China issues initial quarantine in Wuhan over coronavirus spread, preventing all outbound flights, trains, ferries and buses from leaving the city
Staff move bio-waste containers past the entrance of the Wuhan Medical Treatment Center, where some infected with a new virus are being treated, in Wuhan, China, January 22, 2020.
Meanwhile, the WHO reports that they have not seen third or fourth generation transmission of the coronavirus in China or a secondary level spread in countries it has spread to. The disease is spreading just as hundreds of millions of people are travelling in packed trains, planes and buses across China to gather with friends and family for the Lunar New Year holiday, which starts on Friday.Wuhan's mayor Zhou Xianwang urged residents to not leave the city and visitors to avoid it so that the possibility of transmission can be reduced.
The National Health Commission announced measures on Wednesday to curb the spread, including disinfection and ventilation at airports and bus stations as well as inside planes and trains. The Wuhan government said in a notice on Tuesday that it will cancel activities during China's Lunar New Year holiday, the most important event in the Chinese calendar.
The Wuhan New Coronavirus Infected Pneumonia Prevention and Control Headquarters said it would cancel public events that were not "necessary."It has also pulled plans to send opera troupes around rural areas during the holiday.Police are conducting spot checks for live poultry or wild animals in vehicles exiting and entering the city.
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