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China locking

down cities with 18

million to stop virus

By KEN MORITSUGU and New Year travel period.
YANAN WANG The open-ended lock-
Associated Press downs are unmatched in
BEIJING (AP) — Chinese size, embracing more peo-
authorities Thursday moved ple than New York City, Los
to lock down three cities Angeles and Chicago put
with a combined popula- together.
tion of more than 18 million The train station and airport
in an unprecedented ef- in Wuhan, the epicenter
fort to contain the deadly of the outbreak, were shut
new virus that has sickened down, and ferry, subway
hundreds of people and and bus service was halt-
spread to other parts of the ed.
world during the busy Lunar Continued on Page 8 Passengers wear protective face masks on the subway in Hong Kong, Thursday, Jan. 23, 2020.
Associated Press