China expands lockdowns to 25M people to halt viral outbreak

China broadened its unprecedented, open-ended lockdowns to encompass around 25 million people Friday to try to contain a deadly new virus that has sickened hundreds, though the measures' potential for success is uncertain. At least eight cities have been shut down —- Wuhan, Ezhou, Huanggang, Chibi, Qianjiang, Zhijiang, Jingmen and Xiantao — all in central China's Hubei province, where the illness has been concentrated. In Wuhan, where the lockdown began early Thursday, normally bustling streets, malls and other public spaces were eerily quiet.

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