BEIJING, Feb. 18 (Xinhua) -- China has allocated the third batch of disaster relief materials to Hubei Province to support the prevention and control of the novel coronavirus outbreak, said the Ministry of Emergency Management.

Some 50,000 cotton quilts and 10,000 folding beds were allocated Monday to the province, the center of the outbreak, to help with people relocation and medical observation.

So far, China has allocated a total of 198,000 pieces of relief materials, including cotton-padded overcoats, quilts and folding beds to Hubei to support the fight against the epidemic.