Medical staff in Inner Mongolia's second team get together at Hohhot Baita International Airport, before heading out to Hubei. [Photo/Hohhot Evening News] 

A team consisting of medical workers from 23 hospitals in North China's Inner Mongolia autonomous region departed Hohhot, capital city of Inner Mongolia, bound for central Hubei province on Feb 4, according to local media reports.

The team had two government officials and 100 nurses from cities and leagues in the autonomous region.

They came from Hohhot, Baotou, Tongliao and other places and officials said it was the second medical team sent by Inner Mongolia to Hubei, the epicenter of the novel coronavirus outbreak.