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China’s central city of Wuhan, known as the origin site of the Chinese coronavirus, ordered an entire district of nearly one million residents to lock down on Wednesday for at least three days to contain allegedly only four new cases of the disease detected in the area Tuesday, Reuters reported.
Wuhan’s municipal government announced late on July 26 that all 900,000 residents of the city’s Jiangxia district would be expected to observe a 72-hour lockdown order starting on July 27. The edict included bans on large gatherings, group events, and dining at restaurants. The city notice also ordered all of Jiangxia’s public entertainment venues, farmers’ markets, and small medical clinics to shut down during the three-day span, along with local bus and subway lines.
Roughly one million Jiangxia residents were confined to their homes as of Wednesday morning as the lockdown edict stipulated that all locals must “not go out unless necessary,” Bloomberg reported.
“It also urged residents not to leave the area during the three days and encouraged travellers to avoid entry,” Reuters noted of Jiangxia’s movement restriction notice.