Stranded, quarantined, doxxed: how coronavirus made outcasts of those who left Wuhan

Holidaymakers and students among those who left before the lockdown, only to be shunned elsewhere and struggle to get back. Residents who were not infected describe being stuck in quarantine far from home, while Excel documents circulate their details online. — SCMP

Everything was normal when Wuhan resident Jason flew out of the epicentre of the deadly coronavirus for a holiday on Jan 22. He wasn’t wearing a mask, and there weren’t extra security checks.

But by the time he checked into a hotel in Macau, he was told to go to the local hospital, where he spent the next four days in quarantine. After testing negative for the virus, he was driven to neighbouring Zhuhai, where he spent over a week locked in a hotel, not knowing when he could go home.