Following the lockdown of Wuhan, public transportation systems in two of Wuhan's neighboring prefecture-level cities, Huanggang and Ezhou, were also placed on lockdown.[1] A total of 12 other county to prefecture-level cities in Hubei, including Huangshi, Chibi, Jingzhou, Yichang, Xiaogan, Jingmen, Zhijiang, Qianjiang, Xiantao, Xianning, Dangyang and Enshi, were placed on traveling restrictions by the end of 24 January, bringing the number of people affected by the restriction to more than 40 million.[11]