The lockdowns are unprecedented in size, embracing more people than the population of New York City, Los Angeles and Chicago combined.
In addition to shutting down the train station, authorities closed the airport and halted ferry, subway and bus service. Police checked all vehicles entering the city but did not close off the roads.
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This article says ..... five cities and 23 million.
A mysterious coronavirus that originated in Wuhan, China, has killed 18 people and infected more than 640.
The outbreak has spread to eight other countries, including the US.
By Friday morning, five other Chinese cities will also be under quarantine orders (four are already), bringing the total number of people on lockdown to about 23 million.
Coronavirus 'will infect 350,000 people in Wuhan ALONE': Scientists dramatically increase estimate as China locks down FOURTEEN cities and races to build 1,000-bed hospital in FIVE DAYS to deal with the crisis
The Wuhan coronavirus has infected more than 900 people and killed 26 around the world so far this month
Major cities and towns in China are cancelling public transport and closing roads to try and stop the spread
Hospitals in Wuhan, the outbreak's centre, have been 'overwhelmed' this week, experts said
The government has ordered the six-day construction of a new hospital in Wuhan to deal with the virus
Chinese New Year celebrations planned for the next week have been cancelled in Beijing and Hong Kong
Report shared with MailOnline suggests 250,000 people – up to 350,000 – will have caught virus by February
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I was looking at the history of the '18-'19 pandemic and it's estimated that it killed fifty million people world wide, the estimated butcher's bill in the conovirus which is like mers/sars per who and cdc could top 65 million. The way China is acting it's scaring the shit out of them as it seems to be spreading at an uncontrollable rate.