Chinese hospitals discharge 243recovered patients of coronavirus

A cured patient (C) poses for a group photo with medical staff in front of a hospital in Qingyuan, south China's Guangdong Province, Jan. 30, 2020. The patient, who was the first diagnosed with novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV) pneumonia in Qingyuan, got cured and was discharged from hospital. (Xinhua/Li Sijing)

BEIJING, Feb. 1 (Xinhua) -- A total of 243 patients infected with the novel coronavirus had been discharged from hospitals after recovery by the end of Friday, Chinese health authorities announced Saturday.

Friday saw 72 people walk out of the hospital after recovery, the National Health Commission (NHC) said in its daily report.

A cured patient is discharged from the First Affiliated Hospital of Nanchang University in Nanchang, east China's Jiangxi Province, Jan. 27, 2020. He is the first coronavirus-infected patient that was cured in Jiangxi Province. (Xinhua/Wan Xiang)

Patients can be discharged when the symptoms are alleviated, the body temperature remains at a normal range for at least three days, and the nucleic acid test shows a negative result twice, according to the NHC.

As of Friday midnight, a total of 259 people had died and 11,791 confirmed cases of novel coronavirus infection had been reported in 31 provincial-level regions and the Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps in China. 

Foreign students: 'Wuhan, Jiayou (stay strong)'!

Vera Syrvasova, a Russian student studying at Huazhong University of Science and Technology shouts "Wuhan, Jiayou (stay strong)" in Wuhan, Central China's Hubei province, on Feb 1, 2020.

Central China's Hubei province is home to multiple universities, with a total of 1.2 million university students. Many students left their universities before the novel coronavirus became widespread. However, many foreign students chose to stay in the city to fight the epidemic.

International students at Wuhan University, Elvira Zhaidarova from Kazakhstan and Svetlana Zhigalova from Russia, shout "Wuhan, Jiayou" (roughly translated as, "Stay strong, Wuhan"), in Wuhan, Central China's Hubei province, on Feb 1, 2020.

Gerard Buis, a Dutch student studying at Huazhong University of Science and Technology, shouts "Wuhan, Jiayou" in Wuhan, Central China's Hubei province, on Feb 1, 2020.

Sawa Haithm Ghanem Ali, a Yemeni student studying at Wuhan University, shouts "Wuhan, Jiayou" in Wuhan, Central China's Hubei province, on Feb 1, 2020.

Davlatov Khairiddin, a foreign student studying at Wuhan University, shouts "Wuhan, Jiayou" in Wuhan, Central China's Hubei province, on Feb 1, 2020.

Foreign students Shashikian Mane and Oorzhak Anzhelika, who are studying at Wuhan University, shout "Wuhan, Jiayou" in Wuhan, Central China's Hubei province, on Feb 1, 2020.

Source: Xinhua；https://peoplesdaily.pdnews.cn

By Zhu Xingxin and Wang Shuqing，Photos by Zhu Xingxin| China Daily

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