It's a city of 11 million people

這個城市裡有一千一百萬人口

and the epicenter of a deadly coronavirus outbreak.

也是致命的冠狀病毒爆發的中心。

Chinese authorities have also sealed off other parts

中國當局也封鎖了其他

of surrounding Hubei Province,

在湖北省周圍的地區

all in the hope of preventing the virus

都是為了預防病毒

from spreading further.

進一步擴散。

The Washington Post spoke to two residents inside the city.

華盛頓郵報採訪了該市的兩位居民。

They asked that we identify them using only their family names.

他們要求我們僅用姓氏來辨識他們。

Along with many residents, they chose to play it safe.

和許多其他的市民一樣，他們選擇謹慎行事。

-We just follow the instruction of [what] the government said.

我們就是按照政府的指示。

We try not to go outside.

我們儘量避免外出。

If we go outside we need to wear the mask.

如果我們外出就需要戴口罩。

We stopped the party.

我們停止聚會。

Or any activity with other people.

或者任何於其他人接觸的活動。

Actually, I haven't been out of my apartment

事實是我已經有超過 24 小時沒有

for like more than 24 hours.

踏出我的公寓了。

It's too dangerous outside.

外面實在是太危險了。

We don't know exactly how many patients are there.

我們並不確切的知道究竟有多少病患。

And they're ready for the long haul.

而他們已經準備好要長期抗戰。

In the supermarket, a lot of people

在超市裡，很多人

go to buy the fruit, the vegetable,

去採買水果、蔬菜

and the meat to prepare.

和肉品做預備。

We think it's going to be

我們認為這

not a short time to end this situation.

不是一個能夠在短時間內結束的情況。

We are not getting any information on how long at all.

我們完全沒有得到任何有關時間長短的資訊。

We don't know.

我們不知道。

I can stay here for more than a week, at least, we thought.

我們認為，我至少可以在這裡待上超過一週的時間。

They both thought the government

他們都認為政府

should've acted sooner.

應該早一點採取行動。

Do you think this was the right move by the government,

你認為政府封鎖武漢

to lock down Wuhan?

是一個正確的作法嗎？

Yeah. This is excellent.

是的。這樣做很好。

But I think it should have been earlier.

但是我認為早就應該這麼做。

Oh, really? -It happened in December.

是嗎？這發生在 12 月。

That would be much more better, the situation right now.

就目前而言，情況會好很多。

-Before the January the 1st, the virus was first out.

在一月一日以前，第一起病毒案例已經被發現。

For some reason, they choose to hide this information

不知為了什麼原因，他們選擇對大眾隱瞞

from the public, and tell us it is not serious at all.

這個消息，並告訴我們這並不嚴重。

Chinese authorities haven't said

中國政府尚未宣布

when the lockdown would be lifted.

何時解除封鎖。

But they are scrambled to build a 1,000-bed hospital

不過他們在一週內迅速地建造一個有

in under a week to ease the burden

一千張病床的醫院以減輕該市

on the city's stressed healthcare system.

緊張的醫療體系的負擔。