Supermarket parking lots were packed and store shelves nearly bare as residents of Wuhan, China, stocked up on essentials on January 23 amid the outbreak of coronavirus. Two international students due to start school at Auckland's Macleans College next week are stuck in China due to the deadly coronavirus lockdown. Macleans College principal Steven Hargreaves confirmed to Stuff the students were not yet allowed to return to New Zealand due to an internal travel ban on Wuhan. GETTY IMAGES Wuhan in China is on lockdown after health officials stepped up efforts to contain the spread of the pneumonia-like coronavirus. LAWRENCE SMITH/STUFF Macleans College principal Steven Hargreaves confirmed two international students hoping to return to the college for the start of school next week are stuck in China's Wuhan lock down.

Source: Stuff January 23, 2020 19:07 UTC