Coronavirus in China: people of Hubei province treated as outcasts

With more than 2400 deaths and 77000 infections, the coronavirus epidemic has been tormenting China for over a month. And because it all started in Wuhan, the capital of Hubei, the province's people have since been the target of the hysteria that has taken over the country. They are now pariahs whether or not they have set foot in the region since the beginning of the outbreak. In some places, they are even tracked - leading them to sleep on the streets or be fired by their employers. Our correspondents Antoine Védeilhé, Angélique Forget, Charlie Wang and Charles Pellegrin report.

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