SHANGHAI -- Chinese travelers and businesses have expressed confidence in the development of the country's tourism industry, although it was hit hard by the coronavirus outbreak.

BEIJING — China has stepped up efforts to curb the spread of the novel coronavirus. Here are the latest developments: — China's latest diagnosis and treatment scheme of the novel coronavirus disease has deleted the category of clinically diagnosed cases.

Hubei province, center of the novel coronavirus outbreak, reported 349 new confirmed cases of the novel coronavirus, a drop for three consecutive days

It notes that highest-level control measures have proved effective in containing outbreak

Through joint efforts of the whole nation, China's highest-level prevention and control measures have proved quite effective, according to a report published by the Shanghai Institutes for International Studies on Feb 14.

BEIJING — China has released a guideline requiring local authorities to work out differentiated measures for different county-level regions to fight the novel coronavirus outbreak and resume economic and social order.

BEIJING, Feb. 18 (Xinhua) -- The daily number of newly confirmed cases of the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) reported across China Monday dropped to under 2,000 for the first time, Mi Feng, an official with the National Health Commission, said Tuesday.

The Paper (www.thepaper.cn) learned from the press conference held by the State Council inter-agency task force at 15:00, 18 February that the number of new confirmed cases of the novel coronavirus pneumonia (NCP, or COVID-19) has dropped for 14 consecutive days.

China's National Health Commission has offered tips on proper disinfection techniques to tackle the novel coronavirus outbreak.

At the World Health Organization news briefing on Tuesday, Health Emergencies Programme executive director

Production ramps up gradually to minimize outbreak impact, shore up domestic supplies

Increasing signs of a stable slowdown in the spread of novel coronavirus pneumonia

Favilavir, formerly known as Fapilavir, an antiviral that has shown efficacy in treating the novel coronavirus, was approved for marketing, the Taizhou government in Zhejiang province announced Sunday.

BEIJING, Feb. 18 (Xinhua) -- China's daily new confirmed cases of the novel coronavirus pneumonia outside Hubei, the epicenter province of the outbreak, have dropped for 14 consecutive days, according to the National Health Commission Tuesday.

On the afternoon of 17 February, the State Council inter-agency task force on responding to the novel coronavirus pneumonia (NCP, or COVID-19) outbreak held a press briefing on the latest progress in medical treatment of NCP cases.

The international community has spoken highly of Chinese President Xi Jinping's emphasis on improving the mechanism for major epidemic prevention and control, saying such a move will further enhance the country's governance capacity, which is of great significance to China and the world.

In the battle against COVID-19, emerging technologies have stood out by making immense contributions in an unexpected, creative and amazingly responsive way. In the process, they have helped arrest or contain the spread of the deadly virus, thus becoming one of the most reliable and trustworthy means of combating COVID-19.

China's daily new confirmed cases of the novel coronavirus pneumonia outside Hubei, the epicenter province in the outbreak, have dropped for 13 consecutive days, according to the National Health Commission.

Here are some encouraging medical research developments achieved over the weekend related to the fight against the novel coronavirus.

At today's press briefing organized by the State Council inter-agency task force, Mi Feng, an NHC spokesperson and a Deputy Director-General for Communications, said that as of 24:00, 15 February, the share of severe cases in confirmed cases had registered a clear drop in Wuhan and Hubei as well as in other parts of the country.