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VIDEO. The streets of Wuhan deserted by 11 million inhabitants

1/28/2020, 2:49:16 PM


Isolated from the rest of the world, the megalopolis seems dead.

Wuhan and the surrounding Hubei province, where the coronavirus epidemic started, have been put under a bell by the Chinese government. The cordon cordon, around Wuhan and 17 other agglomerations, isolates a population of 56 million people.

Stations, cafes, shops, closed karaokes, planes nailed to the ground, almost no travel, residents suffer and organize themselves to endure the ordeal and find something to refuel.

Castigated in 2003 for its catastrophic management of the severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) crisis, China has this time taken drastic measures to fight the new coronavirus which has already killed 41 people and contaminated 1,300 people.