When I went to my wife's hometown in the southwestern part of Hubei Province in late January for the Spring Festival fa mily reunion,I had never imagined I would have to remain there for two and a half months.At that time there was some news about a viral infection outbreak in Wuhan,the capital of the province,but we,like everyone else,were fully in the New Year celebration mood,visiting relatives and local holiday resorts,and thought the virus was no big deal.I began to take the novel coronavirus disease seriously only after respiratory disease expert Zhong Nanshan came to Wuhan to investigate the outbreak and confirmed the ability of the new coronavirus to transmit between humans.Then Hubei was put under lockdown and as control measures escalated.
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