But the police allowed some medical workers who had gone home for the holidays to re-enter the city to help at overwhelmed hospitals. In a dramatic escalation of the central government’s involvement, China deployed 450 military medical staff to Wuhan, state media said. The National Health Commission also ordered nationwide measures to detect people carrying the virus on planes, trains and buses across the country. Now, because of the virus I’m not even visiting my parents,” said Wang Fang, a 49-year-old Wuhan native. The virus comes at a bad time for containment, with hundreds of millions of Chinese traveling long distances for the holiday.

Source: Pakistan Today January 25, 2020 11:15 UTC