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11 million locked down in China's Hebei province to prevent spread of new coronavirus outbreak Dawn Liu and Adela Suliman and Ed Flanagan and Eric Baculinao and Will Xu © Provided by NBC News BEIJING — It took just 39 new coronavirus cases for health authorities in China to put almost 11 million people into lockdown in the city of Shijiazhuang. Health officials took no chances on Wednesday, sealing off the capital of the industrial Hebei province and ordering a mass testing drive. Travel restrictions were put in place in the remainder of the region, which encircles China's...