WUHAN, March 11 (Xinhua) -- Chinese President Xi Jinping, also general secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee and chairman of the Central Military Commission, chairs a teleconference and delivers an important speech after the field inspection of the epidemic prevention and control work in Wuhan, central Chinas Hubei Province, March 10, 2020.

MOSCOW, March 11 (Xinhua) -- Russian President Vladimir Putin addresses lawmakers during a session of the State Duma, the lower house of Russias parliament, in Moscow, Russia, March 10, 2020. Russian President Vladimir Putin said Tuesday that he may participate in the 2024 presidential race if the countrys Constitutional Court approves it

WUHAN, March 11 (Xinhua) -- Cured patients walk out of the Jiangxia temporary hospital in Wuhan, central Chinas Hubei Province, March 10, 2020. The last two temporary hospitals in Wuhan, the epicenter of the coronavirus outbreak in central Chinas Hubei Province, were shut down Tuesday, marking the closure of all 16 temporary hospitals in the city. Featuring traditional Chinese medicine treatment, Jiangxia temporary hospital shut down Tuesday afternoon after 26 days of operation.

PARIS, March 11 (Xinhua) -- A nurse escorts a woman out of a tent to treat suspected COVID-19 cases in the courtyard of Henri Mondor Hospital in Creteil, France, March 10, 2020. With nearly 1,800 coronavirus infection cases and 33 deaths confirmed, France, the second worst affected European country, favors a proportional and progressive strategy to handle the virus crisis and hopes to avoid drastic measures as long as possible.