Inside Wuhan after Coronavirus Hit City
Published: 02 Feb 2020, 04:41 pm
Central Hospital of Wuhan medical staff, in Wuhan, China. Photo: Reuters
A street view after the Wuhan government announced a ban on non-essential vehicles in the downtown area, on the second day of the Chinese Lunar New Year, in Wuhan, Hubei province. Photo: Reuters
Medical staff at Wuhan Central Hospital attending patients. Photo: Reuters
Excavators and workers are seen at the construction site where the new Huoshenshan Hospital is being built to treat coronavirus patients in the suburbs of Wuhan, China. Photo: Reuters
Funeral parlor staff members in protective suits help a colleague with disinfection after they transferred a body at a hospital, in Wuhan, Hubei province, China. The city of 11 million people is in a virtual lockdown and much of Hube. Photo: Reuters
Coronavirus was identified in Wuhan, the capital of China's Hubei province, after people developed pneumonia without a clear cause and for which existing treatments were not effective.
The virus has shown evidence of human-to-human transmission, with its transmission rate escalating in mid-January 2020 and several countries across Europe, North America and especially the Asia-Pacific reporting cases.
As of 2 February 2020, approximately 14,569 cases have been confirmed including in every province-level division of China.
Panic has spread all over China, also other countries. Solutions are yet to be found.
Here is a glimpse of the Wuhan's Coronavirus situation in pictures.