The Chinese government is rallying the people to get back to work even as the country continues to battle the virus outbreak, amid city-wide lockdowns and quarantines in the worst-hit regions.
He said efforts were being made to cure people, reduce fatality rates, safeguard social stability, and strengthen China's emergency medical supplies and daily necessities, according to Xinhua's translations of his remarks.
The prolonged Lunar New Year holiday has had knock-on effects on the global supply chain and dented overall market sentiment. It has alsoThe epidemic's impact on China's economic and social development is temporary and generally manageable, but it will deal a relatively big blow in the short term, Xi said, according to Xinhua.
Stakes are high as the virus, recently named COVID-19, is set to batter China's first quarter economic growth and challenge the country's goal of eradicating poverty by 2020. It could also impact employment of fresh college graduates and hinder critical sowing activities for agriculture in spring.
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