Where did they go?
Millions of people poured out of the central Chinese city of Wuhan for weeks after the first reports of the new mysterious virus, but they were not responding to the virus, they were embarking on their annual pilgrimage to celebrate the Chinese Lunar New Year, one of China’s most important holidays.
Crammed onto buses, trains and planes, some carried with them the coronavirus that has since claimed over 900 lives and sickened more than 40,000 people.
Officials finally began to seal the borders on Jan. 23. But it was too late. Speaking to reporters a few days after the the city was put under quarantine, the mayor estimated that 5 million people had already left.
This article gives estimates as to where those 5 million people may be.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2020/feb/9/millions-left-wuhan-china-coronavirus-quarantine/
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