BEIJING • Wuhan residents woke up yesterday morning to news that the authorities had ordered a ban on all travel out of the beleaguered city in a bid to contain a fast-spreading mystery virus that has killed at least 17 people and sickened hundreds more.
In a sudden midnight announcement, the Wuhan government said that it was putting the central Chinese city on lockdown, prohibiting its 11 million residents from leaving its borders.
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