>> #Chengdu On Lockdown As #Coronavirus #Deaths Hit 813, Surpassing Total From 2003 #SARS #Outbreak
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Lockdown spreads to Chengdu, #China's sixth largest city (14.4.
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Update (2130ET): Rumors on American social media claim the quarantine that is already affected 400m+ people, 60+ cities, and 3 provinces has been expanded to Chengdu, China's sixth-largest city, with a total population of 14.4 million.
Twitter's @CarlMinzner retweeted a thread from yesterday exploring whether the government is drawing on its experiencing interning more than 1 million Muslims in #Xinjiang to carry out its #quarantine.
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The news comes just hours after health officials in Hubei confirmed the grim reality that China's (probably doctored) death figures have surpassed the total death toll from the SARS outbreak.
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