Foreign students desperate to leave coronavirus-hit city

A Ghanaian student has told the BBC about the terrifying ordeal of foreign students in the Chinese city of Wuhan, which is in lockdown following the deadly outbreak of the new coronavirus.

On Monday, Chinese Premier Li Keqiang visited Wuhan, the capital of Hubei province and centre of the outbreak. The number of people killed in China by the virus has risen to 81, with almost 3,000 confirmed ill.

In a BBC Newsday interview, the student, who asked not be named, said:

"We are scared because the numbers keep increasing. At the dormitory if you meet somebody they go to the other side of the corridor. Nobody wants to meet anybody.

"Ladies are crying. They want to go home. They are panicking. They are losing hope. We don't want to stay here."