Wuhan virus: China deploys army medics

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WUHAN (AFP): The Chinese army deployed medical specialists Saturday (Jan 25) to the centre of a spiralling viral outbreak that has killed 41 people and spread around the world, as millions spent their normally festive Lunar New Year holiday under lockdown.

The country's most important celebration has been all but cancelled for some 56 million people as authorities expanded travel bans in central Hubei province, now affecting 18 cities.

“They need us to go there, otherwise they will be too exhausted, ” said one of the women, pulling a suitcase.The nationwide death toll has jumped to 41, the government said Saturday, after 15 more people died in Wuhan.Most of the deaths and overall cases have been in Hubei. “They need us to go there, otherwise they will be too exhausted, ” said one of the women, pulling a suitcase.The medics, who arrived on military aircraft late Friday , include doctors with experience combating SARS or Ebola and will be dispatched to hospitals that are reportedly short on beds due to a crush of infected patients and worried locals.

It has now spread nationwide and to a dozen other countries, with France saying three cases had been confirmed there – the first known European infections.Beijing's Forbidden City, Shanghai Disneyland, and a section of the Great Wall are among many attractions that have closed as a precaution.“Usually we celebrate as a family. Now, because of the virus I'm not even visiting my parents, ” said Wang Fang, a 49-year-old Wuhan native.

The timing could limit the economic impact, however, since much of China normally shuts down anyway during the roughly week-long break. Wuhan resembles a ghost town due to the clampdown, but hospitals bustled with worried patients being screened by staff wearing full-body protective suits.

 

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We have to stop foreigners to come inside Malaysia or we have to provide medical checkup onboard before entry country.medical boot on the spot in every airport.

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