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Wuhan reverses coronavirus quarantine relaxation: official
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This photo taken on February 22, 2020 shows a medical staff member treating a patient infected by the COVID-19 coronavirus at a hospital in Wuhan in China's central Hubei province. AFP
This photo taken on February 22, 2020 shows a medical staff member treating a patient infected by the COVID-19 coronavirus at a hospital in Wuhan in China's central Hubei province. AFP

Authorities in Wuhan on Monday reversed a decision that would have allowed some people to leave the quarantined city at the centre of China's deadly virus epidemic.

The city government said in a statement that the previous announcement had been made by a traffic prevention and control group "without the consent" of the local leadership, and was now "declared invalid".

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(Published 24 February 2020, 13:14 IST)