World China's Hubei province reports 81 new deaths from coronavirus on Feb 7

A light installation reading 'strike' stands before striking members of the Hospital Authority Employees Alliance (HAEA) and other activists at the Hospital Authority building in Hong Kong on Feb. 7, calling for the government to close its border with mainland China to contain the new coronavirus epidemic. Hong Kong on Feb. 7 said it will deploy an army of volunteers to bolster plans to forcibly quarantine all arrivals from mainland China, warning that anyone caught breaching the new rules faces up to six months prison.

The cruise ship Anthem of the Seas is docked at the Cape Liberty Cruise Port on Feb. 7, in Bayonne, New Jersey. Passengers were screened, as a precaution, for coronavirus.

The third person in the UK to test positive for Coronavirus (2019 Novel Coronavirus) was moved from Brighton to London where Professor Chris Whitty, England's Chief Medical Officer, said the patient is currently being treated in the infectious diseases centre. Believed to have been diagnosed in Brighton, the person had been traveling in Asia. (Image taken on Feb. 7). 

A buddhist monk wearing a face mask to protect himself from a new virus at a skytrain station in Bangkok, Thailand, on Feb. 7. The coronavirus outbreak in China has thrown Thailand’s and other Asian countries’ travel industry into chaos, threatening billions in losses as millions of would-be travelers are staying home.

People, who entered the building, are being checked with thermal cameras and disinfectant applied to their hands at the African Union headquarters during the 33rd African Union Heads of State Summit in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia on Feb. 7. 

The booth of Qingdao Simpassic Import and Export Co, Ltd. from China at the Ambiente fair is closed on Feb. 7. In a letter to trade fair visitors and customers, the company informs them that it has cancelled its trip because of the novel coronavirus. Frankfurt's 'Ambiente' is considered the world's leading trade fair for consumer goods for living, eating, drinking, cooking and giving. 

Commuters wear face masks to protect themselves from new virus at the skytrain station in Bangkok, Thailand, on Feb. 7.

Analysis: Questions swirl after China attempts to censor news of whistleblowing doctor's death

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.

A photo of the late ophthalmologist Li Wenliang is seen with flower bouquets in Wuhan in China's central Hubei province on Feb. 7. A Chinese doctor who was punished after raising the alarm about China's new coronavirus died from the pathogen on Feb. 7, sparking an outpouring of grief and anger over a worsening crisis that has now killed more than 630 people. 

School children wear surgical face masks as they attend an assembly at a school in Bhaktapur, Nepal, on Feb. 7.

A worker checks the temperature of a passenger arriving into Hong Kong International Airport with an infrared thermometer in Hong Kong, China, on Feb. 7.

Couples wearing protective face masks attend a mass wedding ceremony organised in Gapyeong, South Korea, on Feb. 7.

Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen speaks about the coronavirus situation in Taiwan, during a news conference in Taipei, Taiwan, on Feb. 7.

A worker makes protective face masks at the garment company in Hanoi, Vietnam, on Feb. 7.

A health worker checks the conditions of a migrant worker in Suining city, China on Feb. 6.

A New Martyr Puts a Face on China’s Deepening Coronavirus Crisis

WUHAN, China — More than 600 people have died. Tens of thousands are infected. Millions are living under lockdown, and the government has sought to silence complaints. But what provoked an online revolt in China on Friday, the fiercest assault on the censors in almost a decade, began with the death of one man: the doctor who tried to raise an alarm about the coronavirus. The deluge of mourning and anger at the death of the doctor, Li Wenliang — from the same virus he was reprimanded for mentioning — at times overwhelmed China’s sophisticated censorship and propaganda systems.

An ambulance carries a coronavirus victim from the Diamond Princess cruise ship, under quarantine and docked at Daikoku Pier on Feb. 6 in Japan. 20 passengers are confirmed to be infected with coronavirus as Japanese authorities continue screening people on board.

China's ambassador to Britain Liu Xiaoming takes questions from members of the media at the Chinese Embassy in London on Feb. 6 during a press conference relating to the coronavirus outbreak.

Empty shelves are seen at a shop as locals buy disinfectants and tissue paper in huge amount during the coronavirus outbreak, in Hong Kong, on Feb. 6.

Passengers wearing medical masks walk through the international arrivals terminal of I Gusti Ngurah Rai airport in Bali, Indonesia on Feb. 4, following an outbreak of the new coronavirus in China. 

Employees of the Red Cross demonstrate their protective clothing and temperature gauges at Airport Vienna on Feb. 6 in Schwechat, Austria.

Passengers report to medical officers to undergo temperature checks as a part of precautionary measures before they board a cruise at the Colombo Port in Colombo, Sri Lanka on Feb. 6.

Employees inspect disposable face masks on the production line of the Yokoi Co. Ltd. factory on Feb. 6 in Nagoya, Japan. Yokoi, one of major mask manufacturers operating in Japan, said they received more than 20 times the normal orders for disposable face masks this month, due to the mask shortage in the country. 

People line up to buy face masks outside a pharmacy in Taipei, Taiwan on Feb. 6. 

Quarantine officials disinfect the cabin of a KTX bullet train amid fears of a coronavirus outbreak at a depot in Goyang, South Korea on Feb 6.

People stand in line to buy protective masks at the Government Pharmaceutical Organization in Bangkok, Thailand on Feb. 6.

Two men wearing surgical masks sit at the canteen of the Tuas View dormitory in Singapore on Feb. 6. Singapore's Ministry of Health has confirmed that 28 patients, including a six-month-old infant, have tested positive for the coronavirus.

A Chinese man wears a protective mask as he walks during a snowfall in an empty and shuttered commercial street on Feb. 5 in Beijing, China.

Chelyabinsk Airport employees take part in an exercise to evacuate aircraft passengers showing symptoms of the coronavirus on Feb. 5 in Chelyabinsk, Russia. 

A couple wearing face masks as a preventative measure sit in the upper deck of a double decker bus in Hong Kong on Feb. 5.

A woman and child in face masks walk in a park on of Feb. 5 in Wuhan, China.

Passengers look out from their rooms while the World Dream cruiser is docked at the Kai Tak Cruise Terminal in Hong Kong on Feb. 5. Hong Kong authorities are keeping 3,600 passengers and crew members under quarantine on the cruise ship World Dream after three previous travelers were diagnosed with coronavirus.

People in face masks walk in a street during a snowfall in Beijing, China on Feb. 5.

Coronavirus quarantine ends for 195 people who flew from Wuhan to California

All 195 U.S. citizens, mostly diplomats and their families, were quarantined at the March Air Reserve Base in Riverside County since Jan. 29.Speaking Tuesday during a news conference at the air base, officials said none of the travelers, who have been isolated since Jan. 29, will need medical follow-ups and all will now be able to continue on with their daily lives.

Sylvie Briand, Director of global infectious hazard preparedness at the World Health Organization (WHO), attends a news conference on the new coronavirus outbreak in Geneva, Switzerland, on Feb. 4.

In this photo released by China's Xinhua News Agency, medical workers in protective suits help transfer the first group of patients into the newly-completed Huoshenshan temporary field hospital in Wuhan in China's Hubei province, on Feb. 4.

A passenger checks herself with a digital infrared forehead thermometer measurement device at Kuala Lumpur International Airport in Sepang on Feb. 4.

Workers set up beds at an exhibition center that was converted into a hospital for coronavirus treatment in Wuhan, in China's Hubei province, on Feb. 4.

Volunteers in protective suits disinfect a railway station in Changsha, Hunan province, China on Feb. 4.

Workers make protective suits at the workshop of a company in Fuzhou, China's Fujian Province, on Feb. 4.

Stewardesses take temperatures of passengers as a preventive measure for the coronavirus on an Air China flight from Melbourne to Beijing before it land at Beijing Capital International Airport in China, on Feb. 4.

China Expands Chaotic Dragnet in Coronavirus Crackdown

China’s leaders expanded a mass roundup of people possibly sickened with the coronavirus on Thursday, widening their dragnet well beyond the epicenter of the outbreak to at least two more cities in what the government has called a “wartime” campaign to stamp out the epidemic. But the campaign, first announced last week in the city of Wuhan, already has been marred by chaotic conditions that have isolated vulnerable patients without adequate care and, in some cases, left them alone to die. The expansion of the decree to “round up everyone who should be rounded up” in the Wuhan area of central China has deepened the nation’s sense of anxiety.

A TV crew films the Diamond Princess cruise ship anchoring off the Yokohama Port on Feb. 4, in Yokohama, near Tokyo. 

Medical workers hold a strike outside the Hospital Authority as they demand for Hong Kong to close its border with China to reduce the coronavirus spreading, in Hong Kong, on Feb. 4.

A medical worker wearing protective gear waits to take the temperature of people in the entrance of Princess Margaret Hospital in Hong Kong on Feb. 4.

Malaysian nationals being directed onto a bus by health officials in protective suits as they arrive at Kuala Lumpur International Airport in Sepang, Malaysia on Feb. 4, after being evacuated from China's Wuhan, the epicenter of the coronavirus outbreak.

A dog wears a paper cup over its mouth on a street in Beijing on Feb. 4. 

Young men wear masks to protect against the new coronavirus as they take part in a conscription examination for the national service in South Korea, on Feb. 3.

People wear face masks while waiting to buy gold on the day of the God of Wealth on Feb. 3, in Hanoi, Vietnam.

Medical staff pose for photos with a patient who was successfully treated for coronavirus and her husband, who has stayed healthy in the 14-day quarantine, in a hospital in Suining, China, on Feb. 3.

An employee of the Russian Emergency Situations Ministry in a medical mask waits for a Beijing-Moscow train to arrive at Yaroslavsky Railway Station on Feb. 3.

Signs indicating that face masks are sold out are seen at a medical supply shop on Feb. 3, in Manila, Philippines.

Military personnel go through disinfecting procedures prior to handling Italian citizens repatriated from the coronavirus hot-zone of Wuhan, at the Mario De Bernardi military airport in Pratica di Mare, Rome, on Feb. 3.

Indonesians who arrived from Wuhan are sprayed with antiseptic at Hang Nadim Airport in Indonesia on Feb. 2. 

Staff members wearing protective masks check a passenger at Shanghai railway station in Shanghai on Feb. 2, as the country is hit by an outbreak of a new coronavirus.

Indonesian migrant workers wearing masks practice an instrument called "gendang" in Hong Kong on Feb. 2. 

Indian nationals sitting in a bus are transported out of Indira Gandhi International Airport following their evacuation in New Delhi on Feb. 2.

Portuguese nationals who were in the coronavirus-stricken Chinese city of Wuhan are pictured at Figo Maduro military airbase in Lisbon on Feb. 2.