Nursing homes across China are stepping up prevention measures after at least 30 people tested positive for the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) in a facility in Wuhan City, the heart of the epidemic, last Friday. Authorities have requested social welfare institutes with suspected and confirmed cases to conduct medical examination of the residents. The Chinese Ministry of Civil Affairs has also instructed senior care centers across the country to increase prevention efforts. Eighty-nine-year-old Gu Yuxian stays at a nursing home in east China's Jiangsu Province. "They are very attentive and thoughtful. They deliver breakfast, lunch and dinner to my room. Sometimes they even feed me. They're very patient," she said. Gu can't see her family at the moment due to the COVID-19 epidemic, but she has told her daughter she's fine and asked her to follow the city's infection control measures. "This is a national health emergency. We should be all for the measures. Don't go out. You shouldn't come here either. I'm all . . . . . read more