중국 코로나바이러스 발병, 사스 사태 이후 볼 수 없는 수준 확산 우려 VIDEO: 'It feels like the end of the world': THIRD Chinese city is put in lockdown and Wuhan is turned
'It feels like the end of the world': THIRD Chinese city is put in lockdown and Wuhan is turned into 'ground zero' as experts warn the coronavirus outbreak is MUTATING and could spread at levels not seen since SARS crisis
Killer coronavirus 'could ALREADY be in Britain': Heathrow passengers to be isolated as experts reveal up to TEN THOUSAND patients in Chinese city of Wuhan alone may be infected
SARS-like disease first reported in China before spreading to Taiwan, Thailand, South Korea, Japan and US
Major Chinese New Year events in Beijing have been cancelled, officials at the Chinese capital revealed today
Today it emerged the infected US patient came into close contact with at least 16 people before quarantined
Official figures show almost 600 patients have caught the infection, with cases cropping up all over Asia
However, scientists yesterday warned as many as 10,000 people could have been infected in Wuhan alone
Chilling footage has emerged from city of Wuhan, the outbreak's centre, showing quarantine tents and entire streets pumped with decontamination gas. Two neighbouring cities have also gone into lockdown
European health officials said 'further global spread is likely' in a report, but World Health Organization meeting last night failed to declare the crisis a global emergency. Heath chiefs will meet again today
By VANESSA CHALMERS HEALTH REPORTER FOR MAILONLINE and SAM BLANCHARD SENIOR HEALTH REPORTER FOR MAILONLINE and STEPHEN MATTHEWS HEALTH EDITOR FOR MAILONLINE
PUBLISHED: 10:01 GMT, 23 January 2020 | UPDATED: 13:00 GMT, 23 January 2020
중국 코로나바이러스 발병, 사스 사태 이후 볼 수 없는 수준 확산 우려 17명의 목숨을 앗아간 치명적인 신종 코로나바이러스의 확산을 막기 위해 중국 내 제3의 도시가 폐쇄될 예정이다. 베이징의 주요 새해 행사는 취소되었고, 후베이성 남동부 양쯔강 남쪽에 있는 도시인 어저우(Ezhou, 鄂州) 당국은 기차역을 폐쇄했으며, 후베이성 동부도시 황강은 공공 버스와 기차역을 폐쇄할 뿐만 아니라 영화관과 인터넷 카페도 문을 닫을 것을 명령할 것이라고 발표했다. 이러한 양상은 발병의 중심에 있는 도시인 우한시가 여전히 폐쇄된 상태로 있고, 모든 출입국 항공편이 취소되고, 주민들이 식량 공급에 필사적인 가족들이 싸우면서 떠나는 것이 금지되고 혼란스러운 장면들이 벌어지고 있는 가운데 이루어졌다. 공식 통계에 따르면 거의 600명의 감염 환자가 이 질병으로 인해 사망했다고 한다. 그러나 과학자들은 어제 우한에서만 1만 명에 달하는 사람들이 감염되었을 수 있다고 경고했다. 전문가들은 이미 영국까지 번진 사스 같은 바이러스를 배제할 수 없다고 말했다. 다른 이들은 2003년 사스 이후 이렇게 빨리 퍼진 바이러스가 없다고 말했다. 황기철 콘페이퍼 에디터 큐레이터 Ki Chul Hwang, conpaper editor, curator |
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A third city in China is going into lockdown as officials battle to stop the spread of the deadly new coronavirus that has killed 17, left hundreds seriously ill and potentially infected thousands.
Major Chinese New Year events in Beijing have been cancelled, authorities in Ezhou have shut down train stations, and Huanggang has announced it will suspend public buses and trains as well as ordering cinemas and internet cafes to close their doors.
The development comes as Wuhan – the city at the centre of the outbreak – remains in lockdown, with all flights in and outbound cancelled, residents banned from leaving and scenes of chaos as desperate families fight for food supplies.
Chinese authorities say 17 people have died and more than 500 have been infected, air and rail departures from Wuhan are suspended from January 23
Official figures show almost 600 patients have been struck down by the disease - but scientists yesterday warned as many as 10,000 people could have been infected in Wuhan alone. Experts said they couldn't rule out the SARS-like virus already being in the UK. Others have said no virus has spread this far this quickly since SARS in 2003.
Chinese officials are disinfecting whole streets and parks with clouds of gas and chilling footage has emerged of roadside quarantine tents, hastily erected to isolate suspected cases. One resident told the BBC the atmosphere in the city felt like 'the end of the world'.
Travellers have spread the coronavirus to seven countries already, including the US. European health officials fear the never-before-seen virus will reach the continent, with the UK and other nations already on high alert.
It was revealed today that an American man infected with the deadly virus – which Chinese officials have warned will mutate and become deadlier – came into close contact with at least 16 people before he was put in isolation.
According to health officials, the unnamed man from Washington state, who is in his 30s, wasn't diagnosed until Monday, January 20 - five days after he returned from China.
In one video, a man can be seen 'disinfecting' eerily quiet streets of Wuhan, with billowing fumes filling the air outside an apartment block
Medical staff at Zhongnan Hospital in Wuhan wear protective suits. Wuhan yesterday banned residents from leaving the city
Passengers at Rome's Fiumicino Airport Authority are scanned by thermal imaging for body temperature as they go through health measures and procedures against deadly SARS-like virus
Passengers yesterday wore protective masks to protect against the spread of the Chinese coronavirus as they arrive at the Los Angeles International Airport
Doctors at the Central Hospital of Wuhan attend to a patient with coronavirus. It is unclear when this picture was taken
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