Chinese County Isolates All Households, Cuts Off Transportation in Attempt to Contain Deadly Virus Spread

Passengers wear protective masks as they walk he their luggage in the arrivals area at Beijing Capital Airport in Beijing, China, on Jan. 30, 2020.Kevin Frayer/Getty Images

A Chinese county near the coronavirus epicenter of Wuhan has taken drastic measures to contain the infectious disease.

On Jan. 29, the county of Xiangyin in Hunan Province announced a “six-level isolation” order to “advance ‘small unit battles’” in fighting the disease and “block off the transmission channels of the ... new coronavirus to a maximum level.”