Chinese cities cancel New Year celebrations, travel ban widens in effort to stop coronavirus outbreak
BEIJING -Major Chinese cities, including Beijing and quarantine-blocked Wuhan, banned all large gatherings over the coming Lunar New Year festival, the most important holiday on the Chinese calendar, in an expanding effort to contain a rapidly spreading coronavirus outbreak.
![People are seen wearing masks at Beijing Railway Station on Jan 21, 2020. As of 6 pm on Tuesday, there have been five cases of the novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV) infection in Beijing. [Photo by Zou Hong/chinadaily.com.cn]](https://media.nationthailand.com/images/news/2020/01/22/30380930/500_d6c694cbba75198.jpg?v=1579775988)
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