The first batch of medical workers from Yunnan was sent to Hubei province - the most affected areas of novel coronavirus outbreak in China - to provide medical aids in Xianning city on January 27.

Till February 27, a total of 1,156 medical personnel have been dispatched to Hubei by Yunnan province.

No new patients were reported in Xianning for six consecutive days between February 22 and 27, and as many as 644 people have recovered and been allowed to return home.

On February 14, a female patient from Xianning gave birth to a healthy baby at hospital; and five days later on February 19, an elder patient aged 96 was completed recovered.

More importantly, cured cases - for the first time - outnumbered the patients who are still under treatment on February 23. This indicates that the spread of novel coronavirus has, to a large extent, be curbed.