Wuhan, el epicentro del coronavirus, se ha convertido en una ciudad fantasma
WUHAN, CHINA - FEBRUARY 03: (CHINA OUT) An aerial view of the roads and bridges are seen on February 3, 2020 in Wuhan, Hubei province, China. The number of those who have died from the Wuhan coronavirus, known as 2019-nCoV, in China climbed to 361 and cases have been reported in other countries including the United States, Canada, Australia, Japan, South Korea, India, the United Kingdom, Germany, France, and several others. (Photo by Getty Images)
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WUHAN, CHINA – FEBRUARY 03: (CHINA OUT) An aerial view of the roads and bridges are seen on February 3, 2020 in Wuhan, Hubei province, China. The number of those who have died from the Wuhan coronavirus, known as 2019-nCoV, in China climbed to 361 and cases have been reported in other countries including the United States, Canada, Australia, Japan, South Korea, India, the United Kingdom, Germany, France, and several others. (Photo by Getty Images)
Pocas veces la realidad se parece tanto a una película de ciencia ficción. Lo que el 31 de diciembre de 2019 fue simplemente una alerta de China a la OMS por la aparición de varios casos de neumonía se ha convertido un mes más tarde en una pesadilla para los habitantes de Wuhan, en la provincia china de Hubei.
Pasaron tres semanas y se acabó confirmando lo peor. Desde entonces, los 11 millones de personas que habitan Wuhan están obligados a permanecer en sus casas. Según el Gobierno Chino, hasta 50 millones de personas estarían en cuarentena en toda la provincia de Hubei. Las entradas y salidas de las ciudades se encuentran bloqueadas por las autoridades desde el pasado 22 de enero. Día tras día nos va llegando a occidente información a cuentagotas sobre el número de contagiados y fallecidos por este nuevo coronavirus. Virus que guarda bastante similitud tanto en forma como en síntomas con el SARS (SRAS-CoV), el patógeno que se extendió por Asia en febrero del 2003, y que no se pudo contener hasta finales del mismo año.
Dejando a un lado los temas que están crispando a la sociedad sobre la enfermedad, tales como los síntomas, la capacidad de contagio o si los datos que estamos recibiendo son verídicos o están siendo manipulados por el gobierno chino, os dejamos a continuación una serie de imágenes de fotógrafos de diferentes agencias de prensa. Algunas de ellas nos harían desear que simplemente fueran lo que parecen; meros fotogramas de una película apocalíptica.
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WUHAN, CHINA – FEBRUARY 03: (CHINA OUT) A man cross an empty highway road on February 3, 2020 in Wuhan, Hubei province, China. The number of those who have died from the Wuhan coronavirus, known as 2019-nCoV, in China climbed to 361 and cases have been reported in other countries including the United States, Canada, Australia, Japan, South Korea, India, the United Kingdom, Germany, France, and several others. (Photo by Getty Images) A mother and her son arrive from Hubei province at a checkpoint at the Jiujiang Yangtze River Bridge in Jiujiang, China, on Friday. (Thomas Peter/Reuters)Workers set up beds at an exhibition centre that was converted into a hospital in Wuhan in China’s central Hubei province on February 4, 2020. – The Wuhan government said it plans to convert three existing venues, including a gymnasium and an exhibition centre, into hospitals to take in patients with mild symptoms of the new coronavirus that has so far claimed more than 400 lives. (Photo by STR / AFP) / China OUT (Photo by STR/AFP via Getty Images)HONG KONG, CHINA – FEBRUARY 03: Empty Lo Wu MTR station, where one of the border checkpoints government announced to be shutdown, is seen on February 3, 2020 in Hong Kong, China. Hong Kong has 15 confirmed cases of Novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV), with over 17,000 confirmed cases around the world, the virus has so far claimed over 300 lives. (Photo by Anthony Kwan/Getty Images)People wearing masks are seen at a shopping area in Shanghai, China, as the country is hit by an outbreak of a new coronavirus, February 4, 2020. REUTERS/Aly Song – RC2LTE9PSN4FWUHAN, CHINA – FEBRUARY 01: (CHINA OUT) An expressman drives down an empty street as he delivers packages on a bicycle on February 1, 2020 in Wuhan, Hubei province, China. The number of those who have died from the Wuhan coronavirus, known as 2019-nCoV, in China climbed to 259 and cases have been reported in other countries including the United States, Canada, Australia, Japan, South Korea, India, the United Kingdom, Germany, France, and several others. (Photo by Stringer/Getty Images)SHANGHAI, CHINA – FEBRUARY 03: Medical workers spray antiseptic outside of the main gate of Shanghai Stock Exchange Building on February 03, 2020 in Shanghai, China. (Photo by Yifan Ding/Getty Images)WUHAN, CHINA – FEBRUARY 02: (CHINA OUT) Workers continue to build Wuhan Huoshenshan Hospital on February 2, 2020 in Wuhan, China. Built in response to the coronavirus outbreak and with the capacity of 1000 beds the hospital plans to be completed on time. (Photo by Getty Images)WUHAN, CHINA – FEBRUARY 02 2020: An aerial view of the construction site of Huoshenshan (Fire God Mountain) Hospital in Wuhan in central China’s Hubei province Sunday, Feb. 02, 2020. The construction of 1,000-bed field hospital for 2019-nCoV patients was announced completed Sunday and handed to the army, whose medical department will take over.- PHOTOGRAPH BY Feature China / Barcroft Media (Photo credit should read Feature China/Barcroft Media via Getty Images)Police stand at a checkpoint at the Jiujiang Yangtze River Bridge that crosses from Hubei province in Jiujiang, Jiangxi province, China, as the country is hit by an outbreak of a new coronavirus, January 31, 2020. Police and security personnel lined up in a formation at the checkpoint after the local propaganda department granted access to foreign media. REUTERS/Thomas Peter – RC2SQE9UMKZ5
