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IT WAS NOT IMMEDIATELY CLEAR IF THE APPOINTMENTS AMOUNTED TO A RESHUFFLING OF THE PROVINCIAL AND CITY LEADERSHIP OR WERE SIMPLY AN EFFORT TO REINFORCE OFFICIALS ON THE FRONT LINE. STILL, IT APPEARED TO BE AN ACKNOWLEDGMENT THAT THE AUTHORITIES IN WUHAN HAVE BEEN OVERWHELMED AS DEATHS AND INFECTIONS CONTINUE TO SOAR.
WUHAN, CHINA—PATIENTS PACKED THE WAITING ROOM AT WUHAN』S TONGJI HOSPITAL ON FRIDAY, INTRAVENOUS DRIPS IN THEIR ARMS. MEDICAL STAFF WHEELED PATIENTS SLOWLY THROUGH THE CROWD. IN THE HALLWAYS, THE SICK LAY CURLED UP ON COTS, HOOKED TO OXYGEN TANKS.
BUT PLATFORMS ACROSS CHINESE SOCIAL MEDIA ARE STILL BEING INUNDATED BY POSTS FROM WUHAN RESIDENTS CRYING DESPERATELY FOR HELP. ORDINARY CITIZENS LIKE WAN AND OTHERS ARE LEFT TO SHOULDER PART OF THE RESPONSIBILITY FOR THEIR GOVERNMENT, DOING WHAT THEY CAN TO HELP THE CITY PULL THROUGH THIS ABYSS -- OFTEN THEMSELVES TAKING TREMENDOUS RISKS.
「DEFINITELY A LITTLE BIT DISAPPOINTED THAT I WON』T BE ABLE TO TAKE CLASSES AT PENN THIS SEMESTER, BUT … I』VE NEVER FELT MORE CONNECTED TO WUHAN THAN I DO RIGHT NOW,」 SAID HUANG, SPEAKING FROM HIS HOMETOWN ON FRIDAY. 「I FEEL FORTUNATE THAT I CAN BE WITH MY FAMILY DURING THIS TIME, BECAUSE I CAN』T IMAGINE IF I』M ACTUALLY IN THE U.S. STUDYING, HAVING TO PREPARE FOR EXAMS EVERY NIGHT, AND NOT HAVING THE CHANCE TO TALK TO MY FAMILY AND BE HERE WITH THEM."
THE REMAINING AUSTRALIANS STRANDED IN WUHAN HAD BEEN SCHEDULED TO FLY OVERNIGHT ON FRIDAY FROM LOCKED DOWN WUHAN TO A QUARANTINE SITE OUTSIDE OF DARWIN.
FOOTAGE APPEARING TO SHOW PEOPLE HELD IN QUARANTINE IN ROWS OF BEDS IN A MAKESHIFT FACILITY IN WUHAN, HAS BEEN SHARED ACROSS SOCIAL MEDIA.
A JAPANESE WHO WAS SUSPECTED OF BEING INFECTED WITH THE NEW CORONAVIRUS HAS DIED IN WUHAN, CHINA, JAPAN’S FOREIGN MINISTRY CONFIRMED SATURDAY IN THE FIRST REPORT ON A JAPANESE FATALITY FROM THE DEADLY VIRUS.
CHINA WILL BE SENDING A TEAM TO WUHAN CITY, THE EPICENTER OF THE OUTBREAK, "TO COMPREHENSIVELY INVESTIGATE THE MATTERS REGARDING DR. LI WENLIANG RAISED BY THE PUBLIC," ACCORDING TO CHINA'S CENTRAL COMMISSION FOR DISCIPLINE INSPECTION.
WUHAN IS A MUCH BIGGER CITY THAN PITTSBURGH, BUT THE TWO BEAR A CERTAIN RESEMBLANCE; IN AN INTERVIEW, MAYOR BILL PEDUTO OF PITTSBURGH CALLED WUHAN A 「POSTINDUSTRIAL CITY THAT HAS CREATED A NEW ECONOMY BASED UPON TECHNOLOGY AND MEDICINE.」 BOTH ARE FORMER STEEL CITIES AT THE CONFLUENCE OF MAJOR RIVERS, AND AS PITTSBURGH HAD DECADES AGO, WUHAN HAS RECENTLY TAKEN ON THE HEAVY TASK OF CLEANING UP AND REINVENTING ITSELF.
ON MONDAY, STATE-RUN NEWSPAPER CHANGJIANG DAILY REPORTED THAT AUTHORITIES IN WUHAN WAS BUILDING AN ADDITIONAL THREE FIELD HOSPITALS INTO EXISTING SPACES, INCLUDING A STADIUM AND EXHIBITION HALL -- ALL OF WHICH MAY REQUIRE THEIR OWN INDIVIDUAL BLUEPRINTS.
AN AUSTRALIAN IN QUARANTINE ON CHRISTMAS ISLAND HAS SPOKEN OF HIS ANGUISH AT HAVING TO CHOOSE BETWEEN STAYING WITH HIS ELDERLY PARENTS IN WUHAN AND TAKING AN EVACUATION FLIGHT THAT WOULD MEAN HE COULD REJOIN HIS WIFE AND TWIN DAUGHTERS IN AUSTRALIA.
THE CITY OF WUHAN TOLD RESIDENTS TO BEGIN REPORTING THEIR BODY TEMPERATURE DAILY, AND THE LARGE PORT CITY OF TIANJIN SAID IT WOULD RESTRICT RESIDENTS’ MOVEMENT, PART OF STEPS ACROSS THE COUNTRY TO STOP THE CORONAVIRUS OUTBREAK FROM SPREADING. IN BEIJING, THE CHINESE GOVERNMENT VOICED ANGER AS COUNTRIES PLACED MORE RESTRICTIONS ON TRAVELERS.
"SINGAPOREANS IN WUHAN AND OTHER CITIES IN HUBEI PROVINCE WHO HAVE YET TO CONTACT THE SINGAPORE EMBASSY IN BEIJING OR THE SINGAPORE MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS AND WOULD LIKE TO RETURN TO SINGAPORE ARE STRONGLY ENCOURAGED TO DO SO AS SOON AS POSSIBLE," IT ADDED.
TAIPEI: TAIWAN AND CHINA ARE EMBROILED IN A NEW SPAT OVER THE FATE OF TAIWANESE STRANDED IN THE CHINESE CITY OF WUHAN, THE CORONAVIRUS EPICENTRE, AFTER TAIWAN SAID ONE OF ITS CITIZENS SENT BACK ON THE FIRST FLIGHT WAS INFECTED WITH THE DISEASE.
THE UK"S THIRD CORONAVIRUS PATIENT WENT TO A&E AT THE ROYAL SUSSEX IN BRIGHTON ON SUNDAY NIGHT AFTER SUFFERING FROM FLU-LIKE SYMPTOMS BEFORE BEING RUSHED TO GUY"S HOSPITAL IN LONDON. IT COMES ALMOST A WEEK AFTER TWO CHINESE NATIONALS, A UNIVERSITY OF YORK STUDENT AND HIS MOTHER, WERE CONFIRMED TO HAVE THE LETHAL VIRUS AND THEY HAVE BEEN QUARANTINED AT THE ROYAL VICTORIA INFIRMARY IN NEWCASTLE. MEANWHILE 93 OTHERS ARE QUARANTINED ON THE WIRRAL AFTER BEING EVACUATED FROM WUHAN - WHILE ANOTHER AMONG THEM WAS RUSHED TO A HOSPITAL IN OXFORD
ON THE DAY THE INTERVIEW WAS AIRED, CHINA CONFIRMED 291 CASES OF INFECTION, INCLUDING 270 IN HUBEI. MR ZHOU ALSO REVEALED THAT SIX WUHAN RESIDENTS HAD DIED AFTER CATCHING THE VIRUS.
WUHAN (CHINA DAILY/ANN): A NEW LAB FOR TESTING THE NOVEL CORONAVIRUS THAT HAS BEEN CAUSING AN INCREASING NUMBER OF DEATHS IN WUHAN WAS PUT INTO USE ON WEDNESDAY (FEB 5), WITHIN SEVEN DAYS OF CONSTRUCTION, AND IS EXPECTED TO GREATLY FACILITATE DIAGNOSES OF THE DISEASE.
STRICT MEASURES ARE BEING TAKEN IN WUHAN, CHINA, TO CONTAIN THE OUTBREAK OF A CORONAVIRUS
A FEVER IS ONE OF THE MAIN SYMPTOMS OF 2019-NCOV THAT EMERGED IN WUHAN IN DECEMBER, SO THE CITY'S LOCAL HEALTH COMMISSION ISSUED A NOTICE THURSDAY ANNOUNCING A CITYWIDE BODY TEMPERATURE MONITORING PLAN. THE NOTICE EXPLAINED THAT THE AIM IS TO "COMPLETELY CUT OFF TRANSMISSION AT THE SOURCE."
IN THIS PHOTO RELEASED BY CHINA"S XINHUA NEWS AGENCY, MEDICAL WORKERS IN PROTECTIVE SUITS HELP TRANSFER THE FIRST GROUP OF PATIENTS INTO THE NEWLY COMPLETED HUOSHENSHAN TEMPORARY FIELD HOSPITAL IN WUHAN IN CENTRAL CHINA"S HUBEI PROVINCE. XIAO YIJIU/AP HIDE CAPTION

 

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