Wuhan authorities tighten restrictions on travel, requiring people with signs of fever not to medical facilities outside the area.

"To prevent the spread of the disease, Wuhan residents with fever symptoms are only allowed to go to the designated health facilities in the county where they live. Those diagnosed with pneumonia must stay in clinics or designated replacement areas at district hospitals, "the Wuhan City Health Commission issued a statement today.

The decision came a day after the city government demanded tightening management of residential areas in the city center. Buildings with cases of corona virus infection or suspected of being infected by viruses, must be monitored more closely. The statement also said that Wuhan has "entered a critical stage" in the fight against disease

Wuhan, which is thought to be the outbreak of the corona virus, began to implement strong quarantine measures late last month. The city government announced on January 25 that it would ban non-essential vehicles from traveling in the city center to prevent the spread of pneumonia.

Since February 6, the capital of Hubei Province has also taken increasingly drastic measures, including inspecting individual homes, gathering patients and sending them to large isolation centers, field hospitals. .

Wuhan Secretary Ma Quoc Cuong yesterday said the city was conducting a "general health check with everyone". As of February 9, the government checked about 10.6 million people, Mr. Ma added.

The pandemic outbreaks in Wuhan City, where the virus is believed to have originated from a wildlife market in early December, spread to 31 provinces in mainland China and 26 countries and regions. territory, leaving at least 1,018 dead and 43,098 infected.

China has ordered restrictions on travel in dozens of cities, asking each family to send one or two people out of their homes every few days to buy necessities, affecting tens of millions of people.

Countries with nCoV pneumonia patients. Click on image to see details.