Some people are getting medical treatment outside or in their cars because they are scared of the number of sick people in hospitals.

A photo tweeted by New York Times journalist Amy Qin shows patients sitting on the pavement outside a Wuhan hospital, getting IV drips outside or in their cars.

They reportedly said they didn't want to go inside the hospital because there were "too many sick people."

At one hospital, we stumbled upon a jarring scene: patients were sitting outside, 5 ft apart, getting IV drips on ledges and in their cars. Some were couples and even entire families. They didn’t want to be inside cuz they said there were too many sick ppl. pic.twitter.com/B5Yb6SQOi7

— Amy Qin (@amyyqin) February 4, 2020