China closes off large city to stop spread of deadly virus

Travelers in face masks walk past a display board showing a canceled flight from Wuhan at Beijing Capital International Airport in Beijing, Thursday, Jan. 23, 2020. China closed off a city of more than 11 million people Thursday, halting transportation and warning against public gatherings, to try to stop the spread of a deadly new virus that has sickened hundreds and spread to other cities and countries in the Lunar New Year travel rush.

“To my knowledge, trying to contain a city of 11 million people is new to science,” Gauden Galea, the World Health Organization’s representative in China, told The Associated Press in an interview at the WHO’s Beijing office. “It has not been tried before as a public health measure. We cannot at this stage say it will or it will not work.”

Li Bin, deputy director of the National Health Commission, had warned people in Wuhan on Wednesday to avoid crowds and public gatherings. “Even if are in the thousands, this would not surprise us,” Galea said, adding, however, that the number of cases is not an indicator of the outbreak’s severity, so long as the mortality rate remains low.

Also Wednesday, the WHO put off deciding whether to declare the outbreak a global health emergency because it needs more information. Another meeting is set for Thursday.

It arrived in the US yesterday they say.

I have a layover there in like a month...

Is there a confirmed case in Hong King already? Btw, this story doesn’t really have anything to do with HK😒

China should be lockdown first during Chinese New Year.

It is the CCP covering up the pandemics that has resulted in the outspread and delayed in international responses to the virus CCP exporting SARS, Swine Flu, Plague, WuhanCoronavirus , AND CrimeAgainstHumanity

The Hong Kong government is reluctant to impose health check or border control at the train station, now the Chinese all flooded to Hong Kong to visit hospitals

The ole closing the barn doors after hoss is out,,,,,,,,,,,geeez

very wise

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The virus may finally get Dim Sons off the streets in Hong Kong.

How much do y'all want to bet that they're going to use this an excuse to quarantine Hong Kong and silence the protestors?

Damn, this just getting worse

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