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Please take my daughter: Mother of girl with cancer pleads at coronavirus blockade

The 50-year-old mother was trying to gain passage for her daughter, who has leukemia.

By Reuters

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Lu, a farmer from a village on the Hubei province side of the bridge, was trying to gain passage for her daughter, 26-year-old Hu Ping, who has leukemia. She has been unable to receive a second round of chemotherapy treatment in the overwhelmed hospitals of provincial capital Wuhan, the epicenter of the virus outbreak.
Lu, a farmer from a village on the Hubei province side of the bridge, was trying to gain passage for her daughter, 26-year-old Hu Ping, who has leukemia. She has been unable to receive a second round of chemotherapy treatment in the overwhelmed hospitals of provincial capital Wuhan, the epicenter of the virus outbreak.
“My daughter needs to go to hospital in Jiujiang,” she said at the checkpoint. “She needs to have her treatment. But they won’t let us through.”
“My daughter needs to go to hospital in Jiujiang,” she said at the checkpoint. “She needs to have her treatment. But they won’t let us through.”
Her daughter sat on the ground wrapped in a blanket while Lu tearfully pleaded with police.
Her daughter sat on the ground wrapped in a blanket while Lu tearfully pleaded with police.
“Please, take my daughter. I don’t need to go past ... please, just let my daughter go past,” she asked.
“Please, take my daughter. I don’t need to go past ... please, just let my daughter go past,” she asked.
Her pleas were almost drowned out by a loudspeaker playing a pre-recorded message that residents would not be allowed into Jiujiang, the Jiangxi province city on the southern side of the Yangtze.
Her pleas were almost drowned out by a loudspeaker playing a pre-recorded message that residents would not be allowed into Jiujiang, the Jiangxi province city on the southern side of the Yangtze.
The bridge has been largely closed off in an attempt to halt the spread of the new disease, which has infected more than 17,000 people, the vast majority of them in China, and killed more than 350.
The bridge has been largely closed off in an attempt to halt the spread of the new disease, which has infected more than 17,000 people, the vast majority of them in China, and killed more than 350.
Dozens of people have attempted to cross the police checkpoint in recent days.
Dozens of people have attempted to cross the police checkpoint in recent days.
Some had succeeded by holding the right train or plane ticket departing from Jiujiang and bought before January 24, but many had failed.
Some had succeeded by holding the right train or plane ticket departing from Jiujiang and bought before January 24, but many had failed.
For much of Saturday morning, that was the case for Lu as she pleaded her daughter’s case with authorities.
For much of Saturday morning, that was the case for Lu as she pleaded her daughter’s case with authorities.
“All I want to do is save her life,” she said.
“All I want to do is save her life,” she said.
About an hour after she spoke to Reuters at the checkpoint, police began to move.
About an hour after she spoke to Reuters at the checkpoint, police began to move.
Phone calls were made, an ambulance was called and Lu and Hu were both eventually allowed through.
Phone calls were made, an ambulance was called and Lu and Hu were both eventually allowed through.
Hu appeared to be limping as she walked through temperature checks at the checkpoint and towards the waiting ambulance.
Hu appeared to be limping as she walked through temperature checks at the checkpoint and towards the waiting ambulance.
The virus has since spread to more than 24 countries, despite many governments imposing unprecedented travel bans on people coming from China.
The virus has since spread to more than 24 countries, despite many governments imposing unprecedented travel bans on people coming from China.
The World Health Organization has declared the crisis a global health emergency, and the first foreign death from the virus was reported in the Philippines on Sunday.
The World Health Organization has declared the crisis a global health emergency, and the first foreign death from the virus was reported in the Philippines on Sunday.
In China, all but one of the 57 new deaths were reported Monday in Wuhan and the rest of Hubei province, most of which has been under lockdown for almost two weeks to stop people leaving and transmitting the virus.
In China, all but one of the 57 new deaths were reported Monday in Wuhan and the rest of Hubei province, most of which has been under lockdown for almost two weeks to stop people leaving and transmitting the virus.

Published: Mon 3 Feb 2020, 7:37 AM

Last updated: Mon 3 Feb 2020, 9:54 AM

The national death toll reached 361, exceeding the 349 mainland fatalities from the Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) outbreak of 2002-03.
The national death toll reached 361, exceeding the 349 mainland fatalities from the Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) outbreak of 2002-03.

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