February 6 - Leishenshan Hospital passed evaluations and will begin accepting patients soon.[5] February 10 - An advance World Health Organization team of medical experts has arrived in China, led by Dr. Bruce Aylward, who coordinated the WHO's Ebola Response in 2016.[6][7] February 28 - Three time Chinese Olympic swimming champion, Sun Yang, has been given an 8-year ban for missing a doping test in September 2018 by the Court of Arbitration for Sport.[8]