Online videos show Wuhan residents coming up with all kinds of activities to kill time during the coronavirus lockdown: playing ping pong on the dining table, square dancing in the living room, and pretending to fish in fish tanks.
The city of 11 million people in central China's Hubei province has been in lockdown for almost one week as Chinese authorities struggle to contain the spread of the deadly new coronavirus that has killed at least 170 people and sickened more than 7,700Flights, trains and buses leaving Wuhan have been canceled, highways out of the city blocked and all intra-city public transports suspended.
— Nectar Gan January 30, 2020 "Suddenly I understand why people walk their dogs every day, I also want to go out for a walk. Thank goodness my house is big enough," he said.His remedy is to bring"square dancing" -- a ubiquitous daily routine of middle-aged and elderly women taking part in large, loud dance sessions in China's urban spaces -- indoors, into his own living room.In the video, his family also joined him, joyfully dancing in colorful, cotton-padded pajamas.
Viral video online showing Wuhan residents shouting"Go, Wuhan!" from their apartment windows. 00:31The same evening, residents could be heard shouting"Go, Wuhan!" and singing the national anthem from their high-rise buildings, according to cellphone video circulating online.
In this video, he rushes to do grocery shopping with his neighbor after hearing the city will ban all private cars in a few hours. pic.twitter.com/V6FUwdc6KS — Nectar Gan January 30, 2020 From his car, the streets appeared almost empty and, inside the local shopping mall, restaurants were closed. Shoppers waited in a long queue outside the supermarket to get their temperature checked before being allowed to enter. Inside, the smell of disinfectant lingered in the air, Li said. Piles of meat packages lay in baskets, as supermarket staff were too busy to put them into the fridge, Li explained in the video.
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