Soldiers and porters jointly load supplies and materials onto a Z-8 transport helicopter on Feb. 12, 2020. (eng.chinamil.com.cn /Photo by Wang Chuanshun)

WUHAN, Feb. 13 --At the request of the epidemic prevention and control headquarters of Hubei Province, the PLA Central Theater Command dispatched two Z-8 transport helicopters to deliver badly needed medical drugs and materials from Wuhan to Xiangyang and Yichang on the morning of February 12, 2020.

It is learned that such transport tasks will be conducted twice a week with two sorties per time until the end of traffic restrictions in Wuhan, capital city of Hubei Province and the epicenter of the novel coronavirus outbreak.
 

A Z-8 transport helicopter hovers over after arriving at the warehouse of the Sinopharm Group Hubei Co., LTD. located inWuhan City on Feb. 12, 2020. (81.cn/Photo by Wang Chuanshun)

 

A pilot sitting in the cockpit of a Z-8 transport helicopter give a thumbs-up gesture to encourage Wuhan in the fight against the ongoing novel coronavirus epidemic. (eng.chinamil.com.cn /Photo by Wang Chuanshun)

 

Warehouse porters load supplies and materials onto a Z-8 transport helicopter on Feb. 12, 2020. (eng.chinamil.com.cn/Photo by Wang Chuanshun)