Wuhan City Locks Down Due To COVID-19 In Today's Memory, January 23, 2020

Residents of Wuhan are shopping for daily necessities from behind the fence after the city was closed due to the spread of the COVID-19 virus. (Wikimedia Commons)

JAKARTA Memories of today, four years ago, January 23, 2020, the Chinese government chose the option of closing the territory (lockdown) for the city of Wuhan. This option was taken to break the chain of spread of COVID-19 throughout the world. Even though the preventive measures taken by China tend to be too late.

Previously, Wuhan was known as the estuary of the spread of the virus that attacks the respiratory system. The virus then spreads rapidly, from Wuhan to the world.

Li Wenliang's name often appears as an important figure in the presence of the COVID-19 pandemic. The eye specialist became the first person to detect the coronavirus in Wuhan. At first, he was surprised by the lab results of a patient who was infected with the virus.

Li considers the virus suffered by her patients with a dangerous virus. He linked the virus as a new type of acute syndrome virus (SARS). The results of the analysis were spread through the We Chat social media platform on December 30, 2019.

The information then shocked the whole of China. The city of Wuhan was hit by panic. The Chinese government took a stand. The information that Li spread is considered dangerous and heretical. All because the information distributed has disturbed public order.

Li's struggle also brought results. Even though he was initially opposed. The Wuhan Health Commission began to speak up regarding the dangerous virus on its official website. This condition also made the World Health Organization (WHO) Branch Office smell the presence of a dangerous virus in Wuhan.

At that time the transmission rate of the corona virus was high. In fact, the virus began to be detected out of the wahan. As a result, panic hit the world. People are also busy thinking about the recitation to survive.

Police believe this virus is yet to be confirmed as SARS. They believed I spread rumors. They asked me to admit that I was guilty. I felt mistreated, but I had to accept it."

"Obviously I acted on good intentions. I feel very sad to see so many people lose their loved ones," explained Li as quoted by Elsie Chen in an article entitled He Married of Coronavirus. Here's What He Told Us Before He Died (2020).

The presence of a virus which was later known as COVID-19 made the whole world pressure China to take action. China is asked to immediately make efforts that can break the chain of spread of the virus. China took the option to close the Wuhan region on January 23, 2020.

The closure made the residents of Wuhan panic. They then stormed the shopping center to fill the provisions during the lockdown. The lockdown option was warmly welcomed by the world's countries. Even though the move tends to be late because COVID-19 is already present and spread in many countries.

Panic has spread in Wuhan when the city of 11 million people in China was locked in an attempt to quarantine the deadly virus believed to have originated there. On Thursday, authorities banned all transport networks from the city.

They suspended buses, subway systems, ferries, and closed airports and train stations for departing passengers. Huanggang and Ezhou, who were nearby, temporarily suspended buses, subways, and ferries as well as closed airports and train stations for departing passengers, "explained Lily Kuo in her article on The Guardian website entitledCoronavirus: Panic and Anger in Wuhan as China Orders City into Lockdown (2020).