Chinese President Xi Jinping visited the place of origin of the new strain of coronavirus for the first time.

Jinping arrived in Wuhan, China, the epicenter of the COVID-19 outbreak, on Tuesday as Chinese reporting agencies indicated the virus’s rate of infection is beginning to slow. According to state-run media, Jinping visited Chinese residents placed in quarantine at home and told workers at a regional hospital to “firm up confidence in defeating the epidemic.”