Jiang Chaoliang, Party chief of Hubei province, inspects Huoshenshan, a newly built hospital specializing in novel coronavirus treatment, in Wuhan, Feb 2, 2020. [Photo by Zhu Xingxin/China Daily]

The majority of these medics – 950 – are from hospitals administered by the PLA Joint Logistic Support Force and another 450 are with the PLA Ground Force Medical University, the PLA Navy Medical University and the PLA Air Force Medical University.

Fifteen experts from the PLA Center for Disease Control and Prevention and the PLA Academy of Military Science's Military Medical Institute will join them to offer professional consultation.