Xi has largely kept out of the spotlight during the outbreak, except for meetings with visiting officials, with Chinese Premier Li Keqiang (李克強) taking the lead in efforts to end the crisis. Xi inspected efforts by community workers in Beijing to contain the outbreak, visited a hospital that offers treatment to 2019-nCoV patients and video-chatted with frontline medical staff in Wuhan. His visit came just hours after Beijing authorities announced stricter measures to control movement in and around the capital. CCTV reported Xi as saying that China would strive to meet its economic and social targets for the year, and make adjustments to minimize the economic impact of the outbreak, including preventing large-scale layoffs. Non-essential public spaces within Beijing communities are to be closed, and government agencies and companies would be required to strictly implement body temperature monitoring.
