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Wuhan virus upgraded to Class A response
China on Tuesday announced it was adopting Class A prevention and control measures to tackle the Wuhan coronavirus.
Such measures are typically used for dangerous diseases such as plague and cholera. This means health officials will get sweeping powers to lock down affected areas and quarantine patients.
China previously used such measures in 2009 to tackle an outbreak of H1N1, introducing mandatory quarantine for anyone who had "close contact" with an infected person, including foreigners arriving in the country from areas where H1N1 outbreaks had been reported.
The virus itself remains classified as a Class B infection, despite the more serious response.
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