Over 500 million Chinese from at least 48 major cities have been affected by the lockdown and traveling restrictions imposed amid the deadly coronavirus outbreak.
As the killer bug is spreading around the world with more than 64,000 confirmed cases worldwide, it was revealed that four provinces that are home to a total of half a billion Chinese have been placed on lockdown.
Among other measures taken to ensure that the NCoV-2 virus stops spreading, the government has blocked plenty of roads, public transport services, and railways.
While the lockdown is most severe in Wuhan, the epicenter of the outbreak where all city borders were shut and flights canceled, some cities have imposed their own milder restrictions.
Beijing and Shanghai, for example, have issued movement restrictions in certain areas while allowing people to freely move everywhere else in the cities.
Nevertheless, many Chinese are staying indoors and are not showing up for work amid fears that they could catch the virus while commuting.
Meanwhile, an official from North Korea was allegedly arrested and executed after breaking coronavirus quarantine by visiting a public bath following his visit to China.
As Dong-a Ilbo paper reported, the trade official in question was apprehended by the authorities after visiting a public bath while he was ordered to stay in isolation.
Under strict measures taken to prevent the outbreak from spreading into the country, the official was reportedly arrested and shot soon after.
In accordance with Kim Jong-un’s orders, North Korea, which as of this writing hasn’t reported any confirmed cases of coronavirus, has imposed a lockdown on all individuals who had been in physical contact with the Chinese.
Failing to obey the orders, the official faced the ultimate consequences of breaking the “rule by military law” by leaving quarantine without permission.
According to the reports, another North Korean official has been exiled to a farm after attempting to conceal the fact that he was recently traveling in China.
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