China Issues Travel Ban For Residents Of Wuhan Following Coronavirus OutbreakSouth Front

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China announced announced a complete travel ban on Wuhan residents amid a coronavirus outbreak that has killed 17 people and infected more than 550 others throughout the country, CCTV reported on January 22.

The ban was issued by the outbreak command authority. Over the past datys, Wuhan has been the epicentre of the virus. Urban buses, subways, ferries and long-distance passenger transport have been suspended in the city.

Flights and trains departing from Wuhan are also temporarily suspended. There is no info when the services would resume.

The notice added that private cars but said “citizens should not leave the city unless there are special conditions”.

The Wuhan population is 11 million.

The released notise says that the ban is to “best prevent and control the epidemic of the new type of coronavirus infection, effectively cut off the transmission of the virus, and curb the spread of the epidemic” to “ensure the safety and health of the people.”

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Luigi

4 years ago

im sure that quarantine is for the masses, not for PCC delegates

Bobby Twoshoes

Reply to Luigi

Why are you sure? Do you have any examples or evidence you can cite to back up your surety? I know that party membership won’t save you from the bullet in cases of corruption so it would be illogical to presume they would be more lax when it comes to pandemics.

i’m not saying “democratic” goverments will do better, but that goverments will always lie again and again until they cant deny and, in the end, they will save themselfs and let people die

PZIVJ

An outbreak starting from the seafood markets?
“The Wuhan mayor, a member of the ethnic Tujia minority, was slammed specifically for allowing a large-scale Lunar New Year gathering – where local media said more than 40,000 families dined on nearly 14,000 dishes – to go ahead on Sunday in one of the city’s urban districts, when 62 cases of the viral pneumonia had already been reported.”