American Priscilla Dickey was trapped in Wuhan when the city was locked down—and her daughter Hermione had a fever. Then came news of an evacuation flight.
SHANGHAI—When Priscilla Dickey learned the U.S. government was planning an evacuation flight out of the Chinese city at the center of the largest quarantine zone in history, she was desperate to get a seat for her 8-year-old daughter, Hermione.
Hermione was with her mother in Wuhan when authorities abruptly blocked transportation in and around the metropolis of 11 million people. The lockdown was China’s risky bid to slow the spread of a dangerous coronavirus—and Hermione had a fever.
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