Wuhan is QUARANTINED: Ground zero for deadly coronavirus halts all travel in AND out of the city after the CDC begins screening at five US airports as the disease MUTATES after killing 17 and infecting up to 10,000

The Chinese city of Wuhan has been placed under quarantine in an effort to stop the spread of the killer coronavirus believed to have originated there.   No one will be allowed to enter or leave Wuhan, a city of 11 million in China’s Hubei province, beginning 10am Thursday, just ahead of Saturday’s Lunar New Year, which marks one of the country’s busiest travel seasons.   The quarantine was announced through state-run media Wednesday as Chinese officials warned that the deadly new virus is mutating and becoming increasingly difficult to control.  Following confirmation of the first American case – a Washington state man in his 30s – on Tuesday, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) began to ‘funnel’ all inbound passengers from Wuhan to five major US airports equipped to screen for the virus.  The coronavirus, a SARS-like disease, has killed 17 and sickened at least 532 people worldwide – including in Thailand, Japan, Taiwan, South Korea and the US – since the first cases were reported in Wuhan in late December.  International concern has grown with the revelation that the virus spreads not just from animals to people, but between people. Its spread seems to be picking up… Read full this story

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