In late January , once most Chinese New Year trips had been completed and travelers from Wuhan had transported the virus to numerous Asian countries , the Chinese government launched a radical campaign described on February 10 by the Chinese Communist Party general secretary Xi Jinping as a `` people 's war '' to contain the spread of the virus .
On 10 February 2020 , Xi Jinping described the government 's campaign for containing the coronavirus outbreak in China as a `` people 's war '' .