Wuhan virus: Caught by surprise, residents rush to stock up on supplies
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Patients queueing up to seek treatment on Wednesday at a hospital's fever clinic in Wuhan, in China's Hubei province. Local hospitals have been grappling with a spike in the number of patients, some of whom said they had to wait hours to see a doctor, while others were sent home due to a lack of beds.
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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.
