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Collected Item: “Empty city”

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Empty city

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photo cut in a short video in wsj.com

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In these months of the virus's rapid expansion, China has taken measures to seal off its cities. In Wuhan, no one is free to enter or leave the city. Residents in Wuhan are also unable to leave their homes. All supplies, as well as food, are delivered by a single person. People were asked to self-segregate as well as social distance.
The whole city was like an empty city, no vehicles, no lights, no people. The formerly bustling city becomes a 'dead city' with no breath. At that time, what awaited people was the rising number of confirmed diagnoses and deaths and the sporadic hope they saw as soon as they opened their eyes each day.

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https://www.wsj.com/video/china/8A95BC92-843D-4C15-AFE7-3713E0CD694E.html

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wsj

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2020-01-28
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