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Panicked China locks down Wuhan to control epidemic
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IANS | 23 Jan, 2020
Following the panic triggered by the outbreak of a new coronavirus,
China has locked down its Wuhan city with a population of around 11
million people.
Sources in Beijing said that the government has
shut down the city's airport, railway stations, short distance ferries
and long-distance coaches in Central China's Wuhan city, following 18
deaths due to the 2019-nCoV, a new strain of coronavirus, previously not
identified in humans.
The symptoms of infection include fever, cough and breathing problems.
Fearing
that the epidemic may spread further, Chinese authorities in a late
night notification, have asked residents not to leave the city unless
necessary.
Normal life in Wuhan has come to a standstill and the lockdown has caused panic among people, sources said.
Some
regions are facing a shortage of drugs and sterilization equipment due
to the epidemic in Wuhan. Sources said China may also place another city
Huanggang with six million population under a similar lockdown, even as
Wuhan remains the centre and originator of the outbreak of the new
virus.
Over 500 Indian students study in Wuhan city's medical
colleges in universities. However, Indian officials said most of them
had left for home for the Chinese New Year holidays.
After a
case of one Indian teacher infected by the virus in China was reported,
India issued an advisory last week against travel to Wuhan.
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