JIUJIANG — People are leaving and entering China’s Hubei province by foot over a bridge spanning the Yangtze river despite a virtual lockdown on vehicle traffic due to a coronavirus epidemic that has killed about 200 people. While vehicles are not allowed over the bridge, it is still open to pedestrians. Another man told Reuters that he had driven to the bridge from Jiujiang with his friend, who was returning home to Hubei, a province of about 60 million people. “But once you get back you cannot come out again,” said the man, who gave his surname as Tian. “But this year, because there is this epidemic, we are all just following what the government has asked us to do.

Source: National Post January 31, 2020 06:33 UTC