WATCH: China's President Xi, Other Officials Now Wear Protective Masks As They Tour Beijing
China’s President Xi now wears a protective mask while touring areas fighting the coronavirus in Beijing.
As China’s President Xi Jinping and other top officials tour areas of Beijing combating the novel coronavirus, they now wear protective masks, as shown in a Chinese state media television clip below.
The Wuhan coronavirus — which has torn through mainland China with alarming speed, and has infected people in dozens of other countries since first emerging back in December in the central province of Hubei, where Wuhan is the capital.
Wuhan, the city which first showed mass illness from the coronavirus, has been placed into an eery lockdown, with nearly all residents remaining inside whenever possible — and roads practically empty, aside from emergency vehicles and police to maintain the quarantine there.
In the United States, the first federal quarantine in 50 years has been initiated, with those returning to the USA from affected areas sent to military-run quarantine sites for 14 days or so, in order to make sure the person is not infected. Medical experts believe symptoms start to show in about two weeks, or 14 days, after infection.
The US Department of Defense has greenlit resources for up to 1,000 beds at quarantine sites in the USA, with eventual capacity to 100,000+ beds possible if needed.
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