Hospital in Wuhan [Photo provided to China Plus]

As China seems to have contained the spread of coronavirus successfully, deputies of the ongoing National People’s Congress session have been discussing measures including faster responses, better resource distribution, and long-term prevention measures that ensure China will be fully prepared for public health crises in future.

For more on this, Li Yi caught up with Vice President Chen Xin of Nanjing First Hospital, a National People’s Congress deputy.