GT investigates: Review of 40-day response
How COVID-19 was detected and stemmed in Wuhan
By GT staff reporters, Published: 2020/12/17 00:50:00
Medical staff celebrate the closure of all 16 makeshift hospitals in Wuhan, Central China s Hubei Province on March 10 2020 when COVID-19 was finally brought under control in the city. Photo: Cui Meng/GT
Editor s Note: December 27, 2019 marks the starting point for China s battle against the novel coronavirus. It was on that day that Zhang Jixian, a doctor at the Hubei Provincial Hospital of Integrated Chinese and Western Medicine, first reported cases of what was then called a pneumonia of unknown origin. One year has passed, with the wounds the lethal virus inflicted on Wuhan gradually healing, although some Western countries are still leveling blame against China for its initial anti-virus response. It is meaningful and necessary to review the first 40 days following December 27, 2019, to see how the medical