China's President Xi warns that his country facing a 'grave' situation as Chinese authorities struggle to halt the spread of deadly coronavirus
Medical staffers transport a patient with a highly suspected case of the new coronavirus at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Hong Kong on Jan. 22, 2020.
The country's most important celebration has been all but cancelled for at least 56 million people as authorities expanded travel bans across central Hubei province to try and contain the spread of the virus. They already started work on Friday on a new field hospital, which state media said could be ready in just over a week.
"They need us to go there, otherwise they will be too exhausted," said one of the women, pulling a suitcase. The government says most of the cases have been in Hubei and most of the deaths involved people who already suffered pre-existing health conditions.
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