A policeman uses a digital thermometer to take a driver's temperature at a checkpoint in Wuhan, epicentre of the coronavirus outbreak. Photo: AP A policeman uses a digital thermometer to take a driver's temperature at a checkpoint in Wuhan, epicentre of the coronavirus outbreak. Photo: AP
A policeman uses a digital thermometer to take a driver's temperature at a checkpoint in Wuhan, epicentre of the coronavirus outbreak. Photo: AP
China /  People & Culture

‘Don’t panic’ universities advise students in China coronavirus lockdown

  • Hundreds of international students remain on Wuhan’s campuses as the city struggles to contain the deadly virus
  • Most are staying in their dorms and waiting for news but rumours of food shortages on campus are ‘untrue’

Topic |   Coronavirus pandemic
Simone McCarthy
Simone McCarthy

Updated: 2:27pm, 17 Feb, 2020

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A policeman uses a digital thermometer to take a driver's temperature at a checkpoint in Wuhan, epicentre of the coronavirus outbreak. Photo: AP A policeman uses a digital thermometer to take a driver's temperature at a checkpoint in Wuhan, epicentre of the coronavirus outbreak. Photo: AP
A policeman uses a digital thermometer to take a driver's temperature at a checkpoint in Wuhan, epicentre of the coronavirus outbreak. Photo: AP
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