Wards once taken over by medical teams from Beijing closed in Wuhan (4)

Staff clean a ward after all patients were transferred out at the Zhongfaxincheng campus of Tongji Hospital affiliated to Huazhong University of Science and Technology in Wuhan, central China's Hubei Province, April 12, 2020. The wards on the 9th floor of Building C in the Zhongfaxincheng campus of Tongji Hospital affiliated to Huazhong University of Science and Technology, which was taken over by medical teams from Peking Union Medical College Hospital, was officially closed on Sunday after five COVID-19 patients in severe and critical condition were transferred to the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) wards of the hospital. The ward operated for 69 days, during which 109 patients in severe and critical condition were admitted. At the peak of admission, more than 20 of the 32 patients treated here received invasive respiratory assistance. (Xinhua/Shen Bohan)