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COGwriter<\/a><\/p>\n The ‘Wuhan coronavirus’ has affected more and more and has now hit the USA:<\/p>\n January 23, 2020<\/p>\n BEIJING (AP) \u2014 Chinese authorities Thursday moved to lock down three cities that are home to more than 18 million people in an unprecedented effort to contain the deadly new virus that has sickened hundreds and spread to other parts of the world during the busy Lunar New Year travel period.<\/p>\n Police, SWAT teams and paramilitary troops guarded Wuhan\u2019s train station, where metal barriers blocked the entrances at 10 a.m. Only travelers holding tickets for the last trains out were allowed to enter. Normally bustling streets, shopping malls, restaurants and other public spaces in the city of 11 million people were eerily quiet.<\/p>\n In addition to shutting down the train station, authorities closed the airport and halted ferry, subway and bus service. Police checked all vehicles entering the city but did not close off the roads.<\/p>\n Authorities announced similar measures would take effect Friday in the nearby cities of Huanggang and Ezhou. In Huanggang, theaters, internet cafes and other entertainment centers were also ordered closed.<\/p>\n Seventeen people have died in the outbreak, all of them in and around Wuhan, with the oldest victim 89 and the youngest 48. Close to 600 people have been infected, the vast majority of them in Wuhan, and countries around the world have begun monitoring incoming airline passengers for symptoms of the virus, which an cause fever, coughing, trouble breathing and pneumonia.<\/p>\n The lockdowns are unprecedented in size, embracing more people than the population of New York City, Los Angeles and Chicago combined.<\/p>\n In the capital, Beijing, authorities canceled \u201cmajor events\u201d indefinitely, including traditional temple fairs that are a staple of holiday celebrations, in order to \u201cexecute epidemic prevention and control.\u201d https:\/\/apnews.com\/ed98662865c3c2eafc1733c827111ab2<\/a><\/p>\n The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the CDC, has reported the first case in the United States of a new and deadly coronavirus. A resident of Washington state in the Seattle area is infected. The man had traveled to central China to the city of Wuhan, where the virus was first discovered. It has killed at least 17 people, and scientists now say humans can transmit the virus to one another. And as Will Stone from member station KNKX in Seattle reports, officials in Washington state are trying to prevent the spread of the virus, and also projecting calm.<\/p>\n WILL STONE, BYLINE: The first U.S. patient is a man in his 30s who had spent several months traveling in Wuhan, China. That’s the region where the new coronavirus has emerged. It’s been traced to a large seafood and animal market. https:\/\/www.npr.org\/2020\/01\/22\/798392221\/1st-u-s-case-of-coronavirus-confirmed-in-washington-state<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n Someone actually telephoned me from the State of Washington yesterday and asked what she could take to fight this coronavirus. I told her that since I had not seen anyone with it, I was unsure, but did (upon her insistence) suggest two herbal formulas which have helped people with other viruses.<\/p>\n In what seems to be an unprecedented move related to the Chinese New Year, government officials have cancelled celebrations in several cities:<\/p>\n Beijing joins Wuhan, Zhejiang, Macau in canceling #LunarNewYear<\/a> celebrations. #China<\/a> capital\u2019s culture & tourism bureau says all public gathering activities, incl. traditional temple fairs, are off. (Holiday is normally major consumer spending time. #WuhanCoronavirus<\/a>) @TheDomino<\/a><\/p>\n \u2014 Eunice Yoon (@onlyyoontv) January 23, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n