Editor’s note: As of Wednesday, more than 75,000 people in 25 countries had become infected with COVID-19, aka the coronavirus, according to the World Health Organization, and at least 2,127 people had died from the disease. The New York Times reported 150 million people in China were under travel restrictions, while in the United States, 15 cases of infection with the disease had been confirmed, with none resulting in fatality. Experiencing travel restrictions firsthand is an editor from the Connecticut Law Tribune’s sister publication, Law.com International’s Hong Kong Bureau Chief Anna Zhang, who had been visiting her family in mainland China when the coronavirus outbreak occurred. She filed this report late last week:

In China, where the coronavirus has infected close to 60,000 people and continues to spread, lawyers are making efforts to contribute to fighting the virus. (Pro bono is a whole different matter in China.) Many large Chinese law firms have organized efforts to buy medical supplies for Wuhan and other places. Jingtian & Gongcheng was among the first to organize firmwide donations and purchased Rmb1 million worth of medical supplies for hospitals in Hubei in January.

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