Vice-Premier Sun Chunlan (right) inspects the temporary Huoshenshan hospital in Wuhan on Sunday. Photo: Xinhua
SCMP: Coronavirus: Chinese military takes control of medical supplies in Wuhan
* Logistics team of 260 officers and 130 military trucks are delivering basics in the city where the outbreak began
* Source says they are there to make sure donations to charity groups reach their intended recipients
China has deployed hundreds of military officers to control the flow of medical and essential supplies in Wuhan, ground zero of the deadly coronavirus outbreak
, state media and sources said.
A People’s Liberation Army logistics team of 260 officers, with 130 military trucks, started delivering basic supplies on Sunday, according to state broadcaster CCTV.
It said they delivered 200 tonnes of supplies to supermarkets in the Hubei province city of 11 million people on the first day.
The team is made up of officers from the PLA’s airborne troops and air force stationed at the Wuhan garrison, and ground force troops from local military academies.
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