Coronavirus outbreak: Wuhan lockdown leads to empty streets, train stations

Videos from Wuhan on Friday show empty streets, hotels and train stations as the city remains under lock down, with transportation networks out of the city are closed and many staying in their homes as officials continue to try and contain the coronavirus.

Officials urged citizens to not to leave as fears rose of the contagion spreading. As of Jan. 23, Chinese authorities had reported 17 deaths from the virus so far and, outside of China, there have been confirmed cases in China, Thailand, South Korea, Taiwan, Japan and the U.S. France confirmed two cases on Friday, Jan. 24.

The World Health Organization decided on Thursday that it was "too soon" to declare a global health emergency over the virus.

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