{"id":59602,"date":"2020-01-24T09:48:30","date_gmt":"2020-01-24T01:48:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.namnewsnetwork.org\/?p=59602"},"modified":"2020-01-24T09:48:32","modified_gmt":"2020-01-24T01:48:32","slug":"second-chinese-city-placed-on-lockdown-over-virus-official","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/?p=59602","title":{"rendered":"Second Chinese city placed on lockdown over virus: official"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bssnews.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/1-115.jpg\"><img src=\"http:\/\/www.bssnews.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/1-115.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>BEIJING, Jan 24 (NNN-AGENCIES) &#8212; A second central Chinese city is being<br>put on lockdown to help control the spread of a virus epidemic that broke out in neighbouring Wuhan, authorities said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The train station in Huanggang, which has a population of 7.5 million and<br>is 70 kilometres from Wuhan, will be suspended until further<br>notice from midnight \u2014 all vehicles will be checked, and bars and cinemas<br>will be closed, said city authorities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The railway station in a third nearby city, Ezhou, which has a population<br>of over one million, will also close from tonight, though no other measures<br>were announced. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>China effectively closed off Wuhan in a drastic step to contain the virus,<br>which has killed 17 people and already reached several other countries.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>More than 570 people have been infected across China. &#8212; NNN-AGENCIES<br><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>BEIJING, Jan 24 (NNN-AGENCIES) &#8212; A second central Chinese city is beingput on lockdown to help control the spread of a virus epidemic that broke out in neighbouring Wuhan, authorities said. The train station in Huanggang, which has a population of 7.5 million andis 70 kilometres from Wuhan, will be suspended until furthernotice from midnight [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[215],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/59602"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/11"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=59602"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/59602\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=59602"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=59602"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=59602"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}