As China locks down 14 cities, fear and confusion spread along with coronavirus

This translation has been automatically generated and has not been verified for accuracy.A worker gestures at a construction site of a hospital to treat patients during a virus outbreak in Wuhan, January 24, 2020. China is rushing to build a new hospital at the epicentre of a deadly virus outbreak that has stricken hundreds of people.

Officials shut down large Lunar New Year gatherings in Beijing, closed the Forbidden City, barred access to parts of the Great Wall and prevented the release of new films during what China calls the Spring Festival season. He also suspected that authorities knew more than they were letting on. Why had Ezhou, which is 70 kilometres southeast of Wuhan, been locked down when there were no official reports of people infected there? There must be “many buried cases,” Mr. Huang said. He was aware that authorities had arrested people for spreading rumours when they posted information about the virus, which began to draw attention in mid-December, before its seriousness was formally acknowledged.

Two lawyers who spoke to The Globe and Mail said they had received copies of a notice from Shandong province describing a need to “strengthen the positive guidance of lawyers in the region and ensure that lawyers do not take the opportunity to speculate and do not have a negative impact on the overall situation.” The notice urged the deletion of negative remarks and promised to deal seriously with lawyers who made improper remarks.

But it’s a measure that could help prevent a Chinese health crisis from becoming a global one, she said. The World Health Organization has held back from declaring the Wuhan virus an international emergency. She also raised questions about the information coming from Chinese authorities. “Was there really an increase from 40 to 800 cases in a period of two weeks?” she said. “It’s really hard to say whether the cases just weren’t reported, or whether they just began testing more actively.”

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