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(CNN)SINCE THE CHINESE CITY OF WUHAN WENT INTO LOCKDOWN THREE WEEKS AGO, UNIVERSITY STUDENT VICTOR VINCENT HAS WATCHED AS OTHER INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS ON HIS CAMPUS HAVE RETURNED HOME.
AFTER THE OUTBREAK FIRST EMERGED IN WUHAN, THE LEADERSHIP CAME UNDER INTENSE SCRUTINY FOR PLAYING DOWN THE VIRUS AND DELAYING REPORTS OF ITS SPREAD. THE PROVINCE THEN TOOK DRASTIC MEASURES THAT INCLUDED IMPOSING A LOCKDOWN ON WUHAN, A CITY OF 11 MILLION, AND ON TENS OF MILLIONS OF PEOPLE IN SURROUNDING AREAS.
HE SAYS HIS WIFE, WHO HAS FAMILY IN WUHAN, INCLUDING A SON AND DAUGHTER-IN-LAW, IS IN 「TWO MINDS」 ABOUT LEAVING.
AS WUHAN - THE CHINESE CITY AT THE CENTRE OF THE CORONAVIRUS OUTBREAK - REMAINS UNDER LOCKDOWN, GROUPS OF VOLUNTEERS HAVE STEPPED IN TO HELP BY TAKING PATIENTS TO HOSPITAL AND ACTING AS TAXIS FOR HEALTH WORKERS WHO HAVE NO TRANSPORT.
THEY SAY THAT HIGH CONCENTRATIONS IN A PARTICULAR PLACE MAY BE RELATED TO ATMOSPHERIC CONDITIONS. INDEED, LAST WEEKEND IN WUHAN IT WAS COLD, ABOUT 4-5 DEGREES — INCREASING THE PROBABILITY OF PEOPLE USING HEATING — AND NOT VERY WINDY, WHICH CAN INCREASE CONCENTRATIONS.
WUHAN, CHINA: FOR EIGHT DAYS, AN AFP TEAM LIVED AND WORKED AT THE CENTRE OF A GLOBAL HEALTH EMERGENCY, WITNESSING HOW LIFE IN THE CHINESE CITY OF WUHAN WAS TURNED UPSIDE DOWN AS IT WAS CUT OFF FROM THE WORLD.
KARACHI -- PAKISTANI STUDENTS STUDYING IN WUHAN ARE DEMANDING IMMEDIATE EVACUATION HOME, FEARING THAT STAYING STUCK IN THE VIRUS-STRICKEN CHINESE CITY PUTS THEM AT GRAVE RISK.
FOR EXAMPLE, THE SUN REPORTED THAT 「SATELLITE MAPS IN RECENT DAYS HAVE DETECTED ALARMING LEVELS OF SO2 AROUND WUHAN」, WHILE METRO WROTE THAT 「THE SHEER SCALE OF THE NUMBER OF BODIES BEING CREMATED IN CHINA AFTER THE CORONAVIRUS OUTBREAK CAN BE JUDGED BY THE CLOUD OF SULPHUR DIOXIDE THAT HAS APPEARED ABOVE AFFECTED CITIES, IT HAS BEEN CLAIMED.」
THE 2019NC0V CORONAVIRUS HAS INFECTED 29,000 AND KILLED MORE THAN 800 PEOPLE IN AND AROUND THE CITY OF WUHAN IN CHINA』S CENTRAL HUBEI PROVINCE, BUT LIFE GOES ON UNDER QUARANTINE FOR THE MORE THAN 11 MILLION RESIDENTS OF THE METROPOLIS. NO ONE KNOWS WHEN THE LOCKDOWN WILL END; UNTIL THAT DAY ARRIVES, WUHAN RESIDENTS CONTINUE TO MOSTLY REMAIN INSIDE THEIR HOMES. BELOW ARE SOME IMAGES OF WHAT IT HAS BEEN LIKE WHEN THEY VENTURE OUT, AS WELL AS SCENES FROM A FEW OF THE PLACES WHERE CORONAVIRUS PATIENTS HAVE BEEN ISOLATED.
WASHINGTON HAS CONTINUED TO EVACUATE AMERICANS FROM WUHAN AND QUARANTINING THEM AT MILITARY BASES ACROSS THE U.S., INCLUDING: MARCH AIR RESERVE BASE IN RIVERSIDE COUNTY, CALIFORNIA; CAMP ASHLAND IN NEBRASKA; TRAVIS AIR FORCE BASE IN CALIFORNIA; MARINE CORPS AIR STATION MIRAMAR IN SAN DIEGO; AND LACKLAND AIR FORCE BASE IN TEXAS.
VIEWING THE CORONAVIRUS THROUGH THE EYES OF A DOCTOR IN WUHAN NPR"S DAVID GREENE TALKS TO DR. LIN YANG, AN EPIDEMIOLOGIST AT A HONG KONG UNIVERSITY, WHO IS CURRENTLY BASED IN WUHAN, CHINA, WHERE SHE IS RESPONDING TO THE OUTBREAK OF THE CORONAVIRUS.
IN FACT, THE ONE LAB IN CHINA ABLE TO HANDLE THE DEADLIEST VIRUSES IS IN WUHAN AND HELPED SEQUENCE THE NOVEL CORONAVIRUS THE WORLD IS CURRENTLY BATTLING
"I THINK IT IS A STRAIN FOR EVERY DOCTOR AND EVERY NURSE IN WUHAN, BOTH PHYSICALLY AND MENTALLY," A BEIJING-BASED THERAPIST NAMED CANDICE QIN TOLD THE WASHINGTON POST. "WE KNOW THAT PATIENTS ARE WORRIED, BUT WE SHOULD BEAR IN MIND THAT DOCTORS ARE JUST AS HUMAN AS WELL."
AS FAMILIES ALL OVER WUHAN -- A CITY OF 11 MILLION PEOPLE -- WAIT FOR THE LOCKDOWN TO LIFT, CHINESE SOCIAL MEDIA HAS BEEN FLOODED WITH VIDEOS OF CITIZENS ENTERTAINING THEMSELVES BY SQUARE DANCING IN THEIR LIVING ROOMS, OR RE-ENACTING CHINESE OPERAS.
ADAMA, WHO HAS A BACKGROUND IN EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT, CREATES A WEBSITE CALLED THE WUHAN WARRIORS NETWORK TO STREAMLINE COMMUNICATIONS AMONG FOREIGNERS. "WE’RE KIND OF PARALYZED. WE’RE NOT GETTING INFORMATION FROM THE GOVERNMENT, SCHOOL, NOTHING," ADAMA SAYS. "WE’RE ALL COOPED UP HERE KNOWING NOTHING. WE ARE SITTING HERE ON GROUND ZERO NOT KNOWING WHAT TO DO OR WHO TO BELIEVE."
IN A MEDIA STATEMENT RECEIVED BY "THE JAKARTA POST", LION AIR CONFIRMED THAT FLIGHT JT2618 FLEW FROM WUHAN TIANHE INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT IN HUANGPI DISTRICT TO I GUSTI NGURAH RAI INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT IN BALI ON JAN. 22. (SHUTTERSTOCK/VINAI CHUNKHAJORN)
NOT FAR FROM THE PARKS IN HANKOU, THERE IS WUHAN TIANDI, A WOODED, MIXED-USED COMMERCIAL AND RESIDENTIAL DISTRICT MODELED AFTER SHANGHAI』S XINTIANDI, WHICH WAS ONE OF THE FIRST URBAN NEIGHBORHOODS IN CHINA DEVELOPED AROUND HISTORIC BUILDINGS. IN WUHAN TIANDI, SOME OF THE BUILDINGS ARE OLD AND REPURPOSED, OTHERS ARE RECREATIONS OF TRADITIONAL BUILDINGS, AND THE PROJECT, COMPLETED IN 2009, INCLUDES THE FIRST AIR-CONDITIONED OUTDOOR FOOD STREET IN CHINA, ACCORDING TO PROMOTIONAL MATERIALS.
A BIG NUMBER OF THE AFFECTED STUDENTS ARE NOT WILLING TO ENGAGE MEDIA. A UGANDAN STUDENT LIVING IN WUHAN, WHO PREFERRED ANONYMITY FOLLOWING THE WARNING BY THEIR UNIVERSITY OFFICIALS AGAINST SPEAKING TO THE MEDIA, SAYS LIFE UNDER QUARANTINE IS UNBEARABLE.
A STUDY BY THE WUHAN INSTITUTE OF VIROLOGY, PUBLISHED IN FEBRUARY 2020 IN THE SCIENTIFIC JOURNAL NATURE, FOUND THAT THE GENETIC MAKE-UP VIRUS SAMPLES FOUND IN PATIENTS IN CHINA IS 96 PER CENT SIMILAR TO A CORONAVIRUS THEY FOUND IN BATS.
THE IRISH CITIZENS UNDER LOCKDOWN IN WUHAN AND CONFINED TO THEIR HOMES INDEFINITELY ARE 「FEELING THE STRAIN」 AFTER THREE WEEKS, AS THE CORONAVIRUS DEATH TOLL AND INFECTION NUMBERS SPIKE DRAMATICALLY.

 

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