SECRET OF CHINA'S SUCCESS AGAINST CORONAVIRUS From January 23, the government barred people from leaving or entering Wuhan. Initially, trains and flights to the city were cancelled and stringently monitored, checkpoints were set up on roads leading into the province. Next, public transportation systems in areas surrounding Wuhan went under lockdown and traveling restriction extended to the rest of Hubei province. One by one, 15 cities were shut down, affecting more than 50 million people.

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