Beijing: In this Feb. 13, 2020 photo released by China’s Xinhua News Agency, nurses in protective suits treat a patient in the intensive care unit at Ditan Hospital in Beijing, one of the hospitals in China’s capital that are receiving COVID-19 patients. China on Friday reported another sharp rise in the number of people infected with a new virus, as the death toll neared 1,400. AP/PTI(AP2_14_2020_000156B)