WUHAN, May 1-- Central China's Hubei Province will lower its novel coronavirus emergency response level from the highest to the second-highest starting May 2, a local official announced Friday. Prevention and control measures against the epidemic will also be adjusted following the downgrading of the emergency response level, Yang Yunyan, vice governor of Hubei, said at a press conference. After more than three months of precise and tight prevention and control, the virus spread is "basically cut off" in Hubei, Yang said. |