AFP, WUHAN, ChinaChinese authorities yesterday expanded their mammoth quarantine effort to 13 cities and a staggering 41 million people, as nervous residents were checked for fevers and the death toll from the 2019 novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV) climbed to 26. The WHO said China faced a national emergency, but stopped short of making a declaration that would have prompted greater global cooperation, including possible trade and travel restrictions. Normally bustling streets, malls and other public spaces were eerily quiet in Wuhan on the second day of its lockdown. It consisted of prefabricated structures and Xinhua said Wuhan was building the new facility based on the same model. China Central Television reported that 40 medical doctors from the military were being brought in to help with intensive care at Wuhan Pulmonary Hospital.
