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Wuhan opens second new hospital

As the virus continues to spread, Wuhan announced Saturday its second rapidly constructed new hospital was ready to welcome patients

Built from scratch to hold victims of the coronavirus, in total the Leishenshan hospital can hold up to 1,500 patients and will have 32 wards, Chinese state broadcaster CCTV said

CCTV said that the first team of medical staff had arrived at the hospital on Saturday

The National Health Commission also announced at a news conference on Saturday that it had chosen a temporary official name for the virus -- Novel Coronavirus Pneumonia, or NCP

It came as China is strengthening its approach to tackling the coronavirus

In a joint statement Saturday, China's National Health Commission, Supreme Court and Ministry of Public Security announced seven "medical-related crimes" that would be severely punished during the epidemic

They include attacking medical personnel, refusing medical checks and damaging or destroying property at medical facilities

According to the statement, anyone who violates new virus control regulations will be quickly prosecuted and could face arrest, jail or even the death penalty

But despite Beijing's tough attitude, US Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar said that US disease experts still hadn't been invited to help China deal with the outbreak

He said that US teams were "ready, willing and able" to go to China to help if called upon