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A Chinese health worker waits to check the temperature of travellers entering a train station during the Chinese New Year and Spring Festival in Beijing, China, on Jan. 25, 2020. Kevin Frayer/Getty Images
For Doctor Wei, the panic did not sink in until Jan. 21, two days before his hometown became under lockdown, although warning signs have cropped up long ago.
Every morning, around a dozen patients would flock to the community clinic he worked at, all presenting symptoms of fever or the flu.
Eva Fu is an award-winning, New York-based journalist for The Epoch Times focusing on U.S. politics, U.S.-China relations, religious freedom, and human rights. Contact Eva at [email protected]
