’Wuhan jiāyóu’: chants of solidarity spread across city at epicentre of coronavirus

Shouts of ’jiāyóu’ can be heard echoing between Wuhan’s high-rise apartment blocks as people take to their balconies to shout what translates literally as “add oil“, meaning ’keep up the fight’, to their neighbours.  It is day six of life under lockdown for the Chinese city’s 11 million residents, who have found themselves at the centre of the outbreak of coronavirus. Subscribe to Guardian News on YouTube ► What is the coronavirus? ►