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This is an unusual spring festival for people in China. Instead of going around visiting relatives and friends, everyone is staying at home.
Among them, around 300 British citizens who are waiting to be evacuated from the epicentre of the new coronavirus.
The evacuation will now take place at 05:00 tomorrow morning local time (Thursday 21:00 GMT).
As the confirmed infected cases are soaring this week, the World Health Organisation (WHO) is going to have an emergency meeting today in Geneva to discuss whether to declare a global health emergency.
The number of confirmed new cases have grown steadily to 7711, according to the National Health Commission. A further 81,000 people were under observation for possible infection. The government reporting 38 new deaths in the 24 hours to Thursday, the highest one-day total. All but one were in Hubei.
Mary, who studies in Edinburgh and video calls her family back in Wuhan every day, gave us an insight of the situation.
“It is really worrying for the people there,” she said.
She told City News that anyone from Wuhan or anyone who has lived in Wuhan, definitely knows someone directly or indirectly, who has been infected.
“There is a new regulation which bans people from driving private cars on the roads. When you walk on the streets, it’s empty. There are no cars. And it is a little bit depressing for my family as you can’t go anywhere but just staying at home.”
As it is during the lunar new year holiday, Mary said some of her friends were out of Wuhan visiting their relatives before the breakout, but now because of the lockdown of the city, they could not go back home. The government has ordered schools to delay the start of their new term and the return dates for workers.
As the lockdown has gone into the seventh day, there are already severe shortages of masks and surgical equipment, but is there any shortage of food?
Mary said in terms of food and necessities, the city was still able to sustain itself. Some supermarkets were still open, and the water supply was normal as well.
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StandfirstThis is an unususal spring festival for people in China. Instead of going around visiting relatives and friends, everyone is staying at home.
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StandfirstMary, who studies in Edinburgh and video calls her family back in Wuhan every day, gave us an insight of the situation.
The evacuation is taking place tomorrow morning at 5am in Wuhan.
Around 300 British citizens are waiting to be evacuated from the epicentre of the new coronavirus.
As the confirmed infected cases are soaring this week, the WHO is going to have an emergency meeting Today in Geneva to discuss whether to declare a global health emergency.
The number of confirmed new cases have grown steadily to 7711, according to the National Health Commission. A further 81,000 people were under observation for possible infection. The government reporting 38 new deaths in the 24 hours to Thursday, the highest one-day total. All but one were in Hubei.
Mary, who studies in Edinburgh and video calls her family back in Wuhan every day, gave us an insight of the situation.
‘It is really worrying for the people there.’ She told us that if you were from Wuhan or lived in Wuhan, you definitely knew someone directly or indirectly that has been infected. ‘There is a new regulation which bans people from driving private cars on the roads. When you walk on the streets, it’s empty. There are no cars. And it is a little bit depressing for my family as you can’t go anywhere but just staying at home.’
As it is during the lunar new year holiday, Mary said some of her friends were out of Wuhan visiting their relatives before the breakout, but now because of the lockdown of the city, they could not go back home. The government has ordered schools to delay the start of their new term and the return dates for workers.
As the lockdown has gone into the seventh day, there are already severe shortages of masks and surgical equipment, but is there any shortage of food?
Mary said in terms of food and necessities, the city was still able to sustain itself. Some supermarkets were still open, and the water supply was normal as well.
This is an unusual spring festival for people in China. Instead of going around visiting relatives and friends, everyone is staying at home.
Among them, around 300 British citizens who are waiting to be evacuated from the epicentre of the new coronavirus.
The evacuation will now take place at 05:00 tomorrow morning local time (Thursday 21:00 GMT).
As the confirmed infected cases are soaring this week, the World Health Organisation (WHO) is going to have an emergency meeting today in Geneva to discuss whether to declare a global health emergency.
The number of confirmed new cases have grown steadily to 7711, according to the National Health Commission. A further 81,000 people were under observation for possible infection. The government reporting 38 new deaths in the 24 hours to Thursday, the highest one-day total. All but one were in Hubei.
Mary, who studies in Edinburgh and video calls her family back in Wuhan every day, gave us an insight of the situation.
“It is really worrying for the people there,” she said.
She told City News that anyone from Wuhan or anyone who has lived in Wuhan, definitely knows someone directly or indirectly, who has been infected.
“There is a new regulation which bans people from driving private cars on the roads. When you walk on the streets, it’s empty. There are no cars. And it is a little bit depressing for my family as you can’t go anywhere but just staying at home.”
As it is during the lunar new year holiday, Mary said some of her friends were out of Wuhan visiting their relatives before the breakout, but now because of the lockdown of the city, they could not go back home. The government has ordered schools to delay the start of their new term and the return dates for workers.
As the lockdown has gone into the seventh day, there are already severe shortages of masks and surgical equipment, but is there any shortage of food?
Mary said in terms of food and necessities, the city was still able to sustain itself. Some supermarkets were still open, and the water supply was normal as well.
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