Some residents of the Chinese city of Wuhan, which is at the centre of the coronavirus outbreak, are now having to pass health checks to enter their own homes.<br /><br />A US national living in the city said that to enter her own apartment complex, she was first screened for the virus at the entrance gate.<br /><br />"This is new," the 23-year-old Columbus, Ohio native said on Saturday (February 1st).<br /><br />"My apartment complex has two people up front who are checking everyone entering's temperature," she added.<br /><br />The number of confirmed cases of coronavirus is nearing 12,000, as the epidemic continues to spread worldwide.
