China Virus Death Toll Increases to 25 as Travel Limits Expanded
China reported that deaths from a new coronavirus rose to 25 as it rushes to halt the SARS-like disease, even as the World Health Organization stopped short of calling the infection a global health emergency. Restrictions on travel and public gatherings have been implemented in Wuhan, the city in central China where the virus was first detected, as well as in several nearby municipalities. Hong Kong and Beijing are canceling planned holiday activities, according to local officials and state media.Pressure to contain the virus is growing, with more than 650 cases confirmed.
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China has confirmed human-to-human transmission of a new SARS-like coronavirus linked to the Wuhan pneumonia outbreak. With the number of cases soaring and spreading to countries beyond China, the World Health Organization has declared an international public health emergency.
(Pictured) A woman wears a mask to prevent the spread of the coronavirus as she walks on Feb. 2 at Chinatown in Bangkok, Thailand.
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An employee (L) puts a protective face mask on a child at a railway station on Feb. 2 in Hanoi, Vietnam. The death toll from China's coronavirus epidemic soared to 304 on Feb. 2, as an increasing number of countries imposed extraordinary Chinese travel bans to combat the spread of the disease.
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Medical staff wearing protective suits check Myanmar students who were evacuated on a chartered flight from the Chinese city of Wuhan, at a hospital on Feb. 2 in Mandalay.
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Mexican students wear protective masks upon their arrival at the Del Bajio International Airport, after the Guanajuato state government arranged the return from China for Mexican students due to the coronavirus outbreak, in Silao, Mexico on Feb. 1.
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A woman wearing a face mask arrives from Hubei province at a checkpoint at the Jiujiang Yangtze River Bridge in Jiangxi province, China, on Feb.1.
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A German Air Force plane, carrying evacuated citizens, returns from China's coronavirus-struck Wuhan to Frankfurt, Germany, on Feb. 1.
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Police tape blocks access to a staircase in a hospital in San Sebastian, where the first case of coronavirus in the country has been confirmed, in La Gomera, Spain, on Feb. 1.
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Customers queue up to buy masks amid an outbreak of a new coronavirus, on Feb. 1 in Hong Kong, China.
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A person holds a child as passengers grab their luggage as they disembark a Turkish cargo plane at the Etimesgut military Airport on Feb. 1 in Ankara, after being repatriated from the Chinese city of Wuhan, the epicentre of the new coronavirus outbreak.
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Airline passengers wearing face masks walk out of the international terminal at the San Francisco International Airport on Jan. 31.
'This time I'm scared': experts fear too late for China virus lockdown
China's bid to contain a deadly new virus by placing cities of millions under quarantine is an unprecedented undertaking but it is unlikely to stop the disease spreading, experts warn. The contagious virus has already reached elsewhere in China and abroad, and even an authoritarian government has only a small timeframe in which trapped residents will submit to such a lockdown, they say."I think we have passed the golden period of control and prevention," said Guan Yi, an expert on viruses at Hong Kong University.
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An Iraqi Health Ministry employee checks passengers' temperature, amid the new coronavirus outbreak, upon their arrival at Basra airport in Iraq, on Feb. 1.
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A woman wears a protective mask in front of the Eiffel Tower in Paris, France, on Feb. 1.
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Students and family members of Pakistani students living in the Chinese city of Wuhan protest, demanding their return home in Islamabad, Pakistan, on Feb. 1.
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Two passengers holding the Turkish flag in a Turkish cargo plane carrying 42 passengers from the Chinese city of Wuhan, after landing in Ankara, Turkey, on Feb. 1.
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People line up to buy masks on Feb. 1, in Guangzhou, China.
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Crew members and officials of an Indian airline carry their belongings while wearing protective masks as a precaution against a possible coronavirus infection on their return from China, on Feb. 1, in New Delhi, India.
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Workmen clean the outside of a hospital block in Merseyside, England, on Feb. 1, where British nationals from the coronavirus-hit city of Wuhan in China are being quarantined.
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Family members of one of the Sri Lankan students evacuated from Wuhan province in China and brought to Sri Lanka hold candles during a vigil to pray for people who are suffering from the coronavirus, in Colombo, Sri Lanka, on Feb. 1.
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A total of 316 Bangladeshi citizens were brought back from China's Wuhan, the epicenter of the new coronavirus outbreak on Feb. 1, in Dhaka, Bangladesh.
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Tourists wear protective masks in front of the Coliseum in Rome, Italy, on Jan. 31.
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Residents wear surgical masks as they cross a street in a shopping district on Jan. 31, in Hong Kong.
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Stranded tourists disembark from the Costa Smeralda cruise ship at Civitavecchia port after the cruise ship is quarantined following two passengers showed symptoms of novel coronavirus, on Jan. 31, in Civitavecchia, Lazio, Italy.
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People hoping to buy face masks crowd outside a medical supply shop that was raided by police for allegedly hoarding and overpricing the masks, as public fear over China's Wuhan coronavirus grows, on Jan. 31, in Manila, Philippines.
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Coaches transport 83 Britons and 27 foreign nationals who have been evacuated from Wuhan following a coronavirus outbreak, from RAF Brize Norton to Arrowe Park Hospital in Merseyside, where they will be quarantined, on Jan. 31, in Brize Norton, England.
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Medical workers prepare to check passengers arriving from Beijing at the Yaroslavsky railway station in Moscow, Russia, on Jan. 31.
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People undergo temperature checks at the entrance during the Chingay Parade on Jan. 31, in Singapore.
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Volunteers in protective suits disinfect a residential compound, as the country is hit by the outbreak of a new coronavirus, in Taizhou, Zhejiang province, China, on Jan. 30.
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Hong Kong Chief Executive Carrie Lam, front, and other government officials wear protective face masks before a press conference in Hong Kong, on Jan. 31.
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A passenger looks on from a vehicle containing French citizens after their evacuation from the Chinese city of Wuhan, as it arrives at The Vacanciel Holiday Resort in Carry-le-Rouet, near Marseille, France, on Jan. 31, following their repatriation from the coronavirus zone.
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The assessment center of the Frankfurt Airport Medical Center is pictured in Frankfurt, Germany, on Jan. 31.
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Buddhist worshipers wearing protective masks attend prayers at Wat Dhammakaya Buddhist temple in Bangkok, on Jan. 31.
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A woman wears a plastic water bottle with a cutout to cover her face, as a preventative measure, in Hong Kong, on Jan. 31.
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People wearing protective facemasks leave the city commuter train station in Bangkok, on Jan. 31. The World Health Organization declared a global emergency over the new coronavirus, as China reported on Jan. 31 the death toll had climbed to 213 with nearly 10,000 infections.
China virus death toll rises to 41, more than 1,300 infected worldwide
China virus death toll rises to 41, more than 1,300 infected worldwide(Pictured) People wear masks on a street in Hong Kong, on Jan. 24 to celebrate the Lunar New Year which marks the Year of the Rat in the Chinese zodiac. Cutting off access to entire cities with millions of residents to stop a new virus outbreak is a step few countries other than China would consider, but it is made possible by the ruling Communist Party's extensive social controls and experience fighting the 2002-03 outbreak of SARS.
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Scientists work at the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation's (CSIRO) high-containment facility in Geelong, Australia, on Jan. 31.
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Passengers in medical masks have arrived from the Chinese city of Sanya at Vladivostok International Airport in Russia, on Jan. 31.
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Ambulances enter Gimpo International Airport in Seoul, South Korea, on Jan. 31.
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Medical staff walk to the National Centre for Infectious Diseases building in Singapore, on Jan. 31.
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Buses wait for passengers to disembark from the Costa Smeralda cruise ship after tests on a woman from Macau with suspected coronavirus came back negative in Civitavecchia, Italy, on Jan. 31.
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Didier Houssin, Chair of the Emergency Committee, speaks next to Director-General of the World Health Organization (WHO) Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus during a news conference after a meeting of the Emergency Committee on the novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV) in Geneva, Switzerland, on Jan. 30.
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A woman wears the mask out of concern for the coronavirus on Jan. 30 in New York.
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People line up to buy face masks at a cosmetics shop in Hong Kong, on Jan. 30.
Hong Kong Leader Declares Coronavirus Emergency And Halts Official Trips to China Mainland
Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam has declared an emergency over the outbreak of coronavirus, a pneumonia-causing virus that has killed over a dozen people in mainland China. © Kevin Frayer/Getty Chinese children wear protective masks as they wait to board trains at Beijing Railway station before the annual Spring Festival on January 21, 2020 in Beijing, China. The number of cases of a deadly new coronavirus rose to nearly 300 in mainland China Tuesday as health officials stepped up efforts to contain the spread of the pneumonia-like disease which medicals experts confirmed can be passed from human to human.
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People wearing face masks carry their luggage as they walk outside Beijing Railway Station, in Beijing, China, on Jan. 30.
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A Guardia di Finanza boat patrol around the Costa Smeralda cruise ship docked in the Civitavecchia port, 70km north of Rome, on Jan. 30. More than 6,000 tourists were under lockdown aboard the cruise ship after two Chinese passengers were isolated over fears they could be carrying the coronavirus.
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Medical staff in protective clothes are seen carrying a patient from an apartment suspected of having the virus in Wuhan, in Hubei province, China, on Jan. 30.
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Researchers at work in the laboratory of Clinical Microbiology, Virology and Emergency Diagnostics of the Luigi Sacco hospital in Milan, Italy, on Jan. 30. The Italian authorities are making medical research measures to deal with the possible emergency of the coronavirus.
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Chinese children wear plastic bottles as makeshift protective masks while waiting to check in to a flight at Beijing Capital Airport on Jan. 30, in Beijing, China.
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A man wears a face mask near a market in Phnom Penh on Jan. 30 after the first case of novel coronavirus was reported in the country.
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Personnel in protective clothing approach an aircraft, chartered by the U.S. State Department to evacuate government employees and other Americans from the novel coronavirus threat after it arrived at March Air Reserve Base in California on Jan. 29.
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The ultrastructural morphology exhibited by the 2019 Novel Coronavirus (2019-nCoV), which was identified as the cause of an outbreak of respiratory illness first detected in Wuhan, China, is seen in an illustration released by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in Georgia on Jan. 29.
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A note is seen on the window of the House of Delight restaurant in Glen Waverley on Jan. 30. Four family members of a man confirmed to be the second Victorian case of coronavirus visited the restaurant. Two cases of coronavirus infection confirmed in Melbourne.
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Anti-China sentiment spreads abroad along with coronavirus
Anti-China sentiment spreads abroad along with coronavirus(Pictured) People line up to buy face masks at a cosmetics shop in Hong Kong, on Jan. 30.
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — A scary new virus from China has spread around the world. So has rising anti-Chinese sentiment, calls for a full travel ban on Chinese visitors and indignities for Chinese and other Asians.
Restaurants in South Korea, Japan, Hong Kong and Vietnam have refused to accept Chinese customers. Indonesians marched near a hotel and called on Chinese guests there to leave. French and Australian newspapers face criticism for racist headlines. Chinese and other Asians in Europe, the United States, Asia and the Pacific complain of racism.
Two dozen countries outside of China have reported cases of the new coronavirus, which has killed more than 300 people and sickened thousands of others in China. Many countries have sent planes to the Chinese city of Wuhan to evacuate their nationals.
The anti-China sentiments come as a powerful Beijing bolsters its global influence, and China's rise has caused trade, political and diplomatic disputes with many countries.
But with rising fear of the mysterious disease has come a more acute anti-Chinese and, in some cases, anti-Asian backlash.
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FILE - In this Friday, Jan. 31, 2020, file photo, South Koreans evacuated from Wuhan, China, disembark from a chartered flight at Gimpo Airport in Seoul, South Korea. A scary new virus from China has spread around the world. So has rising anti-Chinese sentiment, calls for a full travel ban on Chinese visitors and indignities for Chinese and other Asians. South Korean websites have been flooded with comments calling on the government to block or expel Chinese and racist remarks about Chinese eating habits and hygiene. (Kim Kyun-hyun/Newsis via AP, File)
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In this Wednesday, Jan. 29, 2020, photo, South Korean protesters stage a rally calling for a ban on Chinese people entering South Korea near the presidential Blue House in Seoul, South Korea. A scary new virus from China has spread around the world. So has rising anti-Chinese sentiment, calls for a full travel ban on Chinese visitors and indignities for Chinese and other Asians. The sign reads: "No Entry." (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)
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In this Wednesday, Jan. 29, 2020, photo, South Korean protesters stage a rally calling for a ban on Chinese people entering South Korea near the presidential Blue House in Seoul, South Korea. A scary new virus from China has spread around the world. So has rising anti-Chinese sentiment, calls for a full travel ban on Chinese visitors and indignities for Chinese and other Asians. The signs read: "No Entry." (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)
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Children wearing masks are seen at Beijing International Airport in Beijing, China as the country is hit by an outbreak of the new coronavirus, February 1, 2020. REUTERS/Jason Lee
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An employee (L) puts a protective face mask on a child at a railway station in Hanoi on February 2, 2020. - The death toll from China's coronavirus epidemic soared to 304 on Feburary 2, as an increasing number of countries imposed extraordinary Chinese travel bans to combat the spread of the disease. (Photo by Nhac NGUYEN / AFP) (Photo by NHAC NGUYEN/AFP via Getty Images)
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People coming from the Hubei province walk into Jiujiang after passing through a checkpoint at the Jiujiang Yangtze River Bridge, Jiangxi province, China, as the country is hit by an outbreak of a new coronavirus, February 1, 2020. The banner reads: "Committed to the fight to prevent and control the epidemic." REUTERS/Thomas Peter
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China has been battling an outbreak of a new SARS-like coronavirus, named 2019-nCoV, with the city of Wuhan as the epicenter. So far, over 300 people have died because of the disease and more than 14,000 people have been confirmed infected. China has allocated $144 million to combat the virus. The country and several of its cities are under a travel lockdown as other nations try to contain the spread of the virus. Philippines has reported the first death outside of China on Feb. 2, 2020. Other countries such as Spain, India, Canada, France, Malaysia, Thailand, Vietnam, Australia, South Korea, Japan, Germany and the U.S. have reported confirmed cases of the infection. The U.S. declared a public health emergency on Jan. 31 and said foreign nationals who have visited China in the past two weeks would be denied entry. On Jan. 30, the World Health Organization declared the coronavirus outbreak a global emergency.
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Li Wenliang, who was summoned by police after he warned medical school classmates about a cluster of SARS-like pneumonia cases, has died of China's new coronavirus.A health worker checks the conditions of a migrant worker in Suining city, China on Feb. 6.
(Pictured) Police walk past signage before the arrival of Myanmar students, who were evacuated on a chartered flight from Wuhan, at the international airport in Mandalay, Myanmar, on Feb. 2, 2020.
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People wearing face masks walk past the main gate of the San Lazaro Hospital in Manila, Philippines, on Feb. 2, 2020.
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Members of the Association for Sri Lanka and China Social and Cultural Cooperation (ASLCSCC) hold candles during a vigil to pray for people who are suffering from the coronavirus in the world, in Colombo, Sri Lanka, on Feb. 1, 2020.
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A staff member sanitizes the road at an entrance of a residential complex in Beijing, China, on Feb. 1, 2020.
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German Minister for Defense Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer (R) and German Minister for Health Jens Spahn give a joint statement in Bonn, Germany, on Feb. 1, 2020, on the evacuation of more than 100 German citizens from Wuhan following the coronavirus outbreak.
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Turkish Health Minister Fahrettin Koca speaks to the press after a Turkish cargo plane carrying 42 passengers from Wuhan landed at Etimesgut Military Airport in Ankara, Turkey, on Feb. 1, 2020.
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Alex Azar, U.S. secretary of health and human services, speaks during a press briefing on the coronavirus at the White House in Washington, D.C., on Jan. 31, 2020.
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Customers wear protective masks as they shop at a store in Alhambra, California, U.S., on Jan. 31, 2020.
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Buses carrying British nationals, who returned from the coronavirus-hit city of Wuhan in China, arrive at Arrowe Park Hospital in Wirral, England, on Jan. 31, 2020.
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Arnaud Fontanet, director of global health department at Institut Pasteur, speaks during a news conference over the latest findings on coronavirus in Paris, France, on Jan. 31, 2020.
Wuhan coronavirus: Deadliest day in outbreak as mainland China records 86 fatalities
Mainland China had its deadliest day in the coronavirus outbreak Friday, with authorities reporting 86 fatalities from the pneumonia-like illness that is paralyzing much of the country. A total of 722 people had died from the virus and 34,546 were infected in mainland China by the end of Friday, China's National Health Commission said. The majority of new cases were recorded in Hubei province and its capital, Wuhan, the epicenter of the outbreak. Authorities finished construction on a new hospital in Wuhan last week, and another is due to open in the coming days to treat the growing number of patients.
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People wear face masks while shopping at a supermarket in Beijing, China, on Jan. 31, 2020.
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Masks are seen at a pharmacy in Seoul, South Korea, on Jan. 31, 2020.
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Students pray for the victims of coronavirus at a school in Chandigarh, India, on Jan. 31, 2020.
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Police wear protective masks as they stand guard in Beijing, on Jan. 31, 2020.
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Passengers, with masks on, in a Light Rail Transit train in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, on Jan. 31, 2020.
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Medical staff of the Ethiopian Ministry of Health prepares to screen passengers at Addis Ababa Bole International Airport of Ethiopia, on Jan. 31, 2020.
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Employees of the airport's epidemiological surveillance at a medical aid station at Terminal F of Sheremetyevo International Airport in Khimki, Russia, on Jan. 31, 2020.
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Firefighters spray antiseptic agents around aircraft at the Riga International Airport of Latvia, on Jan. 31, 2020.
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Officials make preparations in Turkish Air Forces' A400M cargo plane at Etimesgut Military Airbase in Ankara, which is to depart to China to fly Turkish citizens out of Wuhan, on Jan. 31, 2020.
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Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, director general of the World Health Organization, and Didier Houssin, chair of the emergency committee, at the opening of the second meeting of the International Health Regulations (IHR) Emergency Committee for Pneumonia due to the Novel Coronavirus 2019-nCoV in Geneva, Switzerland, on Jan. 30, 2020.
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A technician shows the sample analysis work in preparation for the study of possible cases of coronavirus at the Public Health Institute of Chile (ISP) in Santiago, Chile, on Jan. 30, 2020.
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A health worker checks the temperature of a traveler as part of the coronavirus screening procedure at the Kotoka International Airport in Accra, Ghana, on Jan. 30, 2020.
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China's U.N. Ambassador Zhang Jun stated in his press briefing that over 130 patients have been cured of pneumonia caused by the coronavirus in New York City, New York, U.S., on Jan. 31, 2020.
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People wear masks as they shop at a supermarket in Hong Kong on Jan. 30, 2020.
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People wearing masks walk next to a thermal scanner at Bandaranaike International Airport in Katunayake, Sri Lanka, on Jan. 30, 2020.
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Passengers are seen onboard the Costa Smeralda cruise ship as it sits docked at the Italian port of Civitavecchia on Jan. 30, 2020. The ship was quarantined over fears of coronavirus but the passengers were allowed to disembark later.
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Medical staff with protective clothing are seen inside a ward specialized in treating people who may have been infected with the virus, at the Rajiv Gandhi Government General hospital in Chennai, India, on Jan. 29, 2020.
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Travelers are seen wearing a protective mask during check-in at the Changi Airport in Singapore on Jan. 30, 2020.
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An official of Pakistan-based Chinese company (R) uses a thermo gun to check the temperature of the company's drivers in Islamabad, Pakistan, on Jan. 30, 2020, after instructions from authorities to take preventive measures against the virus.
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Elderly men are seen wearing masks as a precaution at a park in Hong Kong on Jan. 30, 2020.
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A worker uses a thermometer to check the temperature of a customer as she enters a Starbucks shop in Beijing, on Jan. 30, 2020.
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Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen speaks during a news conference on the coronavirus outbreak in Taipei, Taiwan, on Jan. 30, 2020.
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Thailand Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha (C) speaks to journalists during a visit to Suvarnabhumi Airport to inspect measures in place to monitor passengers as they arrive in Bangkok, Thailand, on Jan. 29, 2020.
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Passengers are seen wearing a mask to protect themselves as they wait for a Mass Transit Railway (MTR) subway train in Hong Kong on Jan. 29, 2020.
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Russian President Vladimir Putin listens to Health Minister Mikhail Murashko during a meeting on preventing the spread of the virus in Moscow, Russia, on Jan. 29, 2020.
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Children are seen wearing facial masks as a precaution after Nepal confirmed the first case of coronavirus in the country, at Matribhumi School in Madhyapur Thimi, Nepal, on Jan. 29, 2020.
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Tedros Adhanom, Director-General of the World Health Organization (WHO), speaks during a news conference at the United Nations, in Geneva, on Jan. 29, 2020.
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Passengers from China are checked by Saudi Health Ministry employees upon their arrival at King Khalid International Airport in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, on Jan. 29, 2020.
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Men wear masks to prevent contracting coronavirus in Seoul on Jan. 29, 2020.
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Passengers arriving on flights wear protective masks at the international airport in Auckland, New Zealand, on Jan. 29, 2020.
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An ambulance carrying a Japanese citizen repatriated from Wuhan, who showed flu-like symptoms during in-flight screening for coronavirus, leaves Haneda Airport in Tokyo, Japan, on Jan. 29, 2020.
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Students line up to sanitize their hands before their morning class at a high school in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, on Jan. 28, 2020.
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Bavarian state minister for health and nursing Melanie Huml attends a news conference in Munich, Germany, on Jan. 28, 2020, as the country declared its first confirmed case of coronavirus.
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A medical worker in a protective suit checks the body temperature of a driver at a checkpoint outside the city of Yueyang, China, on Jan. 28, 2020.
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Students disinfect their hands before entering class at a school in Phnom Penh, on Jan. 28. Cambodia's health ministry reported the country's first case of coronavirus on Jan. 27.
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A woman wearing a protective mask prays at the Lungshan Temple on the fourth day of the Lunar New Year, in Taipei, Taiwan, on Jan. 28.
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People with face masks ride a BTS Skytrain in Bangkok, on Jan. 27.
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Paramilitary officers wearing face masks stand guard at the Tiananmen Gate in Beijing, on Jan. 27.
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Dr. David Williams, the chief medical officer of Ontario (C), speaks as Dr. Eileen de Villa, medical officer of health for the city of Toronto (L) and Dr. Barbara Yaffe, Ontario's associate chief medical officer of health, during a press briefing on coronavirus at Queens Park in Toronto, Canada, on Jan. 27. The Ontario health officials announced the confirmation of the first case of coronavirus in Toronto, along with a presumptive second case of the virus in the city.
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A woman wearing a face mask walks out of a supermarket in Beijing, on Jan. 26.
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Images captured by a thermographic imaging device to check the temperatures of arriving passengers at a quarantine station are seen on a monitor at the Oscar Arnulfo Romero International Airport in San Luis Talpa, El Salvador, on Jan. 26.
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A security force member stands in front of the pandemic center where a suspected case of coronavirus is under observation at Félix Houphouët Boigny International Airport in Abidjan, Ivory Coast, on Jan. 26.
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Chinese tourists, some wearing masks as a preventative measure following the coronavirus outbreak, walk after arriving from Nusa Penida, in Bali, Indonesia, on Jan. 26.
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A banner placed by Indian health workers is seen during a coronavirus information camp for travelers at an India-Nepal border crossing, near Siliguri, India, on Jan. 26.
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(L-R) Sabine Hagenauer of the infection department at the 4th medical department of Kaiser Franz Josef Hospital, Michael Binder, medical director of the Vienna Hospital Association, and Judith Aberle of the department of virology, Medical University Vienna, address a press conference at Kaiser-Franz-Josef hospital in Vienna, Austria, on Jan. 26. A Chinese flight attendant was quarantined in the hospital with symptoms of flu, in what authorities suspected as the first coronavirus case in the country.
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A health worker checks the temperature of a woman entering a subway station in Beijing, on Jan. 25.
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The emergency walk-in at Sunnybrook Hospital, where a patient is being treated in isolation for what Canadian health officials call the first presumptive confirmed case of coronavirus, is seen in Toronto, on Jan. 25.
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Dozens of diggers work to build a new hospital in Wuhan, on Jan. 25. Due to the large number of infected people, the government decided to establish a temporary 1,000-bed hospital, which will be completed by Feb. 3.
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Hong Kong Chief Executive Carrie Lam addresses a press conference in Hong Kong on Jan. 25. Announcing a citywide virus emergency, Lam ordered the cancellation of all official trips to mainland China and school shutdown till Feb. 17.
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A police officer stands guard in front of the closed gate of Lama Temple in Beijing on Jan. 25. A notice reads that the temple is closed due to safety concerns following the outbreak of a new coronavirus.
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Security personnel wearing hazardous material suits measure body temperatures of passenger at the entrance of a subway station in Beijing on Jan. 25.
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People wear masks on a train as a preventative measure following the coronavirus outbreak, on the first day of the Lunar New Year, in Hong Kong on Jan. 25.
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A disinfection worker wearing protective gear sprays anti-septic solution in a train at SRT train station in Seoul, on Jan. 24.
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Dr. Allison Arwady, commissioner of the Chicago Department of Public Health, speaks to reporters about a patient who has been diagnosed with coronavirus, in Chicago, Illinois, U.S., on Jan. 24.
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People wear surgical masks as they purchase flowers for the Lunar New Year celebrations in Hong Kong on Jan. 24.
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Bandaranaike airport officials direct tourists after they went through a temperature scanner, in Katunayake, Sri Lanka, on Jan. 24.
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A woman wearing a protective face mask delivers a leaflet on coronavirus in Hong Kong, on Jan 24.
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A Rospotrebnadzor (Russian Federal Service for Supervision of Consumer Rights Protection and Human Well-Being) official uses a thermal imaging device to conduct a temperature check of passengers arriving at Krasnoyarsk International Airport on a plane from Cam Rahn, Vietnam, in Russia on Jan. 23.
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Francisco Alvarez, the regional public health officer, speaks to dockworkers about the new coronavirus, in the port of Valparaiso, Chile, on Jan. 23.
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Sanitation workers spray a disinfectant at Suseo Station in Seoul, on Jan. 24.
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Brazilian Health Minister, Joao Gabbardo Reis, speaks at a press conference about coronavirus control and prevention in Brasilia, Brazil, on Jan. 23.
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A passenger holds up an Australian Government document pertaining to the coronavirus as passengers arrive at Sydney International Airport in Australia on Jan. 23.
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Locals wear face masks while browsing in a store ahead of the Lunar New Year, in Taipei, on Jan. 23, 2020. A day earlier, Taiwan stopped sending tour groups to, or receiving tour groups from Wuhan, China, due to concerns over the cornonavirus outbreak.
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Airport personnel look at thermal scanners as they check on arriving passengers at the Manila International Airport in Philippines on Jan. 23.
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Passengers arriving from China are screened at Kolkata International Airport, India, on Jan. 22, 2020. Screening centers have been set up in the Indian cities of Chennai, Bengaluru, Hyderabad and Cochin apart from three airports at Delhi, Mumbai and Kolkata to screen for the coronavirus.
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Passengers arrive at Sydney International Airport in Australia on Jan. 23. The flight from Wuhan departed the Chinese city prior to officials temporarily closing down transport from the city to help stop the outbreak of the virus.
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Staffs are seen selling masks at a pharmacy in Wuhan on Jan. 22.
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Director-General of World Health Organization (WHO), Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, takes part in a news conference after a meeting of the International Health Regulations (IHR) Emergency Committee to discuss about the outbreak of Pneumonia in China and other countries due to the 2019-nCoV, in Geneva, on Jan. 22.
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A health official scans the body temperature of a passenger as she arrives at Soekarno-Hatta International Airport in Tangerang, Indonesia, on Jan. 22.
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A worker disinfects a railway station in Wuhan on Jan. 22.
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Two women wearing protective masks walk outside Beijing railway station on Jan. 22.
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Passengers wear masks at a subway station in Hong Kong on Jan. 22.
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Deputy Australian Prime Minister Michael McCormack (L) and Prime Minister Scott Morrison (C) are updated by Chief Medical Officer Professor Brendan Murphy on the steps being taken to control the virus, at the National Incident Room of the Department of Health in Canberra, Australia, on Jan. 22.
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Hospital staff wash the emergency entrance of Wuhan Medical Treatment Center on Jan. 22.
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Li Bin (C), vice minister of China's National Health Commission, answers questions during a press conference on Jan. 22.
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Kazakh sanitary-epidemiological service worker uses a thermal scanner to detect travelers from China who may have symptoms possibly connected with the coronavirus at Almaty International Airport in Kazakhstan Jan. 21.
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John Wiesman, Secretary of Health at the Washington State Department of Health, speaks about a confirmed case of 2019 novel coronavirus in Snohomish County, during a press conference in Shoreline, Washington, U.S., on Jan. 21.
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An employee of the virology department of the Charité hospital prepares a test for the new coronavirus in Berlin, Germany, on Jan. 21.
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People walk next to signage detailing hygienic practices to prevent the spread of the coronavirus at the Huashan Hospital in Shanghai, China, on Jan. 21.
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Health officials watch travelers on a thermographic monitor at the Kuala Lumpur International Airport in Sepang, Malaysia, on Jan. 21.
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The Huanan Wholesale Seafood Market, where a number of people related to the market fell ill with the virus, sits closed in Wuhan on Jan. 21.
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Medical staff transfer patients to Jinyintan hospital where patients infected with the coronavirus are being treated, in Wuhan on Jan. 20.
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A stock investor checks prices at a brokerage house in Fuyang, China, on Jan. 21. China's market went down by 1.4 percent after the news of the coronavirus.
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A passenger walks past a notice for passengers from Wuhan, displayed near a quarantine station at Narita International Airport in Japan on Jan. 17.
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Professor Yuen Kwok-yung (R) speaks next to Wong Ka-hing, the Controller of the Centre for Health Protection of the Department of Health, during a press conference at the Health Department in Hong Kong on Jan. 11.
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Here's a look from AP journalists from around the world:
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SOUTH KOREA
South Korean websites have been flooded with comments calling on the government to block or expel Chinese and racist remarks about Chinese eating habits and hygiene. A popular Seoul seafood restaurant frequented by Chinese tourists posted a sign saying “No entry for Chinese” before taking it down Wednesday after an online backlash.
More than 650,000 South Koreans have signed an online petition filed with the presidential Blue House calling for a temporary ban on Chinese visitors. Some conservative opposition lawmakers publicly back these steps, and about 30 people rallied near the Blue House on Wednesday demanding the government immediately ban Chinese tourists.
“Unconditional xenophobia against the Chinese is intensifying” in South Korea, the mass-circulation JoongAng Ilbo newspaper said in an editorial Thursday. “Infectious diseases are a matter of science, not an issue that can be resolved through an emotional outpouring.”
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THE UNITED STATES
After news broke that someone attending Arizona State University has the virus, Ari Deng, who is Chinese American, said she sat down at a study table on the Tempe, Arizona, campus near five other students.
Deng, who was the only Asian, said the other students began whispering. “They got really tense and they quickly gathered their stuff and just left at the same time.”
In a recent business class a non-Asian student "said ‘Not to be racist, but there’s a lot of international students that live in my apartment complex. I try my best to keep my distance but I think it's a good precaution for all of us to wash our hands,'" Deng said.
“It stings but I don’t let it take up room in my mind or weigh on my conscience," she said.
Meanwhile, the University of California, Berkeley's health services center removed an Instagram post Thursday that said “fears about interacting with those who might be from Asia and guilt about these feelings” were a normal reaction to the coronavirus outbreak.
“No matter how much time we spend in this country, at times we are almost immediately viewed as a foreigner,” Gregg Orton, the national director of the National Council of Asian Pacific Americans, said. “It's a pretty frustrating reality for many of us.”
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HONG KONG
The virus has deepened anti-Chinese sentiment in Hong Kong, where months of street protests against Beijing’s influence have roiled the semi-autonomous Chinese city.
Last week, Hong Kong Chief Executive Carrie Lam suspended ferry and high-speed train services to the mainland and reduced flights between Hong Kong and Chinese cities.
Tenno Ramen, a Japanese noodle restaurant in Hong Kong, is refusing to serve mainland customers.
“We want to live longer. We want to safeguard local customers. Please excuse us,” the restaurant said on Facebook.
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EUROPE
A French teacher started a Twitter conversation recently under #JeNeSuisPasUnVirus (I am not a virus) that has drawn numerous accounts of discrimination, from children taunted in the schoolyard to subway passengers moving away from people who appear Asian.
France has a significant and growing Asian community, and Chinese visitors are a pillar of the French tourism industry, but old prejudices run deep. A regional newspaper in northern France carried a front-page headline warning of a “Yellow Alert,” and later apologized amid national criticism.
“It’s a virus that comes from a region in China. It could have come from North Africa, Europe or anywhere,” said Soc Lam, a legal adviser to Chinese community groups in Paris. “People should not consider that just because we are Asian, we are more likely to spread the virus.”
A Danish paper, Jyllands-Posten, published a cartoon that replaced the yellow stars of the Chinese flag with representations of the virus. The Chinese Embassy in Copenhagen called the cartoon “an insult to China” and demanded the newspaper apologize.
The German Der Spiegel magazine ran a headline that said “made in China” along with a photo of an individual in protective gear.
On Friday, a cafe near Rome’s Trevi Fountain, a popular tourist site, posted a notice in its window saying “all people coming from China are not allowed access in this place,” according to the Italian news agency ANSA. When AP journalists went there to check on it, the post was no longer in the window.
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AUSTRALIA, NEW ZEALAND
More than 51,000 signatures have appeared on an online petition demanding apologies from Australia’s two biggest-circulation newspapers over their headlines.
The petition condemned Melbourne’s Herald Sun headline Wednesday that read, “Chinese virus pandamonium,” a misspelling that plays on China’s native pandas, and Sydney’s The Daily Telegraph headline on the same day that read, “China kids stay home.”
Singaporean Kiwi Dollice Chua told the New Zealand Herald that when she went to an Auckland mall last week to buy a wedding card a woman gave her a dirty look and told her “You Asians are the ones who brought this virus.” Chua has lived in New Zealand for 21 years. “It's racist and beyond rude,” she said.
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JAPAN
Many Japanese have taken to social media to call for a travel ban for the Chinese visitors amid worries they'll come to Japan for virus-related treatments. One tweet said, “Please ban Chinese tourists immediately,” while another said, “I’m so worried that my child may catch the virus.”
A candy store in Hakone, a hot springs town west of Tokyo, recently made headlines after it posted a note saying, “Chinese people’s entry into the store is prohibited.” On Wednesday, Menya Hareruya, a popular ramen chain in Sapporo on Japan’s northern island of Hokkaido, posted a sign saying “No entry for Chinese tourists.”
Zhang Jiaqi, a Chinese student in Tokyo, said he has not faced any unpleasant response from his Japanese classmates and friends, but, he added, "I noticed that some people have turned around or watched me with angry looks on their face when I was talking to my friends in Chinese.”
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SOUTHEAST ASIA
Last weekend, several hundred residents in the Indonesian tourist city of Bukittinggi marched to the Novotel Hotel, where some 170 Chinese tourists were staying, to protest their entrance into Indonesia.
They blocked roads near the hotel to prevent the Chinese, who'd arrived a day earlier, from getting out of the hotel. Local authorities decided to send the visitors back to China later in the day.
More than 400,000 Malaysians have signed an online petition calling for a ban on Chinese travelers and urging the government to “save our family and our children.”
A hotel in Danang, Vietnam, a popular beach destination, has been refusing to accept Chinese tourists.
A former police officer and town mayor, Abner Afuang, said he burned a Chinese flag on Friday in front of the National Press Club in Manila to protest the problems China has brought to the Philippines and other Southeast Asian countries, including the virus and Beijing’s claim to disputed islands in the South China Sea.
The Philippine president's office said in a statement: “Let us not engage in discriminatory behavior, nor act with any bias towards our fellowmen. The reality is everyone is susceptible to the virus.”
In pictures: Coronavirus outbreak
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China has been battling an outbreak of a new SARS-like coronavirus, named 2019-nCoV, with the city of Wuhan as the epicenter. So far, over 300 people have died because of the disease and more than 14,000 people have been confirmed infected. China has allocated $144 million to combat the virus. The country and several of its cities are under a travel lockdown as other nations try to contain the spread of the virus. Philippines has reported the first death outside of China on Feb. 2, 2020. Other countries such as Spain, India, Canada, France, Malaysia, Thailand, Vietnam, Australia, South Korea, Japan, Germany and the U.S. have reported confirmed cases of the infection. The U.S. declared a public health emergency on Jan. 31 and said foreign nationals who have visited China in the past two weeks would be denied entry. On Jan. 30, the World Health Organization declared the coronavirus outbreak a global emergency.
(Pictured) Police walk past signage before the arrival of Myanmar students, who were evacuated on a chartered flight from Wuhan, at the international airport in Mandalay, Myanmar, on Feb. 2, 2020.
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People wearing face masks walk past the main gate of the San Lazaro Hospital in Manila, Philippines, on Feb. 2, 2020.
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Members of the Association for Sri Lanka and China Social and Cultural Cooperation (ASLCSCC) hold candles during a vigil to pray for people who are suffering from the coronavirus in the world, in Colombo, Sri Lanka, on Feb. 1, 2020.
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A staff member sanitizes the road at an entrance of a residential complex in Beijing, China, on Feb. 1, 2020.
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German Minister for Defense Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer (R) and German Minister for Health Jens Spahn give a joint statement in Bonn, Germany, on Feb. 1, 2020, on the evacuation of more than 100 German citizens from Wuhan following the coronavirus outbreak.
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Turkish Health Minister Fahrettin Koca speaks to the press after a Turkish cargo plane carrying 42 passengers from Wuhan landed at Etimesgut Military Airport in Ankara, Turkey, on Feb. 1, 2020.
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Alex Azar, U.S. secretary of health and human services, speaks during a press briefing on the coronavirus at the White House in Washington, D.C., on Jan. 31, 2020.
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Customers wear protective masks as they shop at a store in Alhambra, California, U.S., on Jan. 31, 2020.
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Buses carrying British nationals, who returned from the coronavirus-hit city of Wuhan in China, arrive at Arrowe Park Hospital in Wirral, England, on Jan. 31, 2020.
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Arnaud Fontanet, director of global health department at Institut Pasteur, speaks during a news conference over the latest findings on coronavirus in Paris, France, on Jan. 31, 2020.
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People wear face masks while shopping at a supermarket in Beijing, China, on Jan. 31, 2020.
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Masks are seen at a pharmacy in Seoul, South Korea, on Jan. 31, 2020.
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Students pray for the victims of coronavirus at a school in Chandigarh, India, on Jan. 31, 2020.
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Police wear protective masks as they stand guard in Beijing, on Jan. 31, 2020.
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Passengers, with masks on, in a Light Rail Transit train in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, on Jan. 31, 2020.
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Medical staff of the Ethiopian Ministry of Health prepares to screen passengers at Addis Ababa Bole International Airport of Ethiopia, on Jan. 31, 2020.
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Employees of the airport's epidemiological surveillance at a medical aid station at Terminal F of Sheremetyevo International Airport in Khimki, Russia, on Jan. 31, 2020.
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Firefighters spray antiseptic agents around aircraft at the Riga International Airport of Latvia, on Jan. 31, 2020.
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Officials make preparations in Turkish Air Forces' A400M cargo plane at Etimesgut Military Airbase in Ankara, which is to depart to China to fly Turkish citizens out of Wuhan, on Jan. 31, 2020.
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Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, director general of the World Health Organization, and Didier Houssin, chair of the emergency committee, at the opening of the second meeting of the International Health Regulations (IHR) Emergency Committee for Pneumonia due to the Novel Coronavirus 2019-nCoV in Geneva, Switzerland, on Jan. 30, 2020.
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A technician shows the sample analysis work in preparation for the study of possible cases of coronavirus at the Public Health Institute of Chile (ISP) in Santiago, Chile, on Jan. 30, 2020.
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A health worker checks the temperature of a traveler as part of the coronavirus screening procedure at the Kotoka International Airport in Accra, Ghana, on Jan. 30, 2020.
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China's U.N. Ambassador Zhang Jun stated in his press briefing that over 130 patients have been cured of pneumonia caused by the coronavirus in New York City, New York, U.S., on Jan. 31, 2020.
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People wear masks as they shop at a supermarket in Hong Kong on Jan. 30, 2020.
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People wearing masks walk next to a thermal scanner at Bandaranaike International Airport in Katunayake, Sri Lanka, on Jan. 30, 2020.
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Passengers are seen onboard the Costa Smeralda cruise ship as it sits docked at the Italian port of Civitavecchia on Jan. 30, 2020. The ship was quarantined over fears of coronavirus but the passengers were allowed to disembark later.
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Medical staff with protective clothing are seen inside a ward specialized in treating people who may have been infected with the virus, at the Rajiv Gandhi Government General hospital in Chennai, India, on Jan. 29, 2020.
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Travelers are seen wearing a protective mask during check-in at the Changi Airport in Singapore on Jan. 30, 2020.
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An official of Pakistan-based Chinese company (R) uses a thermo gun to check the temperature of the company's drivers in Islamabad, Pakistan, on Jan. 30, 2020, after instructions from authorities to take preventive measures against the virus.
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Elderly men are seen wearing masks as a precaution at a park in Hong Kong on Jan. 30, 2020.
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A worker uses a thermometer to check the temperature of a customer as she enters a Starbucks shop in Beijing, on Jan. 30, 2020.
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Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen speaks during a news conference on the coronavirus outbreak in Taipei, Taiwan, on Jan. 30, 2020.
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Thailand Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha (C) speaks to journalists during a visit to Suvarnabhumi Airport to inspect measures in place to monitor passengers as they arrive in Bangkok, Thailand, on Jan. 29, 2020.
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Passengers are seen wearing a mask to protect themselves as they wait for a Mass Transit Railway (MTR) subway train in Hong Kong on Jan. 29, 2020.
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Russian President Vladimir Putin listens to Health Minister Mikhail Murashko during a meeting on preventing the spread of the virus in Moscow, Russia, on Jan. 29, 2020.
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Children are seen wearing facial masks as a precaution after Nepal confirmed the first case of coronavirus in the country, at Matribhumi School in Madhyapur Thimi, Nepal, on Jan. 29, 2020.
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Tedros Adhanom, Director-General of the World Health Organization (WHO), speaks during a news conference at the United Nations, in Geneva, on Jan. 29, 2020.
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Passengers from China are checked by Saudi Health Ministry employees upon their arrival at King Khalid International Airport in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, on Jan. 29, 2020.
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Men wear masks to prevent contracting coronavirus in Seoul on Jan. 29, 2020.
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Passengers arriving on flights wear protective masks at the international airport in Auckland, New Zealand, on Jan. 29, 2020.
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An ambulance carrying a Japanese citizen repatriated from Wuhan, who showed flu-like symptoms during in-flight screening for coronavirus, leaves Haneda Airport in Tokyo, Japan, on Jan. 29, 2020.
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Students line up to sanitize their hands before their morning class at a high school in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, on Jan. 28, 2020.
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Bavarian state minister for health and nursing Melanie Huml attends a news conference in Munich, Germany, on Jan. 28, 2020, as the country declared its first confirmed case of coronavirus.
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A medical worker in a protective suit checks the body temperature of a driver at a checkpoint outside the city of Yueyang, China, on Jan. 28, 2020.
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Students disinfect their hands before entering class at a school in Phnom Penh, on Jan. 28. Cambodia's health ministry reported the country's first case of coronavirus on Jan. 27.
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A woman wearing a protective mask prays at the Lungshan Temple on the fourth day of the Lunar New Year, in Taipei, Taiwan, on Jan. 28.
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People with face masks ride a BTS Skytrain in Bangkok, on Jan. 27.
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Paramilitary officers wearing face masks stand guard at the Tiananmen Gate in Beijing, on Jan. 27.
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Dr. David Williams, the chief medical officer of Ontario (C), speaks as Dr. Eileen de Villa, medical officer of health for the city of Toronto (L) and Dr. Barbara Yaffe, Ontario's associate chief medical officer of health, during a press briefing on coronavirus at Queens Park in Toronto, Canada, on Jan. 27. The Ontario health officials announced the confirmation of the first case of coronavirus in Toronto, along with a presumptive second case of the virus in the city.
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A woman wearing a face mask walks out of a supermarket in Beijing, on Jan. 26.
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Images captured by a thermographic imaging device to check the temperatures of arriving passengers at a quarantine station are seen on a monitor at the Oscar Arnulfo Romero International Airport in San Luis Talpa, El Salvador, on Jan. 26.
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A security force member stands in front of the pandemic center where a suspected case of coronavirus is under observation at Félix Houphouët Boigny International Airport in Abidjan, Ivory Coast, on Jan. 26.
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Chinese tourists, some wearing masks as a preventative measure following the coronavirus outbreak, walk after arriving from Nusa Penida, in Bali, Indonesia, on Jan. 26.
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A banner placed by Indian health workers is seen during a coronavirus information camp for travelers at an India-Nepal border crossing, near Siliguri, India, on Jan. 26.
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(L-R) Sabine Hagenauer of the infection department at the 4th medical department of Kaiser Franz Josef Hospital, Michael Binder, medical director of the Vienna Hospital Association, and Judith Aberle of the department of virology, Medical University Vienna, address a press conference at Kaiser-Franz-Josef hospital in Vienna, Austria, on Jan. 26. A Chinese flight attendant was quarantined in the hospital with symptoms of flu, in what authorities suspected as the first coronavirus case in the country.
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A health worker checks the temperature of a woman entering a subway station in Beijing, on Jan. 25.
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The emergency walk-in at Sunnybrook Hospital, where a patient is being treated in isolation for what Canadian health officials call the first presumptive confirmed case of coronavirus, is seen in Toronto, on Jan. 25.
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Dozens of diggers work to build a new hospital in Wuhan, on Jan. 25. Due to the large number of infected people, the government decided to establish a temporary 1,000-bed hospital, which will be completed by Feb. 3.
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Hong Kong Chief Executive Carrie Lam addresses a press conference in Hong Kong on Jan. 25. Announcing a citywide virus emergency, Lam ordered the cancellation of all official trips to mainland China and school shutdown till Feb. 17.
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A police officer stands guard in front of the closed gate of Lama Temple in Beijing on Jan. 25. A notice reads that the temple is closed due to safety concerns following the outbreak of a new coronavirus.
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Security personnel wearing hazardous material suits measure body temperatures of passenger at the entrance of a subway station in Beijing on Jan. 25.
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People wear masks on a train as a preventative measure following the coronavirus outbreak, on the first day of the Lunar New Year, in Hong Kong on Jan. 25.
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A disinfection worker wearing protective gear sprays anti-septic solution in a train at SRT train station in Seoul, on Jan. 24.
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Dr. Allison Arwady, commissioner of the Chicago Department of Public Health, speaks to reporters about a patient who has been diagnosed with coronavirus, in Chicago, Illinois, U.S., on Jan. 24.
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People wear surgical masks as they purchase flowers for the Lunar New Year celebrations in Hong Kong on Jan. 24.
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Bandaranaike airport officials direct tourists after they went through a temperature scanner, in Katunayake, Sri Lanka, on Jan. 24.
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A woman wearing a protective face mask delivers a leaflet on coronavirus in Hong Kong, on Jan 24.
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A Rospotrebnadzor (Russian Federal Service for Supervision of Consumer Rights Protection and Human Well-Being) official uses a thermal imaging device to conduct a temperature check of passengers arriving at Krasnoyarsk International Airport on a plane from Cam Rahn, Vietnam, in Russia on Jan. 23.
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Francisco Alvarez, the regional public health officer, speaks to dockworkers about the new coronavirus, in the port of Valparaiso, Chile, on Jan. 23.
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Sanitation workers spray a disinfectant at Suseo Station in Seoul, on Jan. 24.
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Brazilian Health Minister, Joao Gabbardo Reis, speaks at a press conference about coronavirus control and prevention in Brasilia, Brazil, on Jan. 23.
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A passenger holds up an Australian Government document pertaining to the coronavirus as passengers arrive at Sydney International Airport in Australia on Jan. 23.
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Locals wear face masks while browsing in a store ahead of the Lunar New Year, in Taipei, on Jan. 23, 2020. A day earlier, Taiwan stopped sending tour groups to, or receiving tour groups from Wuhan, China, due to concerns over the cornonavirus outbreak.
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Airport personnel look at thermal scanners as they check on arriving passengers at the Manila International Airport in Philippines on Jan. 23.
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Passengers arriving from China are screened at Kolkata International Airport, India, on Jan. 22, 2020. Screening centers have been set up in the Indian cities of Chennai, Bengaluru, Hyderabad and Cochin apart from three airports at Delhi, Mumbai and Kolkata to screen for the coronavirus.
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Passengers arrive at Sydney International Airport in Australia on Jan. 23. The flight from Wuhan departed the Chinese city prior to officials temporarily closing down transport from the city to help stop the outbreak of the virus.
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Staffs are seen selling masks at a pharmacy in Wuhan on Jan. 22.
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Director-General of World Health Organization (WHO), Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, takes part in a news conference after a meeting of the International Health Regulations (IHR) Emergency Committee to discuss about the outbreak of Pneumonia in China and other countries due to the 2019-nCoV, in Geneva, on Jan. 22.
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A health official scans the body temperature of a passenger as she arrives at Soekarno-Hatta International Airport in Tangerang, Indonesia, on Jan. 22.
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A worker disinfects a railway station in Wuhan on Jan. 22.
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Two women wearing protective masks walk outside Beijing railway station on Jan. 22.
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Passengers wear masks at a subway station in Hong Kong on Jan. 22.
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Deputy Australian Prime Minister Michael McCormack (L) and Prime Minister Scott Morrison (C) are updated by Chief Medical Officer Professor Brendan Murphy on the steps being taken to control the virus, at the National Incident Room of the Department of Health in Canberra, Australia, on Jan. 22.
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Hospital staff wash the emergency entrance of Wuhan Medical Treatment Center on Jan. 22.
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Li Bin (C), vice minister of China's National Health Commission, answers questions during a press conference on Jan. 22.
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Kazakh sanitary-epidemiological service worker uses a thermal scanner to detect travelers from China who may have symptoms possibly connected with the coronavirus at Almaty International Airport in Kazakhstan Jan. 21.
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John Wiesman, Secretary of Health at the Washington State Department of Health, speaks about a confirmed case of 2019 novel coronavirus in Snohomish County, during a press conference in Shoreline, Washington, U.S., on Jan. 21.
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An employee of the virology department of the Charité hospital prepares a test for the new coronavirus in Berlin, Germany, on Jan. 21.
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People walk next to signage detailing hygienic practices to prevent the spread of the coronavirus at the Huashan Hospital in Shanghai, China, on Jan. 21.
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Health officials watch travelers on a thermographic monitor at the Kuala Lumpur International Airport in Sepang, Malaysia, on Jan. 21.
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The Huanan Wholesale Seafood Market, where a number of people related to the market fell ill with the virus, sits closed in Wuhan on Jan. 21.
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Medical staff transfer patients to Jinyintan hospital where patients infected with the coronavirus are being treated, in Wuhan on Jan. 20.
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A stock investor checks prices at a brokerage house in Fuyang, China, on Jan. 21. China's market went down by 1.4 percent after the news of the coronavirus.
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A passenger walks past a notice for passengers from Wuhan, displayed near a quarantine station at Narita International Airport in Japan on Jan. 17.
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Professor Yuen Kwok-yung (R) speaks next to Wong Ka-hing, the Controller of the Centre for Health Protection of the Department of Health, during a press conference at the Health Department in Hong Kong on Jan. 11.
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Wuhan coronavirus: Deadliest day in outbreak as mainland China records 86 fatalities .
Mainland China had its deadliest day in the coronavirus outbreak Friday, with authorities reporting 86 fatalities from the pneumonia-like illness that is paralyzing much of the country. A total of 722 people had died from the virus and 34,546 were infected in mainland China by the end of Friday, China's National Health Commission said. The majority of new cases were recorded in Hubei province and its capital, Wuhan, the epicenter of the outbreak. Authorities finished construction on a new hospital in Wuhan last week, and another is due to open in the coming days to treat the growing number of patients.
China reported that deaths from a new coronavirus rose to 25 as it rushes to halt the SARS-like disease, even as the World Health Organization stopped short of calling the infection a global health emergency. Restrictions on travel and public gatherings have been implemented in Wuhan, the city in central China where the virus was first detected, as well as in several nearby municipalities. Hong Kong and Beijing are canceling planned holiday activities, according to local officials and state media.Pressure to contain the virus is growing, with more than 650 cases confirmed. 
China's bid to contain a deadly new virus by placing cities of millions under quarantine is an unprecedented undertaking but it is unlikely to stop the disease spreading, experts warn. The contagious virus has already reached elsewhere in China and abroad, and even an authoritarian government has only a small timeframe in which trapped residents will submit to such a lockdown, they say."I think we have passed the golden period of control and prevention," said Guan Yi, an expert on viruses at Hong Kong University. 
The country has taken on similar rush jobs before.That's right: six days. 
China virus death toll rises to 41, more than 1,300 infected worldwide(Pictured) People wear masks on a street in Hong Kong, on Jan. 24 to celebrate the Lunar New Year which marks the Year of the Rat in the Chinese zodiac. Cutting off access to entire cities with millions of residents to stop a new virus outbreak is a step few countries other than China would consider, but it is made possible by the ruling Communist Party's extensive social controls and experience fighting the 2002-03 outbreak of SARS. 
Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam has declared an emergency over the outbreak of coronavirus, a pneumonia-causing virus that has killed over a dozen people in mainland China. © Kevin Frayer/Getty Chinese children wear protective masks as they wait to board trains at Beijing Railway station before the annual Spring Festival on January 21, 2020 in Beijing, China. The number of cases of a deadly new coronavirus rose to nearly 300 in mainland China Tuesday as health officials stepped up efforts to contain the spread of the pneumonia-like disease which medicals experts confirmed can be passed from human to human. 
Anti-China sentiment spreads abroad along with coronavirus(Pictured) People line up to buy face masks at a cosmetics shop in Hong Kong, on Jan. 30. 
Li Wenliang, who was summoned by police after he warned medical school classmates about a cluster of SARS-like pneumonia cases, has died of China's new coronavirus.A health worker checks the conditions of a migrant worker in Suining city, China on Feb. 6. 
Mainland China had its deadliest day in the coronavirus outbreak Friday, with authorities reporting 86 fatalities from the pneumonia-like illness that is paralyzing much of the country. A total of 722 people had died from the virus and 34,546 were infected in mainland China by the end of Friday, China's National Health Commission said. The majority of new cases were recorded in Hubei province and its capital, Wuhan, the epicenter of the outbreak. Authorities finished construction on a new hospital in Wuhan last week, and another is due to open in the coming days to treat the growing number of patients. 
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