WUHAN -- Authorities on Sunday launched training for medics in central China's Hubei Province, center of the novel coronavirus outbreak.

The week-long training will mainly focus on staff from local disease prevention and control centers, hospitals and health centers, according to the National Health Commission and the provincial COVID-19 prevention and control headquarters, which jointly launched the training.

Seasoned experts will hold a variety of training sessions to enhance the medics' skills to win the battle against the epidemic. About 536,000 textbooks will be given out to the medics.