China closes a fourth city, with a po[CENSORED]tion of 2.5 million inhabitants, to prevent the spread of the coronavirus

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Meanwhile, the death toll from the new coronavirus has increased to 18.

 

The Chinese authorities have announced the closure of the city of Xianning, with a po[CENSORED]tion of 2.5 million inhabitants, to prevent the spread of the new coronavirus, local media reported. This is the fourth city in the central province of Hubéi in the last 24 hours to experience this type of measures.

First, in Wuhan, with more than 11 million inhabitants, then in Huanggang, with more than 6 million, and then in Chibi, with about half a million inhabitants, the circulation of buses and rail transport was suspended.

In addition, checkpoints were installed at the entrances and exits of the cities where passengers and drivers are checked for signs of illness.

Health authorities in China have announced that the death toll from the new coronavirus has increased to 18. Meanwhile, the number of infected people has already risen to 644 people.

The National Health Commission of the Asian country believes that the new virus, which originated in Wuhan last December, could mutate and spread, since it is transmitted through the respiratory tract. That is why they make a series of recommendations to contain the virus, including disinfection and ventilation in airports, train stations and shopping centers, precisely in a week in which hundreds of millions of people travel the country on the occasion of the holidays of the Year New Chinese