Premier Li Keqiang, also a member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee and head of a leading group of the CPC Central Committee on the prevention and control of the novel coronavirus outbreak, talks with frontline medical workers at Wuhan Jinyintan Hospital in Wuhan, central China's Hubei province, Jan 27, 2020. (LI TAO/XINHUA)

BEIJING - Chinese authorities emphasized the treatment of patients and the supply of medical resources at a high-level meeting on the novel coronavirus prevention and control on Wednesday.

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The meeting, chaired by Premier Li Keqiang, noted that the prevention and control efforts are in full swing and have been intensified, but the epidemic keeps spreading, with a rapid rising trend in some regions.

The situation remains grim and complex, according to the meeting of the leading group of the Communist Party of China Central Committee on the prevention and control of the outbreak of pneumonia caused by the novel coronavirus.

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Targeted measures must be taken to curb the spread of the epidemic in the country, the meeting stressed.