At a government meeting on Thursday on Covid-19 prevention, the Prime Minister stressed the importance of taking new measures in preventing the epidemic: “We need to strengthen isolation and consider it an important policy in disease prevention. Armed forces, particularly the army, need to continue to prepare necessary equipment for disease prevention in the coming time. Localities need to prepare locations for isolation. If it’s necessary, hotels will be mobilized. Airports need to strictly implement isolation measures.”

The Prime Minister reiterated the government’s twin-task of containing the epidemic and maintaining economic growth.