(NYTIMES) - The order came on the night of Jan 12, days after a new outbreak of the coronavirus flared in Hebei, a province bordering Beijing.
The Chinese government's plan was bold and blunt: It had to erect entire towns of prefabricated units to quarantine people, a project that would start the next morning.
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