Wuhan scientists: What it’s like to be on lockdown

Measures to contain a new virus’s spread have cut off the city's researchers.
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  1. David Cyranoski

    1. David Cyranoski reports for Nature from Shanghai, China.

  2. Andrew Silver
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Chinese authorities have closed off travel into and out of the virus-hit city of Wuhan in an attempt to stop the outbreak’s spread. The mass quarantine, announced on 23 January, pens in more than 35 million people across the nation — and comes on the eve of China’s most important holiday, the Lunar New Year.

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doi: https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-020-00191-5

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  • Correction 25 January 2020: A previous version of this story mistakenly attributed comments from Mai to Zhang.

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