What Is Life Like For Those Who Are Living At Ground Zero Of The Coronavirus Outbreak

Business Insider: Wuhan is running low on food, hospitals are overflowing, and foreigners are being evacuated as panic sets in after a week under coronavirus lockdown

* Wuhan, a city in the Chinese province of Hubei with a population of 11 million, has been under an unprecedented quarantine since January 23 because it is the epicenter of the novel coronavirus outbreak.
* The coronavirus, 2019-nCoV, had killed at least 170 people and infected more than 7,700 worldwide — the vast majority in China — as of Thursday morning.
* In just a week under quarantine, Wuhan has experienced food shortages, an overwhelming number of patients, and several evacuations of foreigners visiting the city.

The epicenter of the novel coronavirus outbreak, Wuhan, a city in the Chinese province of Hubei with a population of 11 million, has been under an unprecedented quarantine since January 23.

The coronavirus, 2019-nCoV, had killed at least 170 people and infected more than 7,700 worldwide — the vast majority in China — as of Thursday morning.

The number of Wuhan coronavirus infections in the mainland officially outstripped those of SARS on Wednesday morning. The number of SARS cases on the mainland topped out at 5,327.

SARS, which also originated in China, had spread to more countries and killed nearly 800 people worldwide from 2002 to 2003.

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'I'm in an apocalypse:' American student trapped in coronavirus-hit Chinese city -- Reuters
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Life Under Lockdown for Americans Evacuated From Wuhan -- Inside Edition
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