Flights CZ5231 and CZ5233 -- carrying 171 medical staff members and around seven metric tons of medical supplies -- took off from Harbin Taiping International Airport at 3:51 pm of Feb 20.
 
It was the seventh medical team sent by Heilongjiang province to support central Hubei province --the hardest hit by the epidemic in China.
 
The Heilongjiang medical team, led by Wang Shumin -- an official at the Heilongjiang Provincial Health Commission --  was made up of 171 members from the Second Heilongjiang Provincial Hospital, Harbin and Jiamusi.
 
It included 50 doctors and 120 nurses who are all skilled in hospital infection management, respiratory illness, critical care and emergency procedures.

To date, Heilongjiang has sent a total of seven medical teams of around 1,332 medical staff members to Hubei province.  
The seventh Heilongjiang medical team raises a cheer  at Harbin Taiping International Airport on Feb 17. [Photo/chinanews.com]