Posted on 01/23/2020 6:45:36 AM PST by Oldeconomybuyer
BEIJING -- Chinese authorities Thursday moved to lock down three cities that are home to more than 18 million people in an unprecedented effort to contain the deadly new virus that has sickened hundreds and spread to other parts of the world during the busy Lunar New Year travel period.
Police, SWAT teams and paramilitary troops guarded Wuhans train station, where metal barriers blocked the entrances at 10 a.m. Only travelers holding tickets for the last trains out were allowed to enter. Normally bustling streets, shopping malls, restaurants and other public spaces in the city of 11 million people were eerily quiet.
In addition to shutting down the train station, authorities closed the airport and halted ferry, subway and bus service.
Authorities announced similar measures would take effect Friday in the nearby cities of Huanggang and Ezhou. In Huanggang, theaters, internet cafes and other entertainment centers were also ordered closed.
In the capital, Beijing, authorities canceled major events indefinitely, including traditional temple fairs that are a staple of holiday celebrations, in order to execute epidemic prevention and control.
To my knowledge, trying to contain a city of 11 million people is new to science, Gauden Galea, the World Health Organizations representative in China, said in an interview. It has not been tried before as a public health measure. We cannot at this stage say it will or it will not work.
The illnesses from the newly identified coronavirus first appeared last month in Wuhan, an industrial and transportation hub in central Chinas Hubei province. The vast majority of mainland Chinas more than 570 cases have been in the city.
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Dayum!
Yeah, shit like this is whats caused this virus outbreak. Filthy, disgusting, cheating, scammy people.
Arent you in China? I am trying to recall the names of the China based freepers.
I am visiting Northern Thailand bordering China, Laos, Vietnam and Cambodia until March.
Yesterday it was crazy in Thailand due to Chinese tourists for New Year celebration.
It’s the year of the RAT!!
HOW IRONIC?
All is well with you there?
Yes, will be in Chang Mai tomorrow. All is well.
I interested in the virus but not concerned. If it’s my time, that’s ok.
It may slow the spread, but it won't contain it.
Check out my earlier posts. When I was around 20 I work for a carpet cleaning service in Austin Texas. We were called to clean a Chinese restaurant. I went into the back into the kitchen... There were huge vats of oil with crumbles in them apparently they were going to be reused. there were dead cockroaches and live cockroaches all over the place. And believe me cockroaches get huge in Texas.
I did not eat Chinese food for a very long time after that.
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