Vice-Premier Sun Chunlan on Wednesday called for stricter measures to curb the new coronavirus from further spreading during an inspection to Wuhan, Hubei province.

She said the prevention and control measures in Wuhan, the center of the outbreak, is crucial to the entire prevention and control work, and required officials in Hubei, particularly Wuhan, to shoulder responsibilities and adopt the strictest measures.

She asked for the utmost efforts to treat the sick, better protection of medical workers, sufficient supply of medical materials and timely disclosure of information.