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Wuhan is China’s fifth-largest city and has a size of over 3,200
square miles. In contrast, there are about 8 million people in
New York City— nearly 3 million fewer than Wuhan. The
town is divided into three districts: Hankou, Wuchang, and
Hanyang, with rivers flowing in between. Most people work in
one district and live in another, so the inter-district travel ban
is disrupting the usual workings of the community. People are
no longer allowed to leave Wuhan without a “special reason,”
according to local authorities.
Meanwhile, officials in Huanggang ordered the closing of
cinemas and internet cafes, and instructed people not to leave
the city unless there were special circumstances, Reuters said.
Long-distance buses and trains to the city have been halted.
The nearby town of Ezhou, too, closed its train stations, while
bus travel in two smaller towns, Chibi and Zhijiang, was
halted. Such quarantines come among the festivities of the
Lunar New Year, which began on Saturday. The annual
holiday typically fills the country’s trains, buses, bridges, and
ferries, as 3 billion people travel home to be with their
families. The Chinese government, however, has requested
people to cancel plans to visit Wuhan, and last week the
government in Beijing cancelled its Spring Festival activities.
Several countries across Asia have put additional screening at
airports and warned people not to fly to China. Neighboring
Mongolia has placed tight border controls on travelers coming
into the country to China’s north. Indonesia and the
Philippines have both imposed additional restrictions on
Chinese tourists, while Japan has upgraded its response,
allowing authorities to “strengthen suspected hospitalization
and testing cases.” Around one hundred cases have been
reported worldwide, with most of them 14 found in Thailand,
a popular destination for Chinese tourists. Countries with
colder climates are more likely to spread in the future, as
corona viruses thrive in cold environments and do not replicate
in warm, hot areas as well. Nevertheless, in a patient in Illinois
the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported the
first case of human-to-human corona virus transmission in the
U.S. The transmission took place between a husband and wife,
who were in close touch with each other. The partner, who was