Xi: Medical worker protection takes top priority

President Xi Jinping has urged greater priority for the protection and care of medical workers, saying they are the pillar in the fight against the novel coronavirus outbreak.

Xi, also general secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee and chairman of the Central Military Commission, said in an instruction published on Wednesday that support to medical workers must be ensured in all aspects so they can remain a strong fighting force and stay in a state of high morale, energy and health to fight the epidemic.