She apologized for that and said the voice of the people will be heard to solve problems that worry them most. Misconduct involving excessive epidemic control will be punished, she added.

She said the city will provide more rooms for quarantine by renovating public rental houses and signing agreements with hotels, and it will prepare more beds for use in medical treatment to confront a possible larger epidemic this winter and next spring.

Traditional Chinese medicine will be used in patients' treatment, along with psychological counseling services, to meet personalized needs, she said.