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New Chinese city locked down over virus after first foreign death

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BEIJING: China imposed a lockdown Sunday (Feb 2) on a major city far away from the epicentre of a coronavirus epidemic, as its death toll from the disease soared to 304 and the first foreign fatality was reported in the Philippines. The govt said Wenzhou, a coastal city of nine million people in Zhejiang province, is also locked down.

Workers drying out noodles at a local factory in in Dong'ao Village of Caocun Town in Rui'an City in Wenzhou, east China's Zhejiang Province. Authorities on Sunday announced curbs on people movement in the district of nine million people due to the coronavirus epidemic. - Xinhua/ANN

Many of the infections overseas have been of people who had travelled from Wuhan, an industrial hub of 11 million people, or surrounding areas of Hubei province. But 10 days after locking down Wuhan, authorities on Sunday announced similar draconian curbs on people movement in Wenzhou, 800km away. Mongolia, Russia and Nepal closed their land borders, while Papua New Guinea went as far as to ban anyone arriving from ports or airports across Asia.

SARS, which is caused by a pathogen similar to the new coronavirus and also originated in China, killed 774 people worldwide -- most of them in mainland China and Hong Kong.

 

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