425 Deaths So Far, More Cities Under Lockdown In China

12 mn quarantined, only one person per household allowed outdoors every two days to buy necessities

- 

China has extended its coronavirus lockdown to within nearly 100 miles of Shanghai today with a further 12 million people now under quarantine. Millions of residents in the cities of Taizhou, Hangzhou and Ningbo were told that only one person per household can go outside every two days to buy goods.

People in Taizhou will have to present ID every time they leave their residential communities, and train services into the city have been suspended.

Many Hangzhou residents have also been ordered to wear face masks and have their temperatures checked to stop the spread of the virus.

Hangzhou is only 110 miles from Shanghai and the city has reported 200 coronavirus cases so far, including one death.