WUHAN: China on Monday (Jan 27) extended its biggest national holiday to buy time in the fight against a viral epidemic and neighbouring Mongolia closed its border, after the death toll spiked to 81 despite unprecedented quarantine measures.
In a sign of the mounting official concern, Premier Li Keqiang visited ground-zero to oversee containment efforts in Wuhan, a city of 11 million people where the coronavirus emerged late last month.
"Public events mean conferences, any public gatherings such as sports, entertainment or travel, and competitions," he said, specifying that the school closures would last until March 2. Some municipalities like the country's financial hub, Shanghai, went further, adding another full week off.Beijing and Shanghai were among places mandating stringent checks and 14-day observation periods for people arriving from Hubei.
Workers at one of the sites on Monday slogged through muddy ground churned up by earth movers, as occasional shouts of"Let's go Wuhan!" rang out.
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