23/01/2020 14:44
China coronavirus: Wuhan and Huanggang on lockdown
A second Chinese city will go into lockdown in an effort to control the spread of a new virus which has left 17 dead in the country.
Authorities have suspended planes and trains in and out of Wuhan - a city of 11 million people - as well as buses, subways and ferries.
Similar measures will take effect in nearby Huanggang, a city of more than seven million, as of midnight.
There are more than 500 confirmed cases of the virus, which has spread abroad.
Countries around the world have announced they will be screening travellers for signs of infection.
Wuhan is at the centre of the outbreak and believed to be where the virus originated.
Residents have been told not to leave. Worried about a food shortage, one Wuhan resident said it felt like "the end of the world".