Efforts stepped up in Guangdong to fight virus

Guangdong province is going all out to fight COVID-19 after two new confirmed locally transmitted cases and four asymptomatic cases were reported in the province on Wednesday.

Li Xi, Party secretary of Guangdong, has urged related departments in the province to prioritize prevention and control of the coronavirus in the weeks ahead.

"More effective and concrete measures must be introduced to prevent and control the spread of the coronavirus in the province, which has a population of more than 120 million," Li said at a conference in Guangzhou on Wednesday.