Wuhan, China, is cut off from the outside world in an unprecedented quarantine after a deadly virus killed 17 and infected 571
A composite images shows Chinese soldiers enforcing the blockade of a major railway station in Wuhan, a departure board showing shut-down services, and passengers in face masks on one of the last trains into Wuhan.Wuhan, China, was cut off from the outside world Thursday morning, with trains, planes, and other transit suspended.
Authorities told people in the city not to enter or leave without good reason. Wearing a protective mask in public is now mandatory. The Chinese city of Wuhan — the center of a viral outbreak that has killed at least 17 people and infected 571 — has been locked down.Buses, planes, subways, and ferries had been shut down in the city of some 11 million people, a measure without precedent in its sweeping scale.
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