China Quarantines Wuhan, Shuts Down Airport and Public Transit Amid Coronavirus Outbreak

China Quarantines Wuhan, Shuts Down Airport and Public Transit Amid Coronavirus Outbreak
Hospital staff stand outside the emergency entrance of Wuhan Medical Treatment Center, where some infected with a new virus are being treated, in Wuhan, China, on Jan. 22, 2020. Dake Kang/AP Photo
Zachary Stieber
Zachary Stieber
Senior Reporter
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Wuhan city authorities in charge of responding to the new coronavirus outbreak announced they are quarantining the city in order to contain the disease’s spread, shutting down the airport and all public transit there.

The deadly coronavirus has spread to five countries, in addition to Macau and Hong Kong as of Wednesday. The vast majority of the cases are in China where scores of people have been infected and over a dozen have died.

Zachary Stieber
Zachary Stieber
Senior Reporter
Zachary Stieber is a senior reporter for The Epoch Times based in Maryland. He covers U.S. and world news. Contact Zachary at [email protected]
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