Saturday marked one year since a drastic lockdown was imposed on Wuhan, the original epicenter of the novel coronavirus, with the number of new symptomatic patients almost leveling off in the central Chinese city.But the leadership of Chinese President Xi Jinping, which has come under criticism for allowing the virus to spread to the world due to a delay in its initial response, is believed to have issued a gag order on health care officials to contain backlash from citizens in the city.In Beijing, meanwhile, concerns have been mounting in recent weeks that the virus has made inroads into t…READ FULL ARTICLE
