Report: 760 Million People on Lockdown in China

A conductor wearing a protective face mask guards a train at the Hongqiao railway station in Shanghai on Wednesday. The reported death toll in China is now 2,715. (Photo by Noel Celis/AFP via Getty Images)

By    |   Wednesday, 26 February 2020 10:09 AM EST ET

The New York Times has reported that three-quarters of a billion people – more than twice the population of the United States -- are under some form of lockdown, quarantine, or travel restriction in China.

The lockdowns are designed to slow the spread of the deadly COVID-19 coronavirus that has already killed 2,715 people in China.

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The New York Times has reported that three-quarters of a billion people - more than twice the population of the United States -- are under some form of lockdown, quarantine, or travel restriction in China.The lockdowns are designed to slow the spread of the deadly COVID-19...
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