More than 90 hotels nationwide have been designated by local governments to receive travellers from Hubei province, epicentre of the novel coronavirus outbreak, said the tourism organ of Wuhan, the provincial capital.

The provinces or regions with the designated hotels include the provinces of Yunnan, Guangdong, Hunan, Hainan and Shaanxi, as well as Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region, according to Wuhan Bureau of Culture and Tourism. The hotels and places are increasing.

The bureau has set up an information support hotline 0086-027-82810057, which will be open for 24 hours a day, it said.