Collection of information sources and reliable news sources regarding Recently with the discovery of a new strain of coronavirus family (now dubbed 2019-nCoV) that is seems to be spreading through human contact has caused quite a few headlines worldover and various levels of reactions. It has now resulted in the Chinese government putting an entire city under quarentine. Here is a quick summary of reliable news sources who provide good timeline, headline, and responses and various other stuff reliable governments do.
About Wuhan: Wuhan is a city of 11 Million+ people. This is currently the 19th largest city in the whole world. To put that in perspective, there is not a single US city that is larger. Wuhan is larger than Mexico City, London, New York. Wiki for those who want more https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wuhan
Travel Ban: City Administration (local government) has issued a citywide order. First of as of Thursday 10:00 (China local time, corresponds to 02:00 UTC) a travel ban will be in place which effectively puts the entire city under quarentine. Masks are mandatory. Temperature measurement/scanning in various public locations are already in place, is in place. Additionally many other cities and large businesses are offering free masks, wipes, and temperature scanning across China.
The travel ban goes into effect 10:00 local time. This is massive interchange/connection hub for internal travel within China due to its geographic location in relation to other destinations as well has due to its well developed transport links. This also functions as an international travel hub for international, regional and domestic flights. It is expected to throw many travel plans for people.
Reliable news sources from China and Other Places. (If your favourite US source is not listed the likely that I have personal bias against them or most probably becasue they are slower in reporting and they use one of the other sources listed here as primary source for their own reporting.) List of the ban relatred news.
China Daily: China Daily: Strictest measures enacted to contain viral pneumonia
SCMP: SCMP Hongkong: China coronavirus: travel ban issued for residents of Wuhan
BBC: BBC: Coronavirus: Wuhan to shut public transport over outbreak
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Various Health Organizations:
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