Chen Yanming, who said her father was suspected of contracting the coronavirus, told me she was calm but melancholy and anxious as Lunar New Year came. “Today should be Chinese people’s happiest day, but this sickness has destroyed that feeling.” pic.twitter.com/J0Jt4jEKyP

I said the Hankou Hospital in Wuhan seemed less crowded on Friday. But the Red Cross Hospital is packed. People anxiously lined up. Medical workers rushing in and out to receive people from ambulances. pic.twitter.com/uhwO6pT7aC

One feature of Chinese medicine is a heavy reliance on the drip for patients. Outside the Red Cross Hospital in Wuhan this elderly man was setting up his drip outside on the street. It was too crowded inside the hospital, he explained. pic.twitter.com/P6cMbrq07v

Chased away from the Wuhan No. 5 Hospital, home to a statue of Norman Bethune, the Canadian doctor who assisted Communist forces during the war against Japan. I tried to explain that such a hospital should welcome foreigners. pic.twitter.com/hM13EsaKpw

Some Wuhan residents have told me that food is hard to come or expensive by because markets and shops are closed. At least the Walmart I dropped into has fresh fruit and vegetables on the shelves. What are other people with friends or family in Wuhan hearing? pic.twitter.com/Y3mvAQ7TKN

Protective gowns reach the No. 4 Hospital in Wuhan. But the medical workers told me they are still seriously short of the gowns and masks that will keep them safe. One told me that they have been buying their own masks. and using them too long to be safe. pic.twitter.com/uTiyQzfyB9

Outside the No. 4 Hospital in Wuhan a couple burned commemorative paper for a family member who died several years ago — not in the current epidemic. They said it was a sad time for the city, and wanted to remember their loved one on the eve of Lunar New Year. pic.twitter.com/y546IrOtLg

Wuhan feels much like a ghost town, except for the hospitals. Shops are shut. Restaurants are closed. But the mighty Chinese courier keeps working. At this depot they told me that they were accepting and delivering only medical supplies — nothing else — to keep the city safe. pic.twitter.com/NRXddwVikj

This is Wuhan on Friday night. As the usual Lunar New Year celebrations give way to widespread fear, this man hurried to a fever clinic on his electric bike, worried that his sneezes and lethargy might be something worse than a cold. pic.twitter.com/9VOcr78LYQ

Is it true that the entire city is in lockdown? So if you go in, you can’t come out? How does a city sustain itself without communicating with the outside world?

I'm from Wuhan. Currently all transportation out of city is closed, but water, gas, electricity and the internet is still up, and groceries are being brought in by the government so stores don't run out. One big problem, our hospitals are nearly filled with sick patients.