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Wuhan, a metropolis of 11 million people and home to thousands of foreign students, scientists, teachers and businessmen, is currently facing one of the deadliest outbreaks of a novel coronavirus (2019n-CoV). The newly emerged coronavirus, 2019n-CoV, was detected in December 2019 and the first fatality was reported at the start of 2020 [1]. During first month of the outbreak, there were 16 500 confirmed cases, 360 fatalities and over 20 000 suspected cases [2]. The government declared an emergency and Wuhan and several cities nearby are in lockdown to prevent the rapid spread of the virus.

Currently, healthcare workers are in a critical stage. There is a great risk of medical and clinical staff (and workers) becoming infected with 2019n-CoV because of their direct interaction with infected and suspected individuals. A total of 15 medical staff have been infected, and one doctor has died from 2019n-CoV …