J’can Student In Wuhan China Appeals For Food As Coronavirus Forces City Lockdown

Posted by Neika Lewis | 28 Jan, 2020

A Jamaican studying in the epicenter of the deadly coronavirus outbreak, Wuhan, China, says he’s running low on food, as the city has been locked down.

Norville Belvette is in the final year of his Master’s degree in Civil Engineering in Wuhan.

He made an appeal for food while speaking on Cliff Hughes Online on Monday morning.

Belvette says he was able to get only a few supplies today.

He says when the outbreak started, he tried to leave Wuhan, but was prevented by authorities from doing so, as the city is under quarantine.

Norville Belvette, a Jamaica student in Wuhan, China.

He was speaking on Cliff Hughes Online this morning.

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Neika Lewis

Neika Lewis is an award-winning journalist with over 7 years of experience across radio, tv and the print media. A CARIMAC alum, Neika copped the Prime Minister’s Youth award for journalism in 2017. Her reporting on a Jamaican pilot incarcerated in Qatar in 2015 led to his release. Neika hunts for human interest stories.

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