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Chilling footage shows the moment a group of Chinese residents are rounded up in the afflicted Hubei province before being led away by guards. The leaked video takes place in broad daylight and in public. The footage surfaces as Chinese officials ramp up their so-called “wartime measures” used to combat the coronavirus outbreak.

Chinese government officials have referred to the new extreme quarantine methods being implemented in Wuhan and throughout Hubei as “wartime” measures. In the video posted online, a group of young people without masks are being led away by a handful of masked officials. The group being herded away are all bound together - the reason for which is unclear. This comes after the New York Times reported that the county was planning a “mass round up” of anyone who has exhibited symptoms of the coronavirus. JUST IN: Coronavirus shock: Cured patients reveal chilling reality of virus

Chilling footage shows the moment a group of Chinese residents are rounded up in the afflicted Hubei

On Friday, the Chinese National Health Commission reported 2,641 new cases of the coronavirus and 143 deaths

The measures deployed across the Hubei province, which has a combined population of 11 million, has banned residents from leaving their homes unless they are directly involved in fighting the epidemic. In Wuhan, the epicenter of the outbreak, authorities moved to seal all residential compounds. Under the new emergency laws, only one member of each household could go out, and only once every three days, to buy groceries and other supplies. On Friday, the Chinese National Health Commission reported 2,641 new cases of the coronavirus and 143 deaths.

The New York Times reported that the county was planning a “mass roundup”

Panic is also spreading in London after the first death was reported in Europe today

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