Videos and images show doctors wearing hazmat suits as they treat a mystery illness that has broken out in China over the past two weeks.
The coronavirus has killed 17 and infected more than 400 in the central Chinese city of Wuhan, where 11 million people live. The U.S. Centers for Disease Control confirmed one case of coronavirus on Tuesday, which was found in Washington state after a man returned from Wuhan.
Radio Free Asia released a clip of doctors loading a patient with coronavirus into the back of an ambulance in the coastal city of Huizhou in southern China. Other videos show doctors wearing hazmat materials inside emergency rooms and scanning travelers aboard planes.
It is believed the virus originally transmitted from animals to humans at Huanan Seafood Wholesale Market in Wuhan.
The government in Wuhan has mandated face masks, and video from the city purports to show workers spraying sidewalks and parks with an unidentified disinfectant.
passengers screened for coronavirus symptoms on a domestic flight out of Wuhan pic.twitter.com/ytUbVzpYRZ
— David Paulk 波大卫 (@davidpaulk) January 20, 2020
#Wuhan virus #Shanghai #chernobyl.#coronavirus
Gov’t Spraying disinfector in the residential area, sounds like chernobyl pic.twitter.com/WkHgIXOapB— Tom Zhao (@Zhao_Dading) January 21, 2020
#BreakingNews UPDATE (NEW VIDEO): The healthcare workers at Chinese hospital are wearing hazmat suits while interacting with #coronavirus patients. Despite vigorous safety measures taken by Chinese government, 14 health workers have been infected so far. pic.twitter.com/8WjSWK3juZ
— Max Howroute▫️ (@howroute) January 21, 2020
#BreakingNews UPDATE: New video from the inside of isolation ward at the hospital in Wuhan, China. The number of confirmed #coronavirus cases in the city is on the rise, the pathogen is now spreading to bigger cities in China. (Video by RFA News) pic.twitter.com/rkT7tesHrm
— Max Howroute▫️ (@howroute) January 20, 2020
